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Other dietary components have a minimal impact on attenuating the adverse association of dietary sodium with blood pressure

Dietary Constituents Minimally Attenuate Sodium-BP Link

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Sodium-BP link persisted after controlling for 13 macronutrients, 12 vitamins, 7 minerals
Adolescents smoking electronic-cigarettes only have significantly higher excretion of volatile organic chemical compounds than non-smokers

Excretion of Volatile Organic Compounds Up in Teen E-Smokers

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Excretion of metabolites of acrylonitrile, acrolein, propylene oxide, acrylamide, crotonaldehyde up
Gender minority Medicare beneficiaries have larger disability and mental health burdens than the general Medicare population

Gender Minorities Have Greater Mental Illness, Disability

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Among Medicare beneficiaries, gender minorities use more mental health care, visit ER more often
Nationally

Pediatric Opioid-Related Hospital, ICU Admissions on the Rise

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Rate of pediatric hospitalization, ICU admission increased, 2004 to 2015
Guidance has been developed for hemoglobin A1c targets for glycemic control among nonpregnant adults with type 2 diabetes; the guidance statement was published online March 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

ACP Updates Guidance for HbA1c Targets for Adults With T2DM

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Clinicians should personalize glycemic control goals; aim for HbA1c of 7 to 8 percent for most adults
Implementation of a ban on menthol cigarettes results in an increase in those attempting to quit

Increase in Other Flavored Tobacco Use After Menthol Ban

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Increase in percentage of those who attempted to quit at follow-up versus before ban implementation
Strong state firearm policies are associated with lower firearm suicide rates and lower homicide rates

Strong State Firearm Policies, Lower Firearm Suicide Rate Tied

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Counties with low home state, interstate scores had higher firearm homicide rates, overall homicide rate
A newly developed scale may identify patients addicted to tanning

New Screening Tool Developed to Assess Tanning Addiction

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Use of tool finds tan addiction tied to female gender, being single, anxiety, obsessive-compulsiveness
Survivors of adolescent cancer have higher rates of adverse mental health outcomes than the general population

Risk of Mental Health Visits Up in Childhood Cancer Survivors

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Childhood cancer survivors diagnosed by age 4 have elevated risk of severe mental health events
High fish intake is associated with reduced risk of multiple sclerosis

AAN: High Fish Intake Linked to Reduced Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

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Two tag SNPs in fatty acid desaturase gene 2 independently linked to reduced risk of MS