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E-cigarettes for smoking reduction: a piece of the public health puzzle. [PDF]
Choi K, Wills TA, Inoue-Choi M.
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Objective This study investigated the association between frailty and cancer incidence and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It aimed to identify how frailty influences cancer risk and cancer‐specific outcomes. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from the Veterans’ Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry (2002–2023).
Bhavik Bansal +12 more
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Objective Our objective was to describe the social networks of Black individuals with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions and understand the clustering of health‐related behaviors to inform future community‐based, peer‐led interventions. Methods We used an adapted Personal Network Survey for Clinical Research (PERSNET) to map the personal social ...
Taussia Boadi +27 more
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Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by cardiovascular risk excess not fully explained by traditional factors. Whether the severity of microvascular damage correlates with structural subclinical atherosclerosis remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) abnormalities and carotid ...
Eugenio Capparelli +13 more
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Effects of Smoking Reduction and Cessation on Birth Outcomes in a Scheduled Gradual Reduction Cessation Trial. [PDF]
Kennedy DL +7 more
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Objective Routine liver enzyme monitoring is advocated for while on allopurinol, but supporting guidance is lacking. We assessed the incidence and factors associated with elevated liver enzyme levels in patients with gout commenced on allopurinol. Methods One hundred and fifty patients with gout and normal baseline serum aminotransferases initiated on ...
May Shuen Tang +4 more
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Incorporating external effects in economic evaluation: The case of smoking [PDF]
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The aim of this thesis is to explore methods to incorporate external effects on decision making of public health programmes in a UK setting, using smoking ...
Trapero-Bertran, Marta
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Real‐World Safety of Concomitant Colchicine and Statin Therapy
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the risk of clinically meaningful muscle‐ and liver‐related outcomes associated with concomitant colchicine–statin therapy in a real‐world setting, and to determine whether concomitant therapy increases the incidence of toxicity compared with either agent alone.
Roni Meidan +5 more
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Youth Smoking, Cigarette Prices, and Anti-Smoking Sentiment [PDF]
In this paper, we develop a new direct measure of state anti-smoking sentiment and merge it with micro data on youth smoking in 1992 and 2000. The empirical results from the cross-sectional models show two consistent patterns: after controlling for ...
Jae-Young Lim +4 more
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Survival Outcomes in Older Adults With Axial Spondyloarthritis and Concomitant Cancer
Objective The objective of this study was to determine survival outcomes in older adults with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and concomitant cancer. Methods We conducted a population‐based study using Medicare claims data linked to Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data to determine overall survival (OS) and cancer‐specific survival (CSS) in
Savannah Bowman +7 more
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