Private school attendance linked to lower BMI; higher-status university attendance linked to better memory recall
Pandemic-Era Tax Credits Made Healthcare More Affordable, But They’re Set to Expire
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, June 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a success story for Americans seeking affordable healthcare coverage, tax credits put in place during the pandemic helped …
Less Than One-Quarter of Patients Hospitalized for CVD Receive Dietary Counseling
Findings seen across hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and percutaneous coronary intervention
Approximately 7 Percent of U.S. Population Uninsured in 2023
10.9 percent of adults aged 18 to 64 years were uninsured at the time of interview in 2023, as were 3.9 percent of children aged 0 to 17 years
Longer Sleep Duration, Earlier Sleep Onset Linked to Lower BP in Children
Longer sleep duration linked to better daytime blood pressure parameters among patients referred to pediatric nephrology clinic
Amino Acids Reduced Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery
Benefits seen without any increase in adverse events
1999 to 2020 Saw Diet Quality Improve Among U.S. Adults
However, disparities in diet quality were persistent or worsened by age, sex, race and ethnicity, education, income
2008 to 2021 Saw Increase in Prevalence of Chronic HTN in Pregnancy
During study period, use of antihypertensive medications was relatively stable for those with chronic hypertension
Xylitol Linked to Incident Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event Risk
Xylitol linked to incident MACE risk in initial untargeted metabolomics study and confirmed in validation cohort
Preoxygenation With Noninvasive Ventilation Yields Lower Hypoxemia
Hypoxemia occurred in fewer patients in noninvasive-ventilation group than in oxygen-mask group