Study Looks at Impact of Children’s Exposure to Lead in the United States
Increase of 0.13 standard deviations seen in overall liability to mental illness assuming published lead-psychopathology links are causal
Cardiovascular Risk and Obesity Affect Brain Volume in Middle Age
Strongest influence seen between 55 and 64 years in men and between 65 and 74 years in women
Nocturnal Enuresis More Common in Children With Sleep Apnea
Adenotonsillectomy tied to significant improvement in about 50 percent of children with both conditions
Preferential Promotion of White Men Persisting in Academic Medicine
Black women significantly less likely to be promoted to assistant professor, full professor compared with White men
Deprescribing Antihypertensives Not Tied to Hospitalization for Heart Attack, Stroke
Estimated unadjusted cumulative incidence did not differ between long-term care residents who were deprescribed or continued antihypertensives
Two Common Antiseizure Medications Do Not Harm Child Neurodevelopment
No differences seen in six-year verbal abilities for children exposed, unexposed to antiseizure medications in utero
Social Determinants of Health Linked to Brain MRI Outcomes in Pediatric MS
Individual- and neighborhood-level indicators of social disadvantage linked to worse MRI outcome in pediatric-onset MS
Discontinuing Cholinesterase When Starting Memantine Not Tied to Institutionalization Care
Discontinuation tied to lower risk for fall-related injury
Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization Feasible for Subdural Hematoma
Middle meningeal artery embolization plus surgery linked to lower risk for hematoma recurrence or progression
Guidelines Developed for Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome
Three good practice statements include regularly testing serum iron studies, which can influence decision to use oral or IV iron treatment
