Pricing Interventions Increase Sales, Intake of Healthy Foods
Also linked to reduced purchasing and consumption of unhealthy foods and beverages
Driving Impairment Warnings Often Not Given With Rx Meds
For most drug categories, those who do receive warnings perceive higher risk of impaired driving
Midlife Systemic Inflammation Tied to Late-Life Brain Volume
Smaller hippocampal, Alzheimer's signature region volumes seen 24 years after inflammation noted
Connective Tissue Disease May Raise Post-Abdominoplasty Risks
Higher risk of venous thromboembolism, need for blood transfusion for patients with CTD
October 2017 Briefing – Rheumatology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Rheumatology for October 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Two Simple Tests Can ID Fibromyalgia in Pain Patients
Pain on pinching Achilles tendon and endorsement of single question regarding pain point to fibromyalgia
RA Associated With Higher Risk of COPD Hospitalization
Risk is 47 percent higher in RA patients than general population after adjustment for confounders
CMS Launches Initiative to Examine Impact of Regulations
Officials set to travel country gathering information on impact of their regulations on physicians
Depressive Symptoms Increase During Internship Year
Significantly greater increase seen among women; sex disparity partly due to work-family conflict
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mortality Down Since 1968
However, SLE mortality is still higher than non-SLE mortality; sex, racial, regional disparities exist
