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Mandatory OSA treatment for truckers lowers insurance costs
Treated truckers saw health care savings that could help offset the costs of OSA programs.
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High burden of mental health symptoms in teens with insomnia
Among youth seen at a sleep clinic for insomnia, most had a previous mental health diagnosis and evidence of current symptoms
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Low-FODMAP diet eases gut symptoms in IBD
A 4-week diet low in fermentable carbohydrates eased gut symptoms in people with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Low-FODMAP diet eases gut symptoms in IBD
A 4-week diet low in fermentable carbohydrates eased gut symptoms in people with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Anakinra treatment for pediatric ‘cytokine storms’: Does one size fit all?
A retrospective cohort study saw mortality reduced if anakinra was administered early to treat sHLH/MAS. But experts caution that anakinra may not...
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Drug abuse–linked infective endocarditis spiking in U.S.
New cases doubled from 2002 to 2016, and those affected tended to be younger white males living in poverty.
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Guideline: Blood CO2 can be used to screen for OHS
For patients considered at low risk of obesity hypoventilation syndrome, a simpler screening test may be used in lieu of arterial blood gas...
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Diabetes effect in heart failure varies by phenotype
In a pan-Asian cohort of heart failure patients with diabetes, there were differences in cardiac remodeling between patients with preserved left...
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Progression in Huntington’s linked to CAG repeat number
The number of CAG trinucleotide repeats, which varies by individual, has long been linked to age at onset in Huntington’s disease; now...
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Mediterranean diet tied to improved cognition in type 2 diabetes
The association was significant in those with effective glycemic control.
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Sleep aids and dementia: Studies find both risks and benefits
LOS ANGELES – Researchers found differences in dementia risk by race and sex; a possible mechanism of damage from certain sleep-promoting...
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Gum bacteria and Alzheimer’s: A hypothesis inches forward
LOS ANGELES – Results from a small trial saw neutralizing P. gingivalis associated with biomarker changes; a larger trial is planned.
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Gynecologic surgeries linked with persistent opioid use
Nearly 7% of women received new opioid prescriptions months after common – and even minimally invasive – gynecologic procedures.
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Hypertension, white matter hyperintensities, and dementia: What’s the link?
LOS ANGELES – Findings from a French cohort suggest that a vascular pathway, independent of amyloid, bears on cognitive decline.
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Alzheimer’s disease raises risk for recurrent seizures
LOS ANGELES – In one cohort study, nearly 70% of Alzheimer’s disease patients who had one seizure had another within months, and seizures were...