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Higher plant protein intake is associated with lower total mortality

Opting for Plant-Based Protein May Lower Mortality Risk

Replacing animal protein with plant protein tied to lower mortality, less cardiovascular disease
SweynTooth cybersecurity vulnerabilities may affect medical devices

FDA: Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities May Affect Medical Devices

Providers asked to identify devices; patients potentially affected by 12 Bluetooth-associated vulnerabilities
Antioxidants do not improve semen parameters or DNA integrity among men with male factor infertility

Antioxidant Supplements Offer No Benefit in Male Infertility

Semen quality, pregnancy or eventual live birth rates did not improve after supplement use by men
Pregnancies among women with disabilities are 40 percent more likely to be unintended versus pregnancies among women without disabilities

Rates of Unintended Pregnancy Higher in Women With Disabilities

Authors say sex education, reproductive planning needed for women with disabilities
Cancer risk awareness varies by socioeconomic status

Knowledge of Cancer Risk, Health Promotion Varies Widely

Gap by socioeconomic status seen in international survey
Higher olive oil intake is associated with a lower risk for coronary heart disease and total cardiovascular disease

Olive Oil Consumption Tied to Lower Cardiovascular Risk

Substituting margarine, butter, mayonnaise, and dairy fat with olive oil may lower risk
Appropriate hospital infection control measures can protect health care workers from novel coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Hospital Infection Control Can Prevent COVID-19 Transmission

No nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 seen in Hong Kong hospital using infection control measures
Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality are continuing to decline among adults aged 65 years and older but are increasing among younger adults

CRC Incidence, Mortality Declining for Adults Aged ≥65

However, incidence and CRC death rates increased for those aged younger than 50 years
Cataract surgery seems to increase melatonin secretion in adults aged 60 years or older

Increase Seen in Melatonin Secretion After Cataract Surgery

Melatonin secretion increased following prompt surgery with clear or yellow intraocular lens
Expansion of National Comprehensive Cancer Network hereditary cancer testing criteria to include all women diagnosed with breast cancer at ≤65 years would improve the sensitivity of detection of germline pathogenic variants

Genetic Testing Proposed for All Women ≤65 With Breast Cancer

Expanded testing could increase detection of carriers for BRCA1/2, mutations in other predisposition genes