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Continuous positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnea optimally used at night reduces resting heart rate during the day

CPAP Cuts Daytime Resting Heart Rate in Patients With Prediabetes

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Proof-of-concept study shows optimal treatment of sleep apnea may have positive CV carryover effects
Fecal microbiota transplantation is effective for Clostridium difficile infection through six months and has a good safety profile

Fecal Transplant Safe, Effective for C. Difficile Through Six Months

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90 percent of those undergoing FMT had one-month cure; 4 percent had recurrence within six months
Individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder face higher financial distress and subsequent suicide risk

Financial Distress May Increase Suicide Risk in Those With ADHD

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New prescriptions for ADHD medications were not associated with financial outcomes
Half of older gun owners have a plan for transferring gun ownership after death and even fewer have a plan for transferring ownership in the case of impairment

Many Older Gun Owners Fail to Consider Future Ownership Transfer

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Including firearm issues in medical, financial, legal advance planning may be useful, authors say
Pandemic-induced impairments in work and social functioning are strongly correlated with elevated depression and anxiety symptoms and with decreased psychological well-being

Pandemic-Induced Impairments in Work Impact Mental Health

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Impairments in work and social functioning strongly linked with elevated depression, anxiety symptoms
Adult patients with current or previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 can develop a hyperinflammatory syndrome

CDC Reports Cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults

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MIS-A related to SARS-CoV-2 infection resembles MIS in children; respiratory symptoms often minimal
Prescription pain medication abuse decreased significantly from 2007 to 2018

ASA: Sustained Decrease Seen in Prescription Opioid Abuse in U.S.

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Significant declines seen from 2002 to 2013 and 2014 and from 2015 to 2016, 2017, 2018
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Daily Aspirin May Up Growth, Spread of Cancers in Older Adults

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Authors caution that daily low-dose aspirin is linked to more late-stage cancers, related deaths in elderly
Opioids prescribed by dentists may pose a threat for interactions with medications for depression or anxiety in older adults

Dentists’ Rx for Opioids Pose Danger for Drug Interactions

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In older adults, interactions with meds for depression, anxiety increase risk for ED visits, hospitalizations
Spouses of patients admitted to the intensive care unit have an increased risk for cardiovascular events in the one to four weeks after admission

Cardiovascular Event Risk Up for Spouses of Patients in ICU

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Increased odds found for visits for cardiovascular diseases one to four weeks after spouse's ICU admission