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Variation in childhood socioeconomic position partially accounts for cognitive performance in older age

Childhood Poverty Can Affect Cognitive Skills in Old Age

Adverse childhood socioeconomic position linked to lower level of cognitive performance in older age
From 2006 through 2013

Lawn-Mower-Related Injuries Are Most Often Lacerations

Weighted estimate of 51,151 injuries from 2006 through 2013; 46.7 percent lacerations
Among men who have sex with men

HIV Infection Diagnoses on the Rise in Young Homosexual Men

Number of HIV diagnoses in those aged 13 to 29 four times higher than those aged ≥50 years
Symptoms of burnout and career choice regret are prevalent among U.S. resident physicians

Burnout, Career Choice Regret Prevalent in U.S. Residents

Considerable variation according to specialty for both burnout symptoms, career choice regret
For patients with left main coronary artery disease

PCI, CABG Both Acceptable for CKD Patients With LMCAD

Patients with, without chronic kidney disease have less acute renal failure with PCI
Older individuals with multiple sclerosis report less severe depressive symptoms and better physical quality of life

Lower Levels of Depression, Higher QOL for Older MS Patients

Individuals aged 55 to 65 years have less severe depressive symptoms, better physical QOL
Many countries are falling short on targets to reduce mortality from non-communicable diseases

Many Countries Failing on Non-Communicable Dz Death Targets

For women and men, 35 and 30 countries expected to meet Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4
Use of a decision aid can improve parent knowledge for children with minor head injury at intermediate risk of clinically important traumatic brain injury

Head CT Decision Aid Ups Parent Knowledge in Child Head Trauma

Parents in decision aid group had less decisional conflict, were more involved in decision-making
Lorcaserin facilitates sustained weight loss without increasing the rate of major cardiovascular events among overweight or obese patients

Lorcaserin Facilitates Weight Loss in Overweight, Obese

Increased weight loss versus placebo with no rise in rate of extended major cardiovascular events
Higher inpatient pain scores and postoperative opioid consumption are associated with persistent opioid use of up to six months among children and adolescents who have undergone cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Persistent Post-Op Opioid Use in Young Cancer Patients Explored

Higher inpatient pain scores linked to persistent use after major oncologic surgery for children, teens