Annals of internal medicine
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Little is known as to whether the effects of physician sex on patients' clinical outcomes vary by patient sex. ⋯ Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg.
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Alcohol is used by more people in the United States than tobacco, electronic nicotine delivery systems, or illicit drugs. Several health conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and liver disease, are associated with excessive alcohol use and alcohol use disorder. Nearly 30 million people aged 12 years or older in the United States reported past-year alcohol use disorder in 2022, but-despite its prevalence-alcohol use disorder is undertreated. In this policy brief, the American College of Physicians outlines the health effects of excessive alcohol use and alcohol use disorder, calls for policy changes to increase the availability of treatment of alcohol use disorder and excessive alcohol use, and recommends alcohol-related public health interventions.
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Redlining began in the 1930s with the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC); this discriminatory practice limited mortgage availability and reinforced concentrated poverty that still exists today. It is important to understand the potential health implications of this federally sanctioned segregation. ⋯ Fred Lovejoy Housestaff Research and Education Fund.
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Using a health systems approach to investigate low-value care (LVC) may provide insights into structural drivers of this pervasive problem. ⋯ National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.