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Chronic sleep restriction may lead to risk-seeking behavior

Insufficient Sleep May Lead to Increased Risk-Taking Behavior

Chronic sleep restriction but not acute sleep deprivation associated with financial risk seeking
Asthma is associated with subsequent development of inflammatory bowel disease

Asthma Tied to Later Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Findings for Crohn's and early- or late-onset ulcerative colitis
An immune-modulator anti-inflammatory drug

Diacerein Reduces Mean Hemoglobin A1c Levels in T2DM

Peak of effect occurred at 24th week of treatment; attenuated toward nonsignificance at 48th week
Many seniors may not hear everything their doctors tell them

Hearing Loss Contributing to Patient-Doctor Miscommunication

And may be contributing to increased risk of medical error, researchers say
Younger adults who use methamphetamine appear to be at greater risk for stroke

Meth Use Tied to Higher Risk of Stroke in Younger People

Predominately hemorrhagic strokes associated with methamphetamine use
An inexpensive over-the-counter antioxidant/zinc supplement -- dubbed the "Age-Related Eye Disease Study" supplement -- may help preserve vision in older people and is also cost-effective

Supplement Deemed Effective, Cost-Saving in Wet AMD

Patients taking supplements would need fewer anti-VEGF therapies, researchers conclude
Early surgery for isolated supraspinatus repairs leads to considerable improvement in clinical and radiographic outcomes at 10 years

Early Rotator Cuff Surgery Offers Good Long-Term Outcomes

But preoperative fatty infiltration and postoperative retear show significantly detrimental effect
For patients judged as symptomatic or questionably symptomatic for aortic stenosis

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Prognostic in Aortic Stenosis

Conservative strategy results in good prognosis if CPET does not indicate hemodynamic compromise
Web search giant Google is partnering with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to make depression screening a part of a search for 'depression' on the site.

Google Search for ‘Depression’ Now to Provide Screening Test

Goal is to make people more aware of depression and seek treatment to recover
For patients at increased risk of cardiovascular disease

Intensive BP Treatment Appears Safe, Well Tolerated

Second study finds intensive systolic blood pressure control is also cost-effective