The American journal of medicine
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There is growing concern about potential overuse of, and toxicity from, opioid analgesics. No nationally representative study has examined inter-state variations in opioid use and impact of policy on opioid use among older adults. ⋯ Analyses of Medicare Part D data demonstrated a substantial growth in opioid prescriptions from 2007 to 2011 and large variation in opioid prescriptions across states.
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This study was performed to assess the impact of race on the incidence of heart failure and survival in patients with preclinical diastolic dysfunction. ⋯ Time to heart failure was similar among the 3 racial groups, however, non-Hispanic Whites experienced worse survival compared with non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics, despite their higher burden of risk factors. The reasons for worse survival in the non-Hispanic white population need to be further explored.