CHEST: Admissions, Deaths for COPD Vary by Season
Longer length of stay, higher hospital charges seen in January, February, March
Google Searches for CBD Up Substantially
Given public interest, CBD should be a public health priority to evaluate effects, safety, the authors say
Fewer Women Than Men Receive Kidney Replacement Therapy
Findings consistent across decades for nine European countries
CDC: Cases of Vaping-Linked Lung Illness Now Top 1,600
Related death toll has also risen to 34 fatalities, spread across 24 states
Disneyland Visitors May Have Been Exposed to Measles
Person with measles was at the theme park and at a Starbucks in Los Angeles
FDA: N.J. Company Must Stop Selling Unapproved Flavored Vaping Products
Eonsmoke vaping products include flavors such as mango, cotton candy, and sour gummy worm
Regional Brain Atrophy ID’d in Patients With History of TBI
Volume loss seen in multiple regions, especially ventral diencephalon, putamen, and pallidum
Vergence/Accommodative Tx Improves Visual Function
But treatment does not improve reading performance for children with convergence insufficiency
Risk for Life-Threatening Infections Greater With Stress-Related Disorders
Hazard ratios higher with younger age at diagnosis of stress-related disorders, psychiatric comorbidity
One in Five Receive Opioid Rx After Cardiac Implant Procedure
80 percent had never taken opioids before, but nearly one in 10 sought a refill
