Psychiatry

Suicide rate was higher for males, among adults aged 45 to 54 years, and for AI/AN and non-Hispanic Whites

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

Depression, worry about COVID-19, loneliness as strongly linked to hospitalization as high cholesterol, hypertension

Safety of e-cigarettes in pregnancy is similar to that of nicotine patches while possibly more effective

Also, this study of adolescent vaping in 47 countries shows prevalence of past-month frequent vaping relatively low at 1.7 percent

Model based on six clinical predictors explained 61.4 and 49.8 percent of variance in body clearance of lithium, respectively, in two cohorts

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

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

Existing sleep problems related mainly to disease-related measures, such as pain and reduced function, more so than disease duration

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