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Nicotine electronic cigarettes improve long-term smoking cessation compared with nicotine replacement therapy

Electronic Cigarettes Improve Long-Term Smoking Cessation

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Quit rates higher in people randomly assigned to nicotine e-cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy
Internal medicine physicians and trainees report high levels of career satisfaction but also high levels of burnout

Career Satisfaction, Burnout Both High Among Internists

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Risk factors for burnout include documentation time pressure and lack of work control
Pfizer will not apply for emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine before the third week in November

No Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Expected Before Election

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Company has reversed its previous claims that it would apply for the approval in October
From May to August 2020

COVID-19-Linked Deaths Mainly in Seniors in May to August 2020

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Percentage of decedents who were Hispanic increased from 16.3 to 26.4 percent in May to August
For older adults

Social Activity Tied to Integrity of Brain Structure in Older Adults

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Greater integrity of gray matter seen on brain MRI in older adults with higher levels of social engagement
For about 20 percent of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Anti-VEGF Therapy May Aid Visual Acuity in Some nAMD Patients

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Useful visual acuity preserved for about 20 percent of patients over their average remaining lifetime
Investment in non-health care services is associated with lower infant mortality rates

Non-Health Care Spending Linked to Infant Mortality Rates

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Increase of $0.30 per person in environmental spending linked to drop of 0.03 deaths/1,000 live births
Children with autism spectrum disorder and/or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder have more doctor and hospital visits during infancy

Autism, ADHD Linked to More Doctor, Hospital Visits by Age 1

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Patterns of health care use before age 1 distinctive in autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
An inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccine seems safe and induces humoral responses

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Well Tolerated in Phase 1/2 Trial

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Neutralizing antibody geometric mean titers higher in vaccine group at day 42 in phase 1 trial
A total of 126.5 million people lived with ischemic heart disease globally in 2017

Ischemic Heart Disease Is Major Health Burden Worldwide

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126.5 million people lived with IHD in 2017; burden metrics of IHD increased between 1990 and 2017