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Opioid Prescribing, New Persistent Use Down After Childbirth

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Strongest modifiable factor linked to new persistent use after delivery was filling Rx before delivery
The rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri has been confirmed as the cause of death of a North Carolina man.

N.C. Man Dies of Brain-Eating Amoeba After Visiting Water Park

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Infection can occur when Naegleria fowleri-contaminated water enters body through the nose
There is an increased risk for a mosquito-borne virus that causes brain infection and swelling

Experts Warn of Mosquito-Borne Brain Infection in Florida

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Eastern equine encephalitis has been detected in several sentinel chickens
Women with normal-weight central obesity have increased mortality risk compared with normal weight women with no central obesity

Mortality Up in Women With Central Obesity, Regardless of BMI

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Normal weight with central obesity tied to higher risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality
Online symptom self-management plus clinician telecare can be effective for individuals with pain

Online Symptom Self-Management + Telehealth Aids Pain, Mood

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Collaborative care led by a nurse-physician team with web-based self-management better than self-management alone
Daily electronic-cigarette use is associated with increased odds of prolonged regular cigarette smoking abstinence

Daily E-Cigarette Use May Increase Prolonged Cigarette Abstinence

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No association for nondaily e-cigarette use with prolonged regular cigarette smoking abstinence
Vitamin D3 supplementation can improve glucose metabolism in patients at high risk of diabetes or with newly-diagnosed diabetes

Vitamin D Supplementation Beneficial for Glucose Metabolism

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Benefits on peripheral insulin sensitivity, disposition index for those at-risk or newly-diagnosed with T2DM
For postmenopausal women with low sexual desire causing distress

Review Supports Testosterone for Low Sexual Desire in Women

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Beneficial effects for postmenopausal women, with preference for nonoral testosterone administration
JUUL developed its electronic cigarette for adult smokers who want to stop and never intended it to be adopted by underage teenagers

JUUL E-Cigarettes Never Meant for Teens, Company Cofounder Says

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Top executive for JUUL Labs testified this week before Congress
For aging men with low testosterone levels

Testosterone Replacement Therapy May Increase Cardiovascular Risk

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Increased risk in men on TRT for composite of heart attack, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack