Late-Life Cognitive Activity May Delay Dementia
Taking up reading, puzzles, and games even in one's 80s may provide cognitive protection
Iron Deficiency May Increase Mortality, CV Risks in Nondialysis CKD
Iron deficiency, indicated by low transferrin saturation, tied to higher mortality, CV event risks in nondialysis CKD patients with or without anemia
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Up ~30 Percent in 2020
Increases seen in overdose deaths from opioids, as well as cocaine and psychostimulants
Review Compiles Myocarditis Cases Associated With COVID-19
COVID-19-related myocarditis profiled from 42 cases reported in articles published from December 2019 through January 5, 2021
Risk Factors ID’d for Severe COVID-19 With Sickle Cell Disease
Hydroxyurea use does not impact development of serious COVID-19 or need for hospitalization in children or adults
Rx Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Up Among Medicaid Enrollees
There are still considerable gaps in medication care, with Black enrollees having lower use than Whites
Multiple Sclerosis Disease Burden Higher in Black Patients
Both self-reported disability and objective assessments worse for Black patients, independent of socioeconomic status
EHR Use Varies Across Primary Care Specialties
Pediatric clinicians spend less total and after-hours time versus general medicine and family medicine clinicians
Unmet Social Needs, Distress Linked in Gynecologic Oncology Patients
Social isolation and lack of safety at home associated with distress; unmet needs also linked to treatment interruption
Methamphetamine-Linked Heart Failure Up in California
Increase of 585 percent seen in methamphetamine-associated cardiomyopathy/heart failure hospitalizations from 2008 to 2018
