E-Cigarettes as Consumer Devices May Not Improve Smoking Cessation
In randomized clinical trials, e-cigarette use linked to more quitting for smokers provided e-cigarettes versus conventional therapy
Ongoing Exposure to Stressors Harms Health
So-called allostatic load increases with age but increases more sharply among Black, Latino populations
Inequities Seen in Accessing Telemedicine During COVID-19
Factors linked to fewer completed telemedicine visits include older age, Asian race, non-English as preferred language, Medicaid insurance
Patients With Psoriasis Shoulder Substantial Psychological Burden
About half of patients from a university hospital dermatology department had evidence of mental health problems
Obesity, Eating Disorders More Common in Sexual-, Gender-Minority Youth
Findings suggest that disparities in weight, eating disorders observed in SGM adolescents/adults may emerge in childhood
Privileged White U.S. Citizens Have Better Health Outcomes
However, outcomes are not always better than those of average citizens in 12 comparison countries
More Social Media Use Tied to New Depression Over Six Months
However, baseline depression not tied to increased social media use over time
AASM: Multicomponent CBT Recommended for Chronic Insomnia
Conditional recommendations include stimulus control, sleep restriction therapy, relaxation therapy as single-component treatments
U.S. Justice Department Sues Walmart Over Role in Opioid Crisis
Company violated federal law by selling prescriptions for controlled substances that its pharmacists 'knew were invalid'
CDC: Life Expectancy for U.S. Population Increased in 2019
And age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 20.7 to 21.6 per 100,000 from 2018 to 2019
