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A large Scottish study found that people over 50 with heart failure have a slightly higher overall risk of developing cancer, though the risk varies by cancer type.
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Patients with both cancer and heart failure face a very high mortality rate (14.5% to 28.4% annually), with deaths almost equally split between heart disease and cancer, highlighting the urgent need for integrated care.
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A Lancet commentary argues that global health conferences often fail to be truly global, reflecting the very inequities in power and privilege that the field aims to address.
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The authors caution that striving for parity in panel representation can lead to tokenism where inclusivity is performative, offering concrete guidance on how to organize panels more purposefully.
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A new study from a safety-net hospital describes the Brooklyn Parenting Center, a model that integrates social and emotional support for families during the critical “first thousand days” of a child’s life.
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By providing universal access to evidence-based care at key touchpoints (prenatal, newborn, and well-child visits), this population-based approach aims to screen for needs and support parents in a patient-centered way, offering a potential blueprint for other healthcare settings.
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