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About half of the estimated 16.5 percent of U.S. children with a treatable mental health disorder do not receive needed treatment from a mental health professional

Many Children Not Receiving Needed Mental Health Treatment

About half of the 7.7 million children with at least one mental health disorder did not receive treatment
Among men

Low Fitness, Obesity Linked to Later Disability Pension

Being moderately or highly fit as teen linked to lower risk for later receipt of disability pension in men
The reversal agent

ASA: Reversal Agent Cuts Severe Bleeding With Factor Xa Inhibitors

Bolus plus two-hour infusion of andexanet alfa cuts antifactor Xa activity by 92 percent
Visual simulation in an adaptive optics environment can capture optical and visual performance with real multifocal intraocular lenses

Simulation Captures Performance With Multifocal Intraocular Lens

Visual simulation captures individual optical, visual performance obtained with real M-IOLs
Rates of diabetes screening are high

Rates of Diabetes Screening High Among Adults Age ≥45

HbA1c used less frequently but results in more abnormal results, more diagnoses of prediabetes, diabetes
Older patients with severe frailty undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement and surgical aortic valve replacement frequently experience subsequent functional decline or lack of improvement

Functional Decline Seen for Many Frail Patients After TAVR, SAVR

Older patients with severe frailty often have decline or lack of improvement after the procedures
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) report low rates of IBD-reproductive health counseling

Reproductive Health Counseling Inadequate in IBD

Only 30 percent of patients reported prior counseling; most interested in receiving more information
From 1989 to 2018

More Than a Half Million Deaths From Breast Cancer Averted

Percent of breast cancer mortality reductions varied from 45.3 to 58.3 percent from 1989 to 2018
For U.S. soldiers

Higher Optimism Tied to Lower Odds of Pain After Deployment

Soldiers with low optimism had increased odds of reporting new back pain, joint pain, headaches
More children with autism spectrum disorder have sleep problems compared with other children

Children With Autism More Often Have Sleep Problems

More children with autism spectrum disorder have sleep problems compared with peers