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Patients with elevated high lipoprotein(a) and coronary artery calcium scores are at risk over the subsequent 10 years, findings from an analysis by cardiologists indicate.

Among the 81% of the remaining study group participants, the researchers found a larger hoarding severity, but not to a point that significantly impaired their lives versus the control group.

April Kapu, DNP, a professor at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing and president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, discusses the role of the nurse practitioner during the shifting needs of the pandemic.

Introducing nature can help humanize the institutional environment help improve individuals with spatial orientation and navigation, results of analysis show.

A new study from NIH highlights why health research into women’s experiences of sexual assault and workplace sexual harassment is critical.

April Kapu, DNP, a professor at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing, an acute care nurse practitioner, and president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, discusses the future of the nurse practitioner field amid widespread health care staffing burnout.

The scientific statement is an expert analysis of research that may help inform future clinical practice guidelines for the use of marijuana.

Specifically, the study authors noted that input from non-medical professions and service users may be beneficial to support this process.

Rachel Rubin, MD, an assistant clinical professor in urology at Georgetown and a urologic surgeon, discusses ways of providing guidance to patients who may have hypoactive sexual desire disorder.

Findings from a small sample of those who died from the virus indicate that their ryanodine receptors were affected.

There were no differences between the scores of infants exposed to COVID-19 in utero and those born during the pandemic whose mothers did not contract COVID-19 during pregnancy.

The framework focuses on 13 risk factors, including impulsive behavior and punishment and reward sensitivity.

The study authors suggested that employers could take action to address work stress and factors that influence sleep.

Approximately 63% of clinicians surveyed agree that immediately releasing electronic records is more confusing than helpful, study results show.

Predictors of youth distress included psychosocial factors such as poorer quality of family relationships, increased screen time, and witnessing discrimination in relation to the pandemic.

Glynn added that other than tying high fatigability to an earlier death, the study demonstrates the value of the Pittsburgh Fatigability Scale, which was created in 2014.

When pregnant mice were fed butyrate, most of their pups survived after exposure to infection that induces a fatal intestinal blockage, the results of a new analysis show.

Individuals who got the greatest amounts of vigorous exercise each week had more gray matter volume than individuals who did not get any vigorous exercise.

In terms of application, the authors of the study noted that the results were intended to act as a reference for policymakers who want to implement new practices around supporting healthy behavioral changes.

Laura Lee Hall, PhD, president of the Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity (SHC), discusses how the SHC’s diabetes DRIVE program compares with the SHC DRIVE models aimed at improving flu and COVID-19 vaccination rates.

The study is the largest to examine the impact of THC on individuals with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

This new study suggests that using motion capture to enhance VR could catapult it into our everyday lives.

Laura Lee Hall, PhD, president of the Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity (SHC), discusses the results of the SHC’s DRIVE toolkit’s pilot program assessing the toolkit’s efficacy.

Study results from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio also show that cells that make myelin were diminished in mice.

While response efforts in the control group increase at higher stress levels, emotional regulation does not ramp up in the same way for patients with schizophrenia.

The mother-child study was conducted at the university and Turku University Hospital and examined the correlation between dietary intake and the onset of gestational diabetes in 351 women who were overweight or obese.

Laura Lee Hall, PhD, president of the Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity, addresses some potential consequences of the disparities in diabetes care among racial and ethnic populations if not efficiently addressed.

Study results show that children and young adults who spend time in the sun may have less of a chance of getting multiple sclerosis.

The researchers collected naïve T cells, defined as immune cells that have never encountered a pathogen, from both infant and adult mice and placed the cells into adult mice infected with a virus.

Lea Davis, PhD, of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, discusses how a lack of training in the intersection of these domains has caused health systems to fail a subset of patients, including those experiencing functional seizures.