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Key Takeaways A 1968 field experiment found that 84% of drivers honked when blocked by a lower-status car, compared with 50% when blocked by a luxury vehicle. Later research …
Key Takeaways A Kaiser Permanente Northern California cohort of 224,353 children found that associations between recorded maternal diagnoses and offspring autism were generally similar across maternal racial and ethnic …
Key Takeaways In a large U.S. All of Us cohort, adults with a recorded ADHD diagnosis had a higher rate of subsequently recorded mild cognitive impairment or dementia than …
Key Takeaways A population-level Australian cohort study of 177,409 children found no evidence that metformin exposure during pregnancy was associated with greater developmental vulnerability at school entry after researchers …
Key Takeaways A new cross-sectional analysis of 17,833 NHANES participants older than 40 linked greater tooth loss with poorer kidney function, but the clearest adjusted association appeared among women. …
Key Takeaways A study of 9,360 pregnancies among Tennessee Medicaid beneficiaries with opioid use disorder found that a greater number of days of dispensed medication around pregnancy and early …
Hyperthermia is an increase in body temperature that occurs especially after sunburns and heatwaves. However, it can also be a manifestation of malignant hyperthermia, a pharmacogenetic complication that can …
Description The pancreas is an organ in the abdominal cavity that produces digestive enzymes, insulin, and other hormones. The digestive juices flow through ducts to the intestines. Most pancreatic …
An MRI scan uses a large magnet, radio waves, and a computer to build a labeled, cross-sectional picture of the interior organs and skeletons. Hospitals and health centers utilize …
Key Takeaways: Long-term exposure to high heat is linked to faster biological aging at the DNA level. Older adults in hotter areas may be aging faster, even without showing …
