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Health costs associated with noise from changing flight patterns over populated areas outweigh the benefits of reduced flight times

Automated Flight Systems Associated With Health Costs

Systems may improve flight efficiency at the cost of negative health impacts related to noise
Mean systolic blood pressure is increased with increasing sodium intake only in communities in the highest tertile of sodium intake

Sodium Intake, BP Linked in Communities With Highest Intake

Positive correlations only seen in communities in the highest tertile of sodium intake
Older adults prefer explanations about stopping cancer screening that emphasize the shift to focus on other health issues

Time to Stop Cancer Screenings: What Do Patients Want to Hear?

Older adults prefer explanations that emphasize the shift to focus on other health issues
Among older adults in primary care

Long-Term PPI Use Linked to Pneumonia Risk in Older Adults

Rate of incident pneumonia increased in second year after initiating treatment with proton pump inhibitors
The non-medical cost burden

Non-Medical Costs Burden Families of Hospitalized Children

Daily cost burden is higher for those reporting financial or social hardships
Surgical residents feel strongly that personal financial education should be offered during medical training

Most Surgical Residents Want Financial Education

Large majority of surgical residents surveyed had a moderate- or high-risk debt-to-asset ratio
Memories of school gym class may affect a person's exercise habits today

Gym Class Memories Can Influence Adults’ Exercise Habits

Those with good memories of gym class more likely to be currently engaging in physical activity
Four more experimental treatments for Ebola virus have been approved by the Congo health ministry for use in an outbreak of the deadly infectious disease in the country's northeast.

4 Experimental Ebola Therapies Approved for Use in Congo

Treatments are ZMapp, Remdesivir, Favipiravir, and Regn3450 - 3471 - 3479
Prophylactic administration of tranexamic acid does not reduce postpartum hemorrhage among women with vaginal delivery receiving prophylactic oxytocin

Prophylactic Tranexamic Acid Doesn’t Cut Postpartum Bleeding

No significant drop in postpartum hemorrhage of 500 ml or more for women receiving oxytocin
For patients with melanoma and untreated brain metastases

Nivolumab + Ipilimumab Shows Efficacy for Untreated Brain Mets

Findings from open-label, phase 2 study in patients with melanoma and untreated brain metastases