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    This study focuses on differences in mortality and years of potential life lost between Black and White populations to understand recent trends.

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    • .@JAMA_current: Marked disparities in rates of excess age-adjusted #mortality and years of potential life lost in US Black vs. White populations, by leading causes of death, 1999-2020. #JAMA #women @HMKyale @NMHheartdoc @ABCardio1 @JAMACardio @NIH @CDCgov https://t.co/8Vyw7sD0Kp https://t.co/6iUl83bHkS

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    This study focuses on differences in mortality and years of potential life lost between Black and White populations to understand recent trends.

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    • New. #JAMA: Harlan Krumholz, Clyde Yancy, César Caraballo, et al. show that US Black population experienced >1.63 million excess deaths and >80 million excess years of life lost compared with the White population over a recent 22-year period. @CDCgov Read: https://t.co/8Vyw7sD0Kp https://t.co/cD4VUa0qRI

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    This randomized trial examines the effects on cardiovascular outcomes of a carboxylic acid formulation of EPA and DHA (omega-3 CA) with documented favorable effects on lipid and inflammatory markers in patients with atherogenic dyslipidemia and high cardiovascular risk.

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    • .#JAMA: Among #statin-treated patients at high #CVD risk, the addition of #omega3 CA compared with corn oil, to usual background therapies resulted in no significant difference in a composite outcome of major adverse #cardiovascular events #statins #lipids https://t.co/ksYP3THuXJ https://t.co/AAvVAmr1Km

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    This Medical News feature discusses how implementation science seeks to narrow the often yearslong gap between the development of evidence-based practices and their routine use in the real world.

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    • .#JAMA: Rita Rubin's article tackles how long it takes for #evidence to change practice and what #implementation science is doing about it. It quotes @NIH scientists Dave Clark #CTRIS, David Chambers @NCIDAChambers, and #ImpSci expert @Rsbeidas and others. https://t.co/XG2Myx8A2T https://t.co/o4ZeX8HGTE

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    In 2013, 194 countries committed to a World Health Organization (WHO) goal of reducing global sodium intake, which in excess can increase people’s risk of heart disease, stroke, and premature death, by 30% by 2025. A report published by the WHO, however, showed that the world is not on track to meet…

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    • .@WHO calls on nations to do more to reduce dietary #salt consumption by 2025. Read Emily Harris' #JAMA Medical News in Brief: https://t.co/54wtriTyMp @JAMA_current @JAMANetworkOpen @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @pahowho @PAHOCaribbean https://t.co/WRqRY0T9OE

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    Life expectancy in the US is now the lowest it has been since 1996, with young- and middle-aged adults seeing the most rapid declines.1,2 These declines began in 2014 and have accelerated over the past 3 years of the pandemic. While COVID-19 represents a significant proportion, increases in heart…

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    • .#JAMA: New Op-Ed: says life expectancy in #USA is now the lowest it's been since 1996, with young- and middle-aged adults seeing the most rapid declines. It highlights the urgent need to refocus #cardiovascular disease #prevention efforts on young adults. https://t.co/jhPCxgPVWj

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    This study assesses the prevalence rates of cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and tobacco use), treatment, and control among adults aged 20 to 44 years from 2009 through March 2020, overall and by sex and race and ethnicity.

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    • .#JAMA: New #NHANES data show that, in the #USA, #diabetes and #obesity ⬆️among young adults from 2009 to March 2020, while #hypertension was unchanged and hyperlipidemia⬇️. There was variation in trends by #race and #ethnicity. #risks https://t.co/kGS0IG0EeZ https://t.co/OFJyBDlJSi

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    This cohort study compares outcomes between mechanically ventilated patients with pneumonia due to COVID-19 and other etiologies.

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    • 1/🧵COVID & Death: #JAMA   📍N=1,846 pneumonia patients w versus w/out COVID 📍COVID didn’t “invent” a new lung disease 📍We freaked out saying vents needed to be so different 📍Docs erred as we deviated from our evidence-based Why should YOU care?   https://t.co/NUr71X9NFs https://t.co/dCGc6W1uh0