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Screen time is associated with poorer performance on developmental screening tests among young children

Screen Time Linked to Poorer Child Developmental Performance

More screen time tied to poorer performance on developmental screening tests at 36, 60 months
Outpatient benzodiazepine use increased from 2003 to 2015

2003 to 2015 Saw Increase in Outpatient Benzodiazepine Use

Fourfold increase seen in rate of coprescribing with opioids; twofold increase with other sedating meds
Higher childhood blood lead levels are associated with more psychopathology during the life course

Psychopathology in Adulthood Up With Child Lead Exposure

Higher childhood blood lead levels linked to increase in general psychopathology
Virtual video visits can effectively replace office visits for selected patients across medical specialties without sacrificing quality of care or patient-physician communication

Virtual Video Visits Liked by Patients, Providers

Virtual video visits highly ranked by patients for quality, convenience
Frail kidney transplant recipients have lower cognitive scores than nonfrail recipients four years after transplant

Cognitive Scores After Kidney Transplant Tied to Frailty

Cognitive function first improved then declined 1 to 4 years after transplant in frail recipients
In a report published in the January issue of Value in Health

Report IDs Areas Lacking Good Practice in Health Tech Assessment

Three areas include defining organizational aspects, use of deliberative process, examining impact
Between 2013 and 2017

Suicide Incidence Up in Autism Spectrum Disorder 2013 to 2017

Difference driven by suicide among women, which was more than threefold higher
Higher childhood blood lead levels are associated with more psychopathy during the life course

Psychopathic Traits in Adulthood Up With Child Lead Exposure

Higher childhood blood lead levels linked to increase in general psychopathy
More than two-thirds of stroke survivors aged 50 years or older report being in complete mental health

Most Stroke Survivors ≥50 Years Report Complete Mental Health

Odds of being in complete mental health up more than fourfold for those with at least one confidant
For patients with fragile X syndrome

Mavoglurant Improves Visual Attention in Fragile X Syndrome

Increases noted in total absolute looking time, number of fixations to eye region while viewing faces