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Air pollution mediates temperature’s impact on COPD
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- Heidi Splete
Temperature was positively associated with oxygen saturation and negatively associated with emphysema severity in COPD patients.
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Menstrual phase impacts exercise effects in type 1 diabetes
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- Heidi Splete
Hypoglycemia was increased during the luteal phase, whereas hyperglycemia was more frequent in the follicular phase, in a small study.
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Cannabis use causes spike in ED visits
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- Heidi Splete
Cannabis users had significantly greater odds of all-cause ED visits or hospitalizations.
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Primary care providers miss out on payments for prevention, coordination
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- Heidi Splete
New study highlights potential barriers and opportunity costs of Medicare code use.
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Lifestyle medicine eases anxiety symptoms
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- Heidi Splete
The results support the value of multicomponent lifestyle medicine interventions for patients with anxiety in the short-term.
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Food insecurity drives poor glycemic control
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- Heidi Splete
Regardless of diet quality, diabetes patients with food insecurity were significantly more likely to have higher hemoglobin A1c than were those...
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Race drives disparities in life expectancy across states
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- Heidi Splete
Overall differences between life expectancies have decreased at the state level.
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Suicide risk rises for cyberbullying victims
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- Heidi Splete
Young adolescents who experienced cyberbullying as victims, but not perpetrators, had a higher risk of suicidality than peer controls.
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Stroke risk rises for women with history of infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth
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- Heidi Splete
Recurrent pregnancy complications could be female-specific risk factors for stroke subtypes.
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Low-protein Nordic diet promotes healthy eating in infants
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- Heidi Splete
Infants who tried fruits, berries, and root vegetables early were more likely to consume fruits and vegetables at 18 months.
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Type 1 diabetes control worse in racially segregated teens
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- Heidi Splete
Age and insulin delivery method, but not family income, also affected glycemic control for Black teens in poor neighborhoods.
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IL-6 antibody mitigates mucus hypersecretion in COPD
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- Heidi Splete
Data suggest that airway inflammation plays a role in airway mucus hypersecretion in COPD patients.
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Pandemic public health measures may have mitigated Kawasaki disease
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- Heidi Splete
Cohort study data suggest that actions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 also reduced exposure to Kawasaki disease triggers.
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Children with autism experience more severe sleep apnea
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- Heidi Splete
Data show that children with less severe autism may have a higher burden of symptoms because of delay in OSA...
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Longer circadian rhythms linked to severe depression in teens
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- Heidi Splete
Individual biological clocks may play a crucial role in mental health in adolescents.