Marijuana Use Tied to Self-Harm, All-Cause Death in Youth With Mood Disorders
Analysis included youth 10 through 24 years of age with mood disorder; 10.3 percent had documented cannabis use disorder
Biden Signs Orders to Expand Health Care Access
Reopened Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollment period will run from Feb. 15 to May 15
MIND and Mediterranean Diets Tied to Delayed Parkinson Onset
Strongest association seen in women, with delay in onset of up to 17 years
Crohn Disease, Comorbidities Up Risk for Severe Pneumococcal Disease
Receipt of PCV13 alone or in combination with PPSV23 predicts fivefold reduced risk for SPD compared with no vaccination
U.S. Drug Prices 256 Percent Higher Than in 32 OECD Countries
U.S. prices higher than those in comparison countries for brand-name originator drugs, but lower for unbranded generics
Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Dropped During Stay-at-Home Order
Cervical cytology screening rates per 100 person-months decreased 78 percent among women aged 21 to 29 years
Transient Return of Cardiac Activity ID’d After Pulselessness
Based on waveform analysis, cardiac activity occurred in 14 percent of patients after planned withdrawal of life-sustaining measures
Early Anticoagulation May Not Up Survival in Severe COVID-19
Venous thromboembolism seen in 6.3 percent and major bleeding seen in 2.8 percent of critically ill COVID-19 patients
Perivascular Space Pathology Linked to Dementia in Seniors
Severe PVS pathology in both basal ganglia and centrum semiovale independently predicted dementia across eight years
Levonorgestrel IUD Noninferior for Emergency Contraception
Pregnancy rates at one month were 0.3 percent in levonorgestrel IUD group and 0 percent in copper IUD group
