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Researchers have mined a national database to create and validate a risk calculator for perioperative pulmonary complications.

Low birth weight may be among potential environmental risk factors for autism spectrum disorder, according to a study of same-sex twins published online Dec. 2 in Psychological Medicine.

For patients with acute coronary syndrome, prior chronic use of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor is not independently associated with improved in-hospital outcomes, according to a study published in the Feb. 1 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology.

Working 11 or more hours a day is associated with a significant increase in the likelihood of a major depressive episode among British civil servants, compared with working a seven to eight hour day, according to a study published online Jan. 25 in PLoS One.

Patient education enhanced with positive affirmation improves medication adherence over education alone in African-Americans with hypertension, but it does not lead to significant improvements in blood pressure reduction, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Anaphylactic shock following immunization is extremely rare in children, and in the few reported cases, some children have a delayed onset of symptoms, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

More than two in five adults with rheumatoid arthritis are physically inactive, to the detriment of their health, researchers at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine report in a study published online today in Arthritis Care & Research.

The use of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging can help guide surgical decisions that may spare nerves in men with prostate cancer undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Radiology.

A recent measles outbreak described in the Jan. 20 edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report provides a stark reminder of the potential consequences of vaccine refusal and the vigilance required of health care providers to prevent such occurrences from growing out of hand.

Exposure to chemicals called phthalates is linked to the development of obesity in young children, researchers from the Children’s Environmental Health Center at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found.

Infants who grow at an accelerated pace have an increased risk of asthma symptoms, researchers at the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands have found.

Prereading children with a family history of developmental dyslexia show reduced activity in the bilateral occipitotemporal and left temporoparietal brain regions during phonological processing exercises, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The top 5 percent of U.S. hospitals has more than a 30 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality across 17 procedures and diagnoses, compared with other hospitals, according to the 10th annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence study published online Jan. 24.

Everyday social interactions that are negative or competitive are associated with elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

There is a high risk of persisting deficits following severe, childhood traumatic brain injury, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in Pediatrics.

Approximately half of all adults at high risk of hepatitis B infection are vaccinated against hepatitis B, and more than half miss opportunities to be vaccinated, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in Infection.

The current flu season has been relatively quiet so far—especially when compared to the recent H1N1 riddled seasons—but the CDC still maintains that precautions against influenza must be taken.

Complications as a result of prostate needle biopsy (PNB) have increased in recent years, though they remain infrequent enough that patients should go through with the procedure when deemed necessary by medical providers, researchers report.

For patients on warfarin with minor head trauma who have an initial negative computed tomography (CT) scan, 24-hour observation followed by an additional CT scan identifies the majority of cases of delayed bleeding, according to a study published online Jan. 16 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Doctors may be halting use of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) medications too early in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who are set to undergo surgery, researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City have found.