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Hepatology

Liver societies agree on first global definition of acute-on-chronic liver failure

New consensus unifies diagnosis, grading, critical care, and transplant decision-making for a high-mortality liver syndrome. . .

JAMA Netw Open

Many new doctors can't reliably afford food

Food insecurity affected nearly one-third of trainees and was especially common during the transition from medical school to residency. . .

Nature

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Doctors have no routine test for immune health, but researchers want one

Blood pressure and blood glucose each report one important aspect of a complex system in a single number; four researchers argue that immune health requires additional, comparable shorthand measures. . .

Sci Adv

15h

Psychedelic distress: here’s what a helpline caught

Callers to a psychedelic support line named many different substances, yet something other than the drug itself sorted out who was struggling most.

JAMA Netw Open

16h

Patients hospitalized under female physicians had lower mortality

Patients treated by female physicians were less likely to die within 30 days across seven common medical conditions. . .

JAMA Netw Open

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Clinician portal replies slowed after AI rollout

Responses took longer, but the messages where they used an AI draft went out faster. . .

Nat Med

20h

Why is colorectal cancer rising in younger adults?

A large single-cell atlas reveals biological features that may help explain the aggressiveness of early-onset disease. . .

JAMA

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ACA enrollees who lost subsidies left marketplace plans

Massachusetts largely shields marketplace enrollees with state aid, which makes it a best-case test of what the end of enhanced federal help could mean for the ACA overall. . .

Obstet Gynecol

Stopping antidepressants in pregnancy tied to more mental health emergencies

Higher ED visit rates extended into the postpartum period among patients with preexisting depression or anxiety. . .