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Patients with schizophrenia may face an increased risk for serious infections

Patients With Schizophrenia More Susceptible to Infections

Schizophrenia patients 63 percent more likely to suffer serious infection than the general population
Patients with heart disease may fare better when they feel they can trust and talk to their doctor

Trust, Communication Key to Optimal Heart Disease Care

These factors linked to patients' greater use of aspirin, statins, hypertension meds
New antibiotic therapy

New Antibiotic Tx Beneficial After Acute Lung Function Decline in CF

Findings among children with cystic fibrosis treated either inpatient, outpatient
Physicians should be aware that responding to a negative health care review could potentially expose personal medical information

Doctors Must Be Wary of HIPAA Violations With Online Reviews

Physicians should keep their replies to patient reviews short and simple
Circadian rhythms might play a role in prostate cancer development and outcomes

AACR: Shorter Sleep Duration Linked to Prostate CA Mortality

Findings for men younger than 65
Infants are far less likely to develop pertussis if their mother received a tetanus toxoid

Maternal Pertussis Vaccination Reduces Risk for Newborns

Benefit is dramatic for newborns who are too young to be vaccinated, researchers say
Maximum body mass index over 16 years of weight history is associated with increased risk of all-cause death

Maximum BMI Over 16 Years Ups Risk of All-Cause Death

If BMI was defined as a single measure, there was a significant inverse link for overweight, mortality
There is geographic variation in treatment admissions among opioid treatment programs that accept Medicaid

Geographic Variation in Admission for Opioid Tx Programs

Widest gap between county-level opioid use disorder, estimated capacity for treatment is in Southeast
The rates of childhood epilepsy increase with maternal overweight and obesity

Maternal Overweight, Obesity May Increase Childhood Epilepsy

Increasing hazard ratios of epilepsy with increasing maternal BMI categories versus normal-weight
From 1990 to 2015 there was a decrease in global child and adolescent mortality

1990 to 2015 Saw Decrease in Global Child, Adolescent Mortality

Countries with lower sociodemographic index had larger proportion of mortality burden in 2015 vs 1990