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Nearly half of older adults report difficulty hearing

Older Adults With Hearing Loss Have Lower Patient Activation

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Even those with 'a little trouble' hearing have higher risk for low activation than those with 'no trouble'
Women who have low blood levels of vitamin D during pregnancy are more likely to give birth prematurely

Preterm Birth Risk Up for Women With Low Vitamin D

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Women with lowest levels about 1.5 times as likely to deliver early
Night shift workers have increased odds of obesity/overweight

Night Shift Tied to Increased Odds of Abdominal Obesity

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Increased risk for permanent night workers compared with rotating night workers
For women with urinary tract infections

Sulfonamides, Nitrofurantoin Being Given for UTI in Pregnancy

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Nitrofurantoin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prescribed first trimester despite ACOG recs
A new analysis shows inadequate levels of testing for COVID-19 in 60 percent of states

With Many States Reopening, COVID-19 Testing Levels Still Too Low

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Analysis shows that right now just 40 percent of states can meet the lower 2 percent threshold for testing
The annual per capita growth rate in the nursing workforce is expected to decrease to 1.3 percent from 2015 to 2030

Increase in Growth Rate of Nurses Set to Drop to 1.3 Percent

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Registered nurse workforce expected to grow 36 percent between 2015 and 2030
In a simulation of children with peanut allergy

Epinephrine Personal Autoinjectors Cost-Effective at $24

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Based on 10-fold fatality risk difference, value-based price for personal epinephrine $24
Among youth

High Rates of Missed Diagnoses of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Of youth with fetal alcohol syndrome disorders, 86.5 percent had not been diagnosed, been misdiagnosed
For children with special health care needs

Enrolling in Aerodigestive Clinic Cuts Children’s Inpatient Days

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Enrollment of children with special health care needs linked to 6.8 fewer hospital days per patient per year
Based on data from mouse models and humans

Gastric Acid Suppression May Promote Liver Injury

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Expansion of intestinal Enterococcus faecalis in mice exacerbates ethanol-induced liver disease