Contraceptives Beneficial for Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
Combined oral contraceptives linked to improvement in bone mass, similar to that with high-dose HT
Allopurinol Does Not Affect eGFR in Chronic Kidney Disease
And, serum urate lowering with allopurinol did not affect GFR in T1DM and diabetic kidney disease
Drop in Infant Mortality Mainly Due to Drop Across Maternal Age
Changes in age distribution of women giving birth accounted for part of drop in infant mortality rates
Sex, Ethnic Differential Patterns of COVID-19 Unexplained
Increase in COVID-19 for men, BAME not due to cardiometabolic, sociodemographic, behavioral factors
Inhibition of Sclerostin May Increase Cardiovascular Risk
SOST genetic variants linked to lower risk for fracture and osteoporosis but higher risk for MI, major CV AEs
Model May Help Predict Risk for Testing Positive for COVID-19
Risk reduced with pneumococcal polysaccharide, flu vaccine; melatonin, paroxetine, or carvedilol use
Metabolic Syndrome Up in Young Adults in the United States
Significant increases between 2011 and 2016 also seen for women, Asians, and Hispanics
Triple Inhaled Therapy Aids in Moderate-to-Very Severe COPD
Benefit seen for twice-daily triple inhaled therapy with glucocorticoid, glycopyrrolate, formoterol
Administrative Data Predict Mortality With Diabetes
Thirty-seven factors have good accuracy for predicting five- and 10-year mortality in older veterans
U.S. Burden of Skin and Subcutaneous Diseases Increasing
Increases seen across all 50 states, with geographic variation in percentage
