Author: Janine Anthes

Higher grade, increasing cigarette smoking intensity tied to more students reporting vaping nicotine only

Increase in screening rates in quarters 3, 4 of 2018 versus quarter 1; no change for people in their 50s

Drop in monthly frequency of convulsive seizures significantly greater with fenfluramine versus placebo

Nearly 25 percent of adults projected to have severe obesity by 2030; in 25 states obesity will top 25 percent

Benefit substantial for homologous-recombination deficiency positive tumors with, without BRCA mutations

No clear association with later dementia seen for low BMI, low caloric intake, inactivity at baseline

Breast cancer risk significantly lower at median follow-up of 131 months; effect continued after treatment

Behavioral counseling linked to reduction in odds of STI and with reduction in sexual risk behaviors

Three people with measles traveled through the airport on the morning of Dec. 11

19 states and the District of Columbia have already increased the age to buy tobacco products to 21

New rules include reimbursing donors for lost wages, tightening standards for organ procurement organizations

Nicotine content of the two newly approved cigarettes is less than 1 mg per cigarette

Coprescription of z-drugs with OAT also linked to increased risk for drug-related poisoning mortality

Clinical factors together with social determinants of health pose challenge for rural communities

Frailty may predict poor postoperative outcomes, particularly in tSCI patients younger than age 75