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Youth should be protected from electronic cigarettes and other nicotine delivery devices

FIRS: Guidance Offered for Protecting Youth From E-Cigarettes

E-cigarettes should be regulated as tobacco products; their sale to youth should be banned worldwide
In back-related leg pain and sciatica patients

Various Factors Affect Progress in Back-Related Leg Pain, Sciatica

Belief in a long recovery, many symptoms attributed to pain negatively tied to improvement
Socioeconomic factors

Sociodemographic Factors Impact Heart-Healthy Behaviors

Individual socioeconomic, psychosocial, and neighborhood factors all play a role
The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among U.S. youth was 17.8 and 5.8 percent

Prevalence of Obesity 17.8 Percent for Youth in 2013 to 2016

Prevalence of severe obesity significantly higher among U.S. youth in non-metropolitan statistical areas
Firearm victimization is associated with increased levels of distress

Increased Levels of Distress for Firearm Victimization

Likelihood of reporting severe distress up for firearm victimizations versus those involving other weapons
In older adults there is a J-shaped association between alcohol and mortality

J-Shaped Association for Alcohol, Mortality in Older Adults

Lifetime never or infrequent drinkers, heavy, very heavy drinkers had increased risk versus light drinkers
Switching electronic health record systems can result in increased efficiency and productivity gains

Considerable Costs Associated With Switching EHR

Costs include time needed for research and testing, maintenance and other fees, hardware updates
Robotic and minimally invasive approaches to mitral surgery are associated with high rates of mitral repair

High Success Rates for Mitral Valve Repair With Robotic Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery linked to fewer discharges to facility, one day less in hospital vs conservative sx
In a case report published online June 18 in BMJ Case Reports

Tattoo-Linked Complications ID’d in Immunosuppressed Female

Inflammatory myopathy identified in woman with cystic fibrosis on long-term immunosuppressants
From 2008 to 2012 there was a decrease in overall rates of cardiac stress testing in Medicare beneficiaries

Rates of Cardiac Stress Testing Down but Still Higher in CKD

Decline in rates of cardiac stress testing in Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥66 years from 2008 to 2012