Author: Janine Anthes

Health benefits occur rapidly, with benefit of smoking ban in Ireland starting at one week

Interventions associated with drops in blood pressure, cholesterol, HbA1c

Association seen for both number of social media accounts and daily time spent using them

Risk increased for colon cancer 10 to 14 years after surgery; no increase in risk found for rectal cancer

Incidence varied considerably by region, ranging from 0 to more than 3 percent across population areas in 2014

Factors ID’d in nonadherence, family challenges to early introduction, consumption of allergenic foods

Risk for type 1, type 2 diabetes increased at age <18 years, 18 to 43 years

Highest admission rate seen in southern part of U.S.; number of admissions highest for white children

Number of rural medical students would need to quadruple to meet share of rural residents in U.S. population

As of Dec. 4, agency said it plans to only report cases that required hospitalization

Decrease due to drops in generic drug prices and slow growth in the cost of brand-name medications

No metformin recalls affect U.S. market at the moment

Cancers of the breast, prostate, or colorectum most commonly associated with fatal strokes

Health benefits occur rapidly, with benefit of smoking ban in Ireland starting at one week

Interventions associated with drops in blood pressure, cholesterol, HbA1c

Association seen for both number of social media accounts and daily time spent using them

Risk increased for colon cancer 10 to 14 years after surgery; no increase in risk found for rectal cancer

Incidence varied considerably by region, ranging from 0 to more than 3 percent across population areas in 2014

Factors ID’d in nonadherence, family challenges to early introduction, consumption of allergenic foods

Risk for type 1, type 2 diabetes increased at age <18 years, 18 to 43 years