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Stepped-care Intervention for Weight Loss: Effective and Cheaper than Standard Treatment

The JAMA Report

Most weight loss programs are rather intensive during the initial weeks of treatment. They can also be costly and require a huge time commitment. An alternative treatment is the stepped-care approach. This involves a lower-intensity intervention that only increases if a person’s weight loss goals are not met. A new study examines if the stepped-care approach is as effective as conventional weight loss treatments. Catherine Dolf has more in this week’s JAMA Report.

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Wealth-Associated Disparities in Death and Disability in the United States and England

Family Medicine

Although life expectancy has increased worldwide, differences in death rates among socioeconomic groups continue to grow in the United States and Europe. But are there differences in the relationship between...

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Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-Term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality

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Menopausal hormone therapy involves a complex balance of risk and benefit for women. A new study based on the Women’s Health Initiative hormone therapy trials examined total risk of death...

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Neighborhood Demographics and Cardiac Arrest Treatments and Outcomes

Cardiology

In a cardiac arrest, the heart suddenly stops beating. About 350,000 patients have a cardiac arrest outside the hospital each year in the United States. Only 8% to 10% survive...

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Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players

Human Interest

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a progressive degenerative brain disease associated with repetitive head trauma. Currently, CTE can only be confirmed post-mortem. In a new study from JAMA, researchers...