Climate Change Ups Heat Deaths, Especially Among Elderly
More people vulnerable to heat exposure, potentially causing heat stress, heart and kidney disease
Persistent Back Pain Linked to Earlier Mortality in Older Women
Those with frequent persistent back pain have higher risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, cancer mortality
Certain SGLT2 Inhibitors, GLP-1 RAs for T2DM Also Cut CV Risk
Report provides guidance on reducing CV risk in patients with T2DM and atherosclerotic CV disease
Dementia Often Misclassified With Brief Cognitive Assessments
Only consistent predictor of overall misclassification was absence of informant-rated poor memory
Protein Intake Tied to Disability Trajectory in Very Old
Intake of at least 1 g/kg of adjusted body weight per day linked to better disability trajectories
Home-Based Intervention Helpful for Disadvantaged CKD Patients
Rural Zuni Indians with kidney disease had improved activation in their own health and health care
Amblyopia Linked to Lower Self-Perception in Children
Lower perception of scholastic, social, athletic competence could affect reading, motor skills
Large at Birth, Maternal Diabetes Up Child’s Risk for Obesity
Breastfeeding lowers risk in those large for gestational age, but only without maternal diabetes
Feature Tagging of Home Videos Promising in Autism Diagnosis
On mobile platform, highest accuracy seen with sparse five-feature logistic regression classifier
Healthy Lifestyle Tied to Less Atherosclerosis for Women
Women have less subclinical atherosclerosis during midlife with higher healthy lifestyle score
