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The most common adverse events associated with injectable fillers are swelling and infection

Swelling, Infection Most Common Side Effects of Injectable Fillers

More serious adverse events include vascular compromise resulting in necrosis, blindness
In their first year

Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses Up With ACA’s Medicaid Expansions

Both overall and early diagnosis of cancer increased in first year of expansions
Intake of fruits and tomatoes may delay decline in lung function

Dietary Factors May Play Role in Preserving Lung Function

Apple, banana, tomato intake linked to slower decline in forced vital capacity in ex-smokers
Men and women have different cardiovascular reactivity mechanisms for mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia

Gender Differences Seen in Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia

CV reactivity mechanisms for mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia different for men, woman
Established bone fragility variants are associated with a concordant phenotypic model of the pediatric skeleton but not with discordant phenotypic models

Bone Fragility Variants Linked to Concordant Pediatric Skeleton

Novel loci identified for discordant multi-dimensional skeletal phenotypes
For preschool children

Obesity Tied to Greater Asthma Impairment in Preschoolers

But responsiveness to inhaled corticosteroids is not reduced for overweight/obese preschoolers
From 2015 to 2016

CDC: 2015 to 2016 Saw Drop in Life Expectancy in United States

Increase in rate of age-adjusted drug overdose deaths observed during same time period
For patients with high-risk indeterminate pulmonary nodes

Cancer Probability Documentation Lacking for Some at High Risk

Documentation found to be rarely provided for high-risk indeterminate pulmonary nodes
Varenicline is associated with reduced heavy drinking among men and with increased smoking abstinence

Varenicline Linked to Reduction in Heavy Drinking in Men

Also associated with smoking abstinence in overall sample of participants
For patients undergoing catheter ablation for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Interruption of Apixaban Doesn’t Impact Bleeding in A-Fib

Similarly low rate of thromboembolic events with uninterrupted, minimally interrupted apixaban