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Type 1 diabetes self-management behaviors vary across adult developmental stages

T1DM Self-Management Varies With Adult Developmental Stages

Mean HbA1c levels highest for emerging adults (age 18 to <25) and lowest for older adults (age ≥65)
Type 1 diabetes self-management behaviors vary across adult developmental stages

T1DM Self-Management Varies With Adult Developmental Stages

Mean HbA1c levels highest for emerging adults (age 18 to <25) and lowest for older adults (age ≥65)
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (or hookah smoking) accounts for half of young adults' tobacco smoke exposure

Over Half of Young Adult Smoke Volume Exposure From Hookahs

Toxicant exposure to tar, carbon monoxide, nicotine lower, but still substantial, compared to cigarettes
Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age have worse measures of health in the years leading up to retirement

Pre-Retirement Morbidity Higher in Later Birth Cohorts

Worse measures of health for Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age
Beauty standards are evolving over time

Beauty Standards Evolved From 1990 to 2017

'World's Most Beautiful' list in 2017 included wider variety of skin colors, older age groups, more females
Hospitalized patients 65 and older may face a slightly higher risk of dying within a month of their admittance when treated by an older versus younger physician

Treatment in Hospital by Older Doctors Tied to Higher Mortality

Older patients' hospital survival slightly higher when physician is younger, researchers say
Healthy kidneys from elderly donors are often rejected

Old Age Should Not Exclude Deceased Organ Donation

Similar survival rates seen whether organ comes from 50-year-old or octogenarian
The benefit of screening mammography may continue with increasing age up until 90

RSNA: No Evidence for Age-Based Mammography Cut-Off

Researchers find benefits for some women up to the age of 90
Geriatric events are common among elderly patients who undergo major surgery for cancer

Geriatric Events in Cancer Surgery Common in Elderly

Particularly among those who undergo major abdominal surgery
From 2000 to 2014

CDC: Average Age of First-Time Mothers in U.S. Still Rising

All states and the District of Columbia reported delays in motherhood since 2000