Likelihood of Engaging in Choking Game Higher in Troubled Teens
History of depression, conduct disorders in teens associated with participating in choking game
Evidence Lacking for Benefit of Surgery for Vertebral Fractures
No significant benefit with percutaneous vertebroplasty over placebo for acutely painful VF
Tachycardia May Indicate Higher Mortality Risk in Cancer Patients
Tachycardia significantly predicts mortality in lung cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma
Increase Seen in Multiple-Victim School-Related Homicide Rate
Firearm-related injuries accounted for 62.8 and 95.0 percent of single-victim, multiple-victim homicides
Paclitaxel Exposure in Vascular Device Not Linked to Mortality
No deaths thought to be related to use of paclitaxel drug-coated balloons for vascular procedures in PAD
Machine Learning Methods Can Detect UTI in Dementia Patients
Research team used novel algorithms to ID early symptoms of health declines in dementia patients
Adverse Birth Outcomes Up With Medically Assisted Reproduction
But risks are mainly attributable to factors other than medically assisted reproductive treatment
Gender Gap Seen in Accessing Alcohol Treatment With Cirrhosis
Women less likely to be treated than men; treatment visit, medication tied to improved one-year outcomes
Bone Health in Older Adults Not Improved by High-Dose Vitamin D
25(OH)D concentration increases with supplements, but no difference in BMD changes among three doses
Comorbid Neck Injury Up for Women With Concussion
For all concussion-related ED visits, odds of comorbid neck injury up for females ages 5 to 49
