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Risk factors for dementia include black race

Midlife Vascular Risk Factors Tied to Increased Risk of Dementia

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Vascular risk factors linked to dementia include midlife smoking, diabetes, hypertension
Sleep-disordered breathing is associated with cognitive deficits

Sleep-Disordered Breathing Linked to Cognitive Dysfunction

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Hypoxemia and sleepiness associated with cognitive deficits, with strongest effect in APOE-ε4 carriers
There is an increased risk of cardiovascular disease following hospital admission for sepsis or pneumonia that persists for at least five years after the infection

Higher Risk of CVD Persists After Hospital Stay for Severe Infection

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Risk persists for at least five years after sepsis, pneumonia with hospitalization
A biomarker-based model provides a new tool for the prediction of cardiovascular death in patients with stable coronary heart disease

New Model Predicts Mortality in Stable Coronary Heart Disease

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Model uses age, biomarkers, clinical variables to predict cardiovascular death
A group version of enhanced cognitive behavioral treatment is effective at reducing eating disorder psychopathology

Group Version of Enhanced CBT Effective for Eating Disorders

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Findings could lead to increased availability of evidence-based treatment
The effect of video games on the hippocampus varies with the navigation strategy employed

Impact of Video Games on Brain Varies With Game Type, Strategy

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Participants using non-spatial memory strategy have reduced grey matter in hippocampus

American Psychological Association, Aug. 3-6

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The 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association The annual meeting of the American Psychological Association was held from Aug. 3 to...
Colorectal cancer mortality rates have decreased since 1970 in black adults (aged 20 to 54 years)

Colorectal Cancer Mortality Rates Down in Blacks, Up in Whites

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Among adults aged 20 to 54 years, increase in CRC mortality only seen in whites aged 30 to 54 years
For patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant

Azithromycin Tied to Poor Airflow Decline-Free Survival After HSCT

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Worse airflow decline-free survival than placebo after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant
Carriers of a deletion or duplication at 16p11.2 have neuroanatomic abnormalities

Neuroanatomic Anomalies for Deletion, Duplication at 16p11.2

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Deletion or duplication carriers have abnormalities, linked to cognitive, behavioral impairment