Neurology

Improvement in neural functioning also seen during 12-week intervention

Experience of mistreatment or discrimination by patients, families, visitors independently linked with higher odds of burnout

Highest prevalence seen for high blood pressure and not meeting aerobic physical activity guidelines, followed by obesity

Urgent attention needed to control pollution, including air pollution and pollution from hazardous chemicals, and prevent related disease

Elevated systolic BP and diabetes mellitus most important vascular risk factors for increased 10-year incident dementia risk at age 55

Medicaid expansion linked to increase in two-year overall survival, with greater increase seen for non-Hispanic Blacks, patients in rural areas

Female trauma patients had longer stay in ED, longer time in pretriage, increased likelihood of discharge to nursing or long-term care facilities

Twenty-eight percent of trials used historical, external, or other control; nearly half used surrogate measure as a primary end point

Larger volume associated with severity of cognitive impairment across Alzheimer disease spectrum

Some in-hospital therapies and prophylactic treatments may confer no benefit or are potentially harmful and should be reconsidered