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Both olfactory identification and sensitivity functions are associated with frailty

Nearly half of people with dementia experienced a fall in 2016, according to a study.

The 2 COVID-19 emergency measures declared by the White House at the start of the pandemic will end in May.

Changes in US abortion laws have prompted confusion among women about medication abortion and emergency contraception, or the “morning-after” pill.

For patients with stenosis with or without spondylolisthesis, surgical treatment is associated with significantly lower mortality and total medical payments at 2 years.

More than 3 million new people signed up for health insurance under the ACA this year, swelling enrollment numbers to a record 16.3 million Americans.

Nearly half of American adults are not prepared for a medical emergency, according to a new poll from the ACEP and Morning Consult.

Most US children and adolescents and young adults have adequate access to pediatric cancer care.

First-degree relatives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a high perceived risk for developing RA, according to a study.

The proportion of overdose deaths involving buprenorphine did not increase in association with actions taken to facilitate access to buprenorphine-based treatment for opioid use disorder during COVID-19.

Vitamin D (VD) supplementation has a blunted response for participants with overweight or obesity.

The risk for incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) is lower with higher seafood-derived omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) levels.

Both general and abdominal obesity, especially over time during adulthood, is associated with an increased risk for subsequent prefrailty/frailty.

Physical function remains below that of age-matched controls even five years later

The FDA on Monday asked its vaccine advisory panel to weigh a proposal to turn COVID-19 vaccines into an annual shot for most Americans.

The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed stricter limits on levels of lead in infant food products.

For patients with knee osteoarthritis, high-dose exercise therapy is not superior to low-dose exercise therapy for most outcomes.

For immunocompromised adults, adherence to CDC mRNA monovalent COVID-19 booster dose recommendations is low.

Buprenorphine dispensing to youth is low and declined from 2015 to 2020, according to a study.

Less than half of parents take recommended steps to prepare themselves and their children ahead of a well-child visit.

For individuals undergoing bone scintigraphy, positive 99mTc-DPD, indicative of cardiac amyloidosis, is associated with poor outcomes.

For inpatients, exposure to high bed-occupancy (capacity utilization) increases the risk of mortality, according to a study.

Telehealth-delivered parenting interventions lead to significant and maintained improvements for young children with developmental disorders and their caregivers.

There is a racial and ethnic disparity between neonatal nurse practitioner students and neonates in the NICU.

For older adults, higher levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with increased fracture risk.

The number of Americans who had trouble paying their medical bills dropped precipitously between 2019 and 2021.

For patients dying of cancer, racial and ethnic inequities in opioid access are substantial and persistent.

For children younger than 5 years hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2, respiratory virus coinfections may increase illness severity.

Natesa G. Pandian, MD and colleagues present recommendations for the use of echocardiography in the diagnosis and therapeutic intervention of RHD.

From 2017-2018 to 2019-2020, there has been a decrease in opioid prescribing at discharge from the emergency department.