Almost 15 Percent of U.S. Seniors Use Aspirin for Primary Prevention
22.7 percent of primary prevention aspirin users started aspirin without a physician's recommendation
Varying Associations ID’d Between Hormone Therapy, Young-Onset Breast Cancer
Inverse link seen for estrogen hormone therapy use and young-onset breast cancer; positive link seen for long-term use of estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy
15.6 Million Lifetime Gastric Cancers Expected in Those Born During 2008 to 2017
58 percent of cases expected in traditionally high-incidence areas; 42 percent expected to occur in lower-incidence areas
Preschool Depression Intervention Has Long-Term Beneficial Effects
Those with remission at preadolescence have lower lifetime use of antipsychotics and intensive mental health interventions
Living in Marginalized Neighborhoods Linked to Adverse Outcomes in Acute MI
Increasing neighborhood marginalization linked to higher rates of mortality beginning at 30 days after discharge
Stratifying BMI by Waist Circumference Improves Mortality Risk Prediction in Postmenopausal Women
Researchers say clinical guidelines for assessing adiposity would benefit from incorporation of BMI-specific WC thresholds
Hypercholesterolemia Treatment Falls Short of Guidelines
In recent study, 23 percent of NHANES primary prevention cohort currently using lipid-lowering therapies versus 47 percent eligible under U.S. guidelines
New Framework Reclassifies Nearly 20 Percent of People as Having Obesity
18.8 percent of adults previously defined as having overweight based on BMI alone were diagnosed as persons with obesity with new tool
NIH to Cap Publishing Fees for Publicly Funded Research
Agency says these fees place an additional burden on taxpayers who already fund the underlying research
