Facilitating Shared Decision-Making Can Cut Antibiotic Use
Interventions that aim to facilitate shared decision-making effective in short term
CDC: Adult Smoking Rate Falls to New Low in the United States
As of 2014, rate is 16.8 percent but big socioeconomic disparities remain
CDC: Sharp Increase in U.S. Babies Born With Syphilis
Of infected babies born in 2014, 15 percent of mothers were never tested for syphilis
Cesarean Rate Not Significantly Impacted in Induction Study
In women with Bishop score of ≤5 undergoing elective induction after 39 weeks of gestation
Noon Best Time to Get Vitamin D From Sun for Minimal Cancer Risk
Study looks at impact of variations in UVA, UVB radiation on skin cancer risk
Prenatal PFOA Exposure Linked to Excess Weight in Children
However, more research needs to be done to show cause-and-effect
CDC: Half of Americans With HTN Don’t Have BP Under Control
Improvement since 1999, but still short of Healthy People 2020 goal
CDC: Adult Obesity Still Rising in U.S., Youth Rates Hold Steady
Per analysis of weight trends since 1999
Few Adults With Severe Mental Illness Screened for Diabetes
About 30 percent receive diabetes-specific screening; no form of glucose screening for 31.1 percent
Central Obesity Is Hazardous, Even at a Normal Weight
Research suggests BMI insufficient for assessing health risks
