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Rates of Substance Use Down for Teens in the United States
2024 levels generally holding at pandemic-level lows across substances
FDA Approves Zepbound for Sleep Apnea in Patients With Obesity
In clinical trials, drug helped to improve breathing during sleep and promoted weight loss
Cold-Related Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates Rose From 1999 to 2022
3.4 percent annual increase seen in cold-related AAMR, with nonsignificant increase from 1999 to 2017 followed by significant increase to 2022
Moderate-to-Vigorous Exercise Lowers Preterm Birth Risk With Gestational Diabetes
Benefit was similar whether activity concentrated into a few days or as regular activity
Medical Cannabis Laws Linked to Increase in Cannabis Use Disorders
Increase in cannabis poisoning seen with medical cannabis laws and recreational cannabis laws
Parents, Clinicians Skeptical of Children’s High Blood Pressure Readings
Both groups prefer nonpharmacological management
Risk for Head and Neck Cancer Lower for Coffee and Tea Drinkers
More than four cups of caffeinated coffee daily inversely associated with HNC, oral cavity cancer, and oropharyngeal cancers
Disparities Seen in Biennial Mammography Screening for Women in in Their 40s
Biennial screening rates lower among non-Hispanic women with other race, lesbian and bisexual women, rural residents
Point Identified Around Age 10 When Cardiovascular Health Trajectories Begin to Drop
Small, but significant, differences in CVH trajectory parameters identified according to sociodemographic characteristics
Early-Onset CRC Incidence Rates Increased in 27 of 50 Countries, Territories
Greatest increases in early-onset colorectal cancer incidence rates seen in New Zealand, Chile, Puerto Rico, and England
