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Between 18 and 25 years of age, people typically transition from being under the care of their parents to college or employment. This age group has historically had the least health care use, and this stage coincides with a peak in risky behaviors.

Diabetes mellitus affects more than 7.2 million hospitalized patients in the United States. To cut costs, some hospitals implement policies for generic insulin substitutions. Researchers investigate the effect on inpatient blood glucose control.

In this health policy Commentary, the authors discuss the history of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program and legislative actions such as the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity Through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act, which pose a threat to it.

The eosinophil count, readily obtained from a routine complete blood cell count, may provide actionable clinical information to aid in the early recognition of COVID-19 in patients and provide prognostic information.

The authors provide a narrative review discussing existing literature on intermittent fasting, which involves food restriction in increments ranging from 12 to 72 hours, to analyze the potential benefit for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

While Doppler sonography is a noninvasive method to evaluate the hemodynamic status of the kidney, the effect of hydration on kidney hemodynamics has not been established via that method; these authors examined differences in arterial Doppler velocities of normal adult kidneys in 30 patients (60 kidneys) before and after hydration.

The authors performed a retrospective prevalence study of 150 patients over 50 years of age who visited an outpatient clinic in southeast Ohio over a 3-year period, evaluating the clinical features and risk factors in patients with zinc deficiency vs a control group.

In this opinion-based Commentary, the author discusses what he sees as persistent tension between politics and science—and what that tension might be costing us—in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The authors assess the effectiveness of one-on-one conversations with patients about colorectal cancer screening on compliance with at-home fecal immunochemical tests.

With an understanding that the need for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPG) is of utmost importance to patient care and safety, the authors classified 29 CPGs issued between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2019 by research quality according to levels reported by the CPG authors and those previously specified by the IDSA: Levels I through III, corresponding to high, moderate, and low quality of evidence, respectively.