Increased Body Weight, Obesity Linked to Dementia Incidence
Central obesity linked to increased dementia incidence compared with noncentral obese women
Genetic Tests May Differ in Their Interpretation of Certain Variants
11 percent of interpretations were different for TP53 gene; difference can impact management
Some Kidney Disease-Related Terms Cause Patient Distress
Some language used to describe kidney health may distress patients and impair decision making
Social Vulnerability Linked to COVID-19 Diagnosis, Death
Risks increased 4.94- and 4.74-fold when considering only minority status and language domain of SVI
2005 to 2016 Saw Increase in Skeletal Muscle Relaxant Use
Office visits with prescribed SMR nearly doubled; tripling in visits for continued SMR drug therapy
Model Estimates Herd Immunity Threshold for COVID-19
New model suggests lower herd immunity level than classical model based on homogenous immunization
Promising Results for Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine in Early Testing
Preliminary findings show that 45 study volunteers who received either a low or medium dose had immune response
U.S. Grab of Only COVID-19 Treatment Outrages Health Experts
Behavior sets a dangerous precedent for attempts to share scarce treatments during the pandemic, experts warn
Early Childhood Sleep Problems Tied to Later Mental Health Issues
Specifically, sleep problems tied to onset of psychosis and borderline personality disorder in adolescence
COVID-19-Related Death Count Likely Higher Than Official Tallies
Researchers estimate an excess of U.S. deaths 28 percent higher than official COVID-19 death counts
