Personalized Goals, Cash Motivate Heart Patients to Exercise
Loss-framed financial incentives, goal setting help increase daily step counts
CDC: U.S. Suicide Rate Rose 30 Percent From 2000 to 2016
Increase of about 1 percent per year from 2000 to 2006, about 2 percent per year from 2006 to 2016
Illicit Opioid Trade Up With Restrictions on Hydrocodone
2014 ruling to reschedule hydrocodone combo products coincided with rise in cryptomarket trade
Acute Insomnia Found to Be Common Among Good Sleepers
~75 percent of those with acute insomnia recover good sleep; ~6 percent develop chronic insomnia
Little Evidence Nicotine Preloading Helps Smokers Quit
Adjustment for varenicline use as a post-cessation treatment linked to increase in beneficial effect
African-Americans Less Likely to Get Recommended Statin Therapy
Socioeconomic, demographic, belief-related and clinician differences are contributing factors
Peri-Op RBC Transfusions Linked to Postoperative VTE
Perioperative red blood cell transfusion linked to increased adjusted odds of VTE, DVT, PE
E-Cigarette Flavorings May Impair Vascular Function
Increased inflammation and a loss of nitric oxide seen in endothelial cells
AMA President Calls Physicians to Lead in Addressing Gun Violence
Gun violence should continue to be addressed in a scientific, evidence-based manner
Foods With Fat and Carbohydrate Are More Highly Valued
Potentiated reward tied to response in areas critical for reward valuation, including dorsal striatum
