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Screen Time Linked to Poorer Child Developmental Performance
More screen time tied to poorer performance on developmental screening tests at 36, 60 months
New Model Helps Predict Patients Likely to Develop PTSD
Clinical assessment plus gender, education, trauma history predict PTSD likelihood
Financial Stress, Coronary Heart Disease Linked in African-Americans
Association no longer significant after adjustment for depression, smoking, diabetes
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