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Monthly Archives: April 2019

Just a few months into the year

CDC: United States Set to Break Measles Cases Record

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Number so far this year stands at 626, just 41 short of the 2014 record
Transgender adults are more likely to report diminished health-related quality of life

Diminished HRQOL More Likely Among Transgender Adults

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Transgender adults report more days of combined poor physical and mental health, activity limitation
Metformin is associated with long-term weight loss

Metformin May Help Obese With Prediabetes Maintain Weight Loss

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Results seen in post hoc analysis performed in Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study
For women with type 1 diabetes

Preterm Birth Linked to Periconception HbA1c in T1DM

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Women whose HbA1c levels were consistent with target values also at increased risk for preterm birth
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity equivalent to meeting current recommendations attenuates the association of sitting with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality

Moderate/Vigorous Exercise Attenuates Risks of Sitting

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Sitting time linked to all-cause, CVD mortality in least active adults; MVPA can attenuate these links
Marketing has been approved for the first medical device to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

FDA Approves Marketing of First Device to Treat ADHD

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Monarch eTNS System approved for children 7 to 12 years old not taking prescription ADHD medication
Children reclassified to higher blood pressure categories based on 2017 pediatric hypertension definitions are at increased risk for developing adverse cardiometabolic outcomes

Cardiometabolic Risk Better ID’d in Children Reclassified to Higher BP

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Likelihood of developing adult HTN, MetS, LVH increased for children reclassified with 2017 guidelines
For patients undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Injection Timing Tied to Risk for Infection in Rotator Cuff Repair

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Corticosteroid injection in the month prior to surgery linked to increased risk for surgical site infection
Many people with cancer use marijuana

Rates of Marijuana Use in Cancer Patients on the Rise in U.S.

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People with cancer also more likely to use prescription opioids than those without
Cases of sudden unexpected infant death classified as suffocation are most often attributed to soft bedding

Suffocation Deaths in Infants Most Often Due to Soft Bedding

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Soft-bedding deaths most often occur in adult beds, with infant in prone position, with blanket obstructing airway