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Older people who develop depression have significantly slower gait speed and shorter step length several years before diagnosis

Slower Gait Speed, Shorter Step Length Tied to Later Depression

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Slowest tertile for gait speed, shortest tertile for step length tied to higher likelihood of depression
Certain opioids are less effective for postoperative pain in patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants

Certain Opioids Less Effective With SSRI Antidepressants

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Surgical patients on SSRIs + prodrug opioids had higher postsurgical pain 8 weeks postdischarge
Longer emergency medical service response times are associated with higher rates of motor vehicle crash mortality

Delayed EMS Response Time Tied to Mortality After Car Accident

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Longer emergency medical services response increases motor vehicle crash mortality in urban, rural settings
High-risk human papillomavirus infection is associated with an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease

High-Risk HPV Infection Linked to Increased Risk for CVD in Women

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High-risk HPV-CVD association stronger for those with obesity or metabolic syndrome
Education is associated with global cognition but not with the rate of cognitive change in older adults

Education Not Tied to Rate of Cognitive Change in Seniors

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Education was not associated with onset, rate of accelerated decline before dementia diagnosis
Hospitalization for vaccine-preventable infections occurs in more than 15 percent of pediatric solid organ transplant recipients in the first five years after surgery

Vaccine-Preventable Infections Common After Peds Transplant

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These infections in organ transplant recipients associated with significant morbidity, mortality, costs
Country-specific norms have been established for the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer questionnaire to measure the self-reported quality of life of cancer patients

Country-Specific Norms Created for Cancer-Related Quality of Life

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New data from countries including the U.S. allow for intercountry, intracountry comparisons
There has been an increase in the number of U.S. women diagnosed with a cancer caused by breast implants

FDA: Number of U.S. Women With Breast Implant-Caused Cancer Has Increased

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Textured implants linked to cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Chronic rhinosinusitis is associated with incidence of depression and anxiety

Chronic Rhinosinusitis Linked to Depression, Anxiety

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Higher hazard ratios found for depression, anxiety for patients with CRS without nasal polyps
For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest occurring in outpatient dialysis clinics

Dialysis Staff-Initiated CPR Ups Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest

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Staff-initiated CPR linked to increase in hospital discharge, favorable neurologic status on discharge