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Vaping Tied to Increased Risk for Smoking, Other Harms in Young People
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 -- There are consistent associations between vaping and negative outcomes in young people, including subsequent smoking, substance use...
Sleep Apnea Increases Sudden Cardiac Arrest Risk in Children With Epilepsy
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 -- For pediatric patients with epilepsy, sleep apnea (SA) is associated with an increased risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and...
Weather Disasters Impacted Counties With More Than 60 Percent of Drug Production Facilities
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 -- More than 60 percent of drug production facilities were located in U.S. counties with at least one disaster declaration from 2019 to...
Sensitive Personalities Tied to More Mental Health Conditions
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 -- People with sensitive personalities are more prone to common mental health problems such as agoraphobia and avoidant personality...
Prenatal Exposure to Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Linked to Brain Abnormalities
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 -- Prenatal exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos (CPF) is associated with altered differentiation of neuronal tissue, increased...
Novel Biomarker Risk Prediction Models Examined in Chronic Kidney Disease
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 -- For adults with nondialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD), risk prediction models incorporating novel biomarkers show comparable...
Ambient Documentation Technology Helps to Reduce Clinician Burnout
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 -- An ambient documentation technology (ADT), which develops artificial intelligence-drafted clinical notes from clinician-patient...
Extreme Heat Preparedness Lacking Among Seniors
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 -- Extreme heat preparedness is low among older adults, with most studies focusing on individual coping methods, according to a review...
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Improved IBD Outcomes in Patients With Obesity
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- For patients with inflammatory bowel disease and obesity, bariatric surgery is associated with improved inflammatory bowel...
Remotely Delivered Behavioral Intervention Reduces Systolic BP Variation
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- A remotely delivered behavioral intervention can reduce variability in systolic blood pressure, expressed as the coefficient of...
Worse Emotional Health-Related QoL Seen for Women With Cirrhosis, Ascites
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- Women with cirrhosis and ascites experience worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than men, although no difference is seen in...
Helping Others Linked to Higher Level of Cognitive Function
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- Helping others, both via formal volunteering and informal helping, is associated with higher levels of cognitive function and slower...
TAR-200 Monotherapy Promising for BCG-Unresponsive Bladder Cancer
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- For patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), an...
Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Increased Risk for Parkinson Disease
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with an increased risk for Parkinson disease (PD), according to a study published online...
Work-Related Income Drops for Parents of Children Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- Work-related income decreases sharply for mothers and fathers of children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, with similar effects...
Mothers of Children With Down Syndrome Report Need for Improved Screening Communications
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- A survey of mothers of children with Down syndrome (DS) reveals room for improvement to better support parental understanding of...
OTC Oral Contraceptive Pills Improve Access to Effective Contraception
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- The newly available over-the-counter (OTC) progestin-only oral contraceptive pill (OCP), Opill, is accessed by individuals who use...
Use of Vaginal Estradiol Tablets Not Linked to Recurrent Stroke
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- For women with a history of ischemic stroke, use of vaginal estradiol tablets is not associated with an increased rate of recurrent...
Molgramostim Beneficial in Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 -- In adults with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP), once-daily inhaled molgramostim, a recombinant human...
Adults With Hearing Loss Using Hearing Aids Have Reduced Dementia Risk
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20, 2025 -- Adults with hearing loss (HL) with hearing aids have a reduced risk for dementia, according to a research letter published online...
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