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Sudden Death Rates Drop in Trial Participants with Heart Failure: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD,

Sudden Death Rates Drop in Trial Participants with Heart Failure: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM Rates of sudden death in patients with heart failure declined significantly over the past two decades, finds a study in the New England...
Source: jwatch.org

Stroke, TIA Survivors Without Early Complications Still Face Increased Long-Term Risks: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by

Stroke, TIA Survivors Without Early Complications Still Face Increased Long-Term Risks: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD Adults who are clinically stable in the early period after a stroke or transient ischemic attack face increased risks for adverse outcomes years later, according...
Source: jwatch.org

Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for cancer pain in adults | Cochrane

Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for cancer pain in adults | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

85 percent of Americans use mobile devices to access news — and seniors are driving that number up: Most people in the

85 percent of Americans use mobile devices to access news — and seniors are driving that number up: Most people in the U.S. — 85 percent of U.S. adults — have used a mobile device to access news at some point, up from around just 50 percent in 2013. But put aside any assumptions about which groups...
Source: niemanlab.org

Unhealthy Britain: half of adults walk less than a mile a day – survey: Poll commissioned by Cancer Research UK finds

Unhealthy Britain: half of adults walk less than a mile a day – survey: Poll commissioned by Cancer Research UK finds 52% of adults walk only 2,000 steps a day, figures described as ‘worrying’ and likely to increase cancer risk
Source: theguardian.com

Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study:

Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study: Objective  To examine the association of long term intake of gluten with the development of incident coronary heart disease. Design  Prospective cohort study. Setting and participants...
Source: bmj.com

Multi-social millennials more likely depressed than social(media)ly conservative peers: Compared with the total time spent

Multi-social millennials more likely depressed than social(media)ly conservative peers: Compared with the total time spent on social media, use of multiple platforms is more strongly associated with depression and anxiety among young adults, the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media,...
Source: eurekalert.org

Gotta catch’em all! Pokémon GO and physical activity among young adults: difference in differences study: Objective

Gotta catch’em all! Pokémon GO and physical activity among young adults: difference in differences study: Objective To estimate the effect of playing Pokémon GO on the number of steps taken daily up to six weeks after installation of the game. Design Cohort study using online survey data. Participants...
Source: bmj.com

Meta-Analysis Supports Lower Prediabetes Cutoff: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair,

Meta-Analysis Supports Lower Prediabetes Cutoff: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH Adults with fasting glucose concentrations as low as 100 mg/dL or hemoglobin A1c levels of 5.7% could face increased risk for cardiovascular events, a BMJ meta-analysis...
Source: jwatch.org

Motivational interviewing (MI) for preventing alcohol misuse in young adults is not effective enough | Cochrane

Motivational interviewing (MI) for preventing alcohol misuse in young adults is not effective enough | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Nearly half of U.S. adults get news on Facebook, Pew says: More than 40 percent of American adults get news on Facebook,

Nearly half of U.S. adults get news on Facebook, Pew says: More than 40 percent of American adults get news on Facebook, according to a report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center and the Knight Foundation. (Disclosure: Knight is a supporter of the Lab.) Two-thirds of Facebook users access...
Source: niemanlab.org

Editorial: Contemporary Faces of Diabetes Care for Youth and Young Adults in the 21st Century: Evolution in the Roles of

Editorial: Contemporary Faces of Diabetes Care for Youth and Young Adults in the 21st Century: Evolution in the Roles of Patients and Families, Healthcare Providers and Systems, Behavioral Health, and the Online Community Current diabetes reviews.
Source: nih.gov

Meta-Analysis: Metformin Should Still Be First-Line Diabetes Therapy, Even with Newer Drugs Available: By Amy Orciari Herman

Meta-Analysis: Metformin Should Still Be First-Line Diabetes Therapy, Even with Newer Drugs Available: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Evidence from a new meta-analysis "supports current guidelines with metformin as the recommended first-line...
Source: jwatch.org

Cool Dudes: The Denial of Climate Change among Conservative White Males in the United States: We examine whether conservative

Cool Dudes: The Denial of Climate Change among Conservative White Males in the United States: We examine whether conservative white males are more likely than are other adults in the U.S. general public to endorse climate change denial. We draw theoretical and analytical guidance from the... Aaron M....
Source: researchgate.net

In this book Tony Atkinson - Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science - asks the question,

In this book Tony Atkinson - Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science - asks the question, "If we wish to reduce the extent of inequality, how can this be done?" His answer includes looking at history for evidence of what has worked in the past and what could be...
Source: harvard.edu

CDC: New Diabetes Cases on the Decline in the U.S.: By the Editors For the first time in decades, the annual number of

CDC: New Diabetes Cases on the Decline in the U.S.: By the Editors For the first time in decades, the annual number of new diabetes cases among U.S. adults appears to be declining, according to … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

Organ donation: Groundbreaking law change in Wales means all adults become donors: Revolutionary new system will 'save hundreds

Organ donation: Groundbreaking law change in Wales means all adults become donors: Revolutionary new system will 'save hundreds of lives' in dramatic departure from current 'opt-in' process and will be closely watched by rest of UK
Source: telegraph.co.uk

IDF diabetes atlas

Key figures on diabetes from the IDF. "The latest edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas shows that 463 million adults are currently living with diabetes."
Source: diabetesatlas.org

Study finds that Ebola vaccine is safe and stimulates strong immune response: A clinical trial of a new Ebola vaccine has

Study finds that Ebola vaccine is safe and stimulates strong immune response: A clinical trial of a new Ebola vaccine has found that it is well tolerated and stimulates strong immune responses in adults in Mali and in the US, according to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Lancet Infectious...
Source: eurekalert.org

Prone (face-down) position for mechanical ventilation of adults with acute respiratory failure | Cochrane

Prone (face-down) position for mechanical ventilation of adults with acute respiratory failure | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org