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Low levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) are associated with increased risk of loss of muscle strength in adults ≥50 years.

Neither mindfulness training nor exercise is associated with significant improvement in episodic memory or executive function among older adults.

An artificial intelligence candidate can pass two of 10 mock Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists examinations when noninterpretable images are excluded from analysis.

Following a rural hospital closure, nearby hospitals see increases in emergency department visits and admissions.

From 2020 to 2021, life expectancy decreased by 0.6 years among U.S. residents, reaching 76.4 years in 2021.

In mental and behavioral health emergency department visits for children, higher rates of pharmacologic restraint are associated with male sex, Black race, timing of visits, and revisits.

Alcohol abstinence improves prognosis across all stages of portal hypertension in alcohol-related cirrhosis.

Acupressure may be better than acupuncture for reducing sleep disturbance in cancer patients, according to a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

A total of 308,264 mental health emergency department visits from 217,865 unique patients were included; within six months, 13.2 percent of the patients had a mental health revisit.

The FDA revised the language on “morning after” pills’ packaging to make it clear that the pills are not abortion drugs.

Opioids are frequently prescribed to patients with cirrhosis, often without a pain diagnosis.

Eight in 10 older U.S. adults are concerned about the costs of an emergency department visit.

Only 14% of cancers diagnosed in the United States are diagnosed after the patient had a recommended screening test.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Target Corp. have issued a recall for more than 200,000 Pillowfort weighted blankets for children because they can create an asphyxiation risk.

Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have an increased risk for periodontitis development.

Residing in higher-opportunity and lower-vulnerability neighborhoods in early life is associated with a lower mean BMI trajectory and a lower risk for obesity from childhood to adolescence.

Compared with individuals with natural COVID-19 immunity from previous infection, individuals who are vaccinated have lower rates of all-cause emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and mortality.

The number of pediatric mental health visits with prolonged emergency department length of stay (LOS) was much higher in 2021 than in 2020.

Minimal difference observed in total costs and effectiveness after one year of follow-up

However, representation of underrepresented minorities only increased modestly overall

Reduced levels of teen cannabis use and nicotine vaping seen during pandemic continued, while alcohol use returned to prepandemic level

During the pandemic, the country has limited passports, allowing them only for family emergencies or some work travel

Based on inverse variance weighted method, GERD found to substantially increase lung cancer risk

Nearly twofold increase in annual number of attacks seen from 2016 to 2021, exposing information of nearly 42 million patients

Privacy challenges identified for apps, including metrics such as star ratings

The new rule, set to go into effect on Jan. 5, was created in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases in China

Nearly half of adolescents who undergo metabolic and bariatric surgery screen positively for alcohol use disorder years after surgery.

Diagnostic accuracy is high in the emergency department, with about 5.7 percent of patients misdiagnosed, according to a report.

The AAP clinical practice guideline for management of well-appearing, febrile infants can help detect invasive bacterial infections without using CRP and PCT with high sensitivity but low specificity.

Individuals with mpox infection ≥14 days after receipt of one JYNNEOS vaccine dose have less hospitalization, fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, and chills compared with unvaccinated individuals.