Factors linked to more ambulatory contact days include younger age, female sex, White race, non-Hispanic ethnicity
Ordering Palliative Care Consult by Default Increases Rate of Consultation
Findings seen in older hospitalized patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, or kidney failure
Risk Factor Control May Modify Link Between HIV Status and Heart Disease
Persons with HIV have elevated risk for CVD, but link is attenuated in subgroups with controlled dyslipidemia, diabetes
Prenatal Humidity, Temperature Exposure Linked to Childhood BP
Higher humidity associated with faster increase in systolic blood pressure, and higher temperature linked to slower increase
Diagnostic Accuracy High in Emergency Departments
Only about 5.7 percent of patients receive incorrect diagnosis, with about 2.0 percent suffering adverse events as a result
High Stress From Teenage Years to Adulthood May Up Cardiometabolic Risk
Individuals with a consistently high adolescence-to-adulthood stress pattern have greater overall cardiometabolic risk
Psychotherapy, Meds Effective to Treat Depression in Patients With Heart Failure
Both behavioral activation psychotherapy and antidepressant medication management reduce depressive symptoms by about 50 percent
Vascular Changes Persist After Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Alterations persist over several months, even without ongoing inflammation
1991 to 2021 Saw Drop in Cigarette Use Among Adolescents
Significant decreases seen in ever, occasional, frequent, and daily use; in 2021, daily use was higher in boys, 12th graders
Testosterone Treatment Does Not Cut Fracture Incidence in Men With Hypogonadism
Findings show no reduction in clinical fracture among middle-aged, older men with hypogonadism