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Systemic Social Factors May Increase the Risk of Psychotic Experiences
Findings for those who are non-White and who experience discrimination and police violence
Cessation of Public Water Fluoridation Would Increase Tooth Decay
Eliminating fluoridation estimated to increase dental caries prevalence, total number of decayed teeth, and up costs
New Classification System Accurate for Nasal Deformities in Cleft Lip and Palate
Excellent interrater reliability, with intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.816 and 0.743 for unilateral and bilateral nasal clefts
Screening Colonoscopy IDs Similar Rates of CRC for 45 to 49 as 50 to...
Only risk of any adenoma differed between the groups
Epilepsy More Common With Frontotemporal Dementia
Findings compared to people with Alzheimer disease and healthy controls
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Mediterranean Diet Provides Some Relief for Nonconstipated Irritable Bowel Syndrome
However, magnitude of symptom improvement was greater with the low FODMAP diet
Standard-Criteria Kidney Transplant Offers Clear Survival Benefit Over Continued Dialysis
Decrease in survival benefits with age in expanded criteria donor kidney transplant recipients, especially those with CVD
Hyperinsulinemia Linked to Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Significance of hyperinsulinemia attenuated by including body mass index
Drop in Mental Health Scores Seen With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Diagnosis
Mean pre-POAG and post-POAG Visual Function Questionnaire-25 scores decreased from 94.5 to 88.0
Increasing Proportion of U.S. Adults Unaware They Have Hypertension
No change seen in proportion of adults unaware they had diabetes or high cholesterol levels
Artificial Sweetener Neotame Found in Most E-Cigarettes
Authors say toxicity, respiratory, and systemic health effects during heating in an e-cigarette are unknown
Better Adherence to Antipsychotics Linked to Lower Vehicle Crash Risk
Perfect adherence to medication linked to half the odds of a crash compared with complete nonadherence
Doctors Favor CPAP, Patients Favor Tirzepatide for Comorbid Obesity, Sleep Apnea
If evidence demonstrates equal effectiveness, providers favor CPAP, while patients lean toward tirzepatide
Early Dog Exposure May Modify Genetic Effect on Atopic Eczema Risk
Findings support observational epidemiology showing protective effect of dog exposure early in life
American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 31-June 3
By Beth Gilbert HealthDay Reporter
The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology was held from May 31 to June 3 in Chicago and hosted...