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Self-reported stress decreases for most women as they transition through midlife

Midlife Transition Tied to Decreasing Stress in Women

Changing menopausal status does not have significant role in perceived stress after adjustment
The transition to use of buprenorphine products with unit-dose packaging starting in 2010 correlated with a reduction in unintentional pediatric exposures to buprenorphine-naloxone

Unit-Dose Packaging Cuts Accidental Peds Opioid Exposures

Relative decrease in buprenorphine-naloxone exposure after transition to unit-dose packaging
Diethylstilbestrol-related clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix is associated with increased risk of death

Mortality Risk Persists for Cancer Tied to Prenatal DES Exposure

Women with DES-related clear-cell adenocarcinoma had 27-fold higher mortality at 10 to 34 years
The introduction of public reporting of surgeon specific 90-day postoperative mortality in elective colorectal cancer surgery is associated with a reduction in observed 90-day mortality

Reporting Outcomes Per Surgeon Tied to Drop in CRC Sx Mortality

Reduction in mortality with intro of public reporting of surgeon specific 90-day post-op mortality
For children with eczema

No Clinical Benefit Seen for Bath Emollients in Childhood Eczema

POEM scores didn't meet minimal clinically important difference after adjustment for confounders
Many patients undergoing elective same-day or inpatient joint and spine surgery have unused opioids at one- and six-month follow-up

Many Patients Have Unused Opioids After Spine, Joint Surgery

Many patients reported unsafe storage and failure to dispose of opioids at one- and six-month follow-up
Most older adults agree that sex is an important part of a romantic relationship at any age

Older Adults Agree Sex Is Important Part of Relationships

More than half of older adults surveyed agree that sex is important to their overall quality of life
Lightning

Lightning Can Affect Deep Brain Stimulation Devices

Case report of 66-year-old woman whose implantable pulse generator switched off after lightning strike
Reduced kidney function

Cystatin C Tied to Cumulative Hearing Impairment

Cystatin C as biomarker, kidney function marker linked to 20-year cumulative incidence of HI
Specific demographic groups have lower cancer genetic testing

Gender Disparity Observed in Cancer Genetic Testing in the U.S.

Unaffected men have rate of breast/ovarian cancer testing that is one-tenth that of unaffected women