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Ms Sophie Kvalheim Kieffer describes a Personal Activity Intelligence algorithm in which participants who achieved a score of 100 or more had a 36% decreased risk of cardiovascular death.

Read the article, Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI) and Mortality in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease, the HUNT Study

Dr Amelia Barwise examines the role of limited English proficiency for patients when facing end-of-life issues.

Read the article, Differences in Code Status and End-of-Life Decision Making in Patients With Limited English Proficiency in the Intensive Care Unit

Dr Frank Brozovich explores the causes and challenges for a subset of patients with untreatable heart failure.

Read the article, HFpEF, a Disease of the Vasculature: A Closer Look at the Other Half

Drs Sagar Nigwekar and Richa Bajaj discuss the rare syndrome of calciphylaxis, appearing as painful skin lesions, in patients with normal renal function.

Read the article, Calciphylaxis in Patients With Normal Renal Function: A Case Series and Systematic Review

Dr Eoin Flanagan found clotting disorders were common in patients with LETM with dual positivity for AQP4-IgG and aPL antibodies.

Read the article, Frequency of Aquaporin-4 Immunoglobulin G in Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis With Antiphospholipid Antibodies

Dr William Tatum reviews the common threads of mechanisms between epilepsy and brain tumors.

Read the article, Onco-Epilepsy: More Than Tumor and Seizures

Dr Yoshitsugu Obi shares an on on-line prediction tool for assessing mortality risks in patients on dialysis.

Read the article, Development and Validation of Prediction Scores for Early Mortality at Transition to Dialysis

Dr. Robin Shook recommends a simple 5-question checklist assessing lifestyle behaviors that can predict obesity in children.

Read the article, Adherence With Multiple National Healthy Lifestyle Recommendations in a Large Pediatric Center Electronic Health Record and Reduced Risk of Obesity

Dr Nilay Kumar examined at cardiovascular search term volumes in the US and Australia.

Read the article, Seasonal and Geographic Patterns in Seeking Cardiovascular Analysis of the Online Search Trends: An Analysis of the Online Search Trends

Dr Adil Bharucha examines the factors that explain the increased incidence of diverticulitis in Olmsted County, Minnesota.

Read the article, Aging, Obesity, and the Incidence of Diverticulitis: A Population-Based Study

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