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Burn injury survival has dramatically increased over the past 30 years

Burn Deaths Down From 1989 to 2017 in the United States

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New protocols may have reduced the mortality for all age groups, burn sizes, and genders
Family is an important influence on care preferences among older adults with advanced illness

Family Influences Older Adults’ Care Preferences

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Preferences of those with advanced illness based on interaction of family, individual, and illness factors
Immunotherapy with peptide hydrolysates from Lolium perenne reduces seasonal allergy symptoms and is generally well tolerated

Grass Peptide Immunotherapy Cuts Seasonal Allergy Symptoms

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Subcutaneous injections administered over three-week period before grass pollen season
Improving colorectal cancer screening rates among lower-income populations requires addressing structural

Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Poor Identified

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Structural barriers included economic, health care, and health educational resources
The incidence of breast cancer in women with schizophrenia may be higher than that of the general female population

Risk of Breast CA May Be Higher in Women With Schizophrenia

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Findings based on a meta-analysis that showed significant study heterogeneity
Open-flame and/or high-temperature cooking methods (such as grilling/barbecuing

Grilled Meat, Chicken Ups Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in U.S. Adults

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Using open flames or high temps to cook red meat, chicken both linked to higher risk of T2DM
Almost all emergency general surgery patients treated operatively and nonoperatively have increased risk of venous thromboembolism and should receive prophylactic treatment

VTE Risk Up in Most Emergency General Surgery Patients

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Pharmacologic prophylaxis should be considered unless an absolute contraindication exists
The prevalence of sunburn was 34.2 percent in 2015

Prevalence of Sunburn 34.2 Percent in U.S. in 2015

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About half of individuals aged 18 to 29 and those with sun-sensitive skin experienced sunburn
Virtual reality appears to be an effective distraction intervention to relieve pain and distress during various medical procedures

Review: Virtual Reality Distracts From Pain of Medical Procedures

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VR effective for reducing pain and distress of even extremely painful procedures
Blacks have significantly higher exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (particles with median aerodynamic diameter <2.5 µm)

Higher Exposure to Air Pollution Adds to CVD Risk for Blacks

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Higher rate of incident CVD events, all-cause mortality in blacks partly due to PM2.5 exposure