Racial Disparities Seen in Adverse Renal Outcomes for Pediatric Lupus
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the proportion of admissions with adverse renal outcomes decreased from 2006 to 2019, but racial disparities in outcomes persisted, according to a study…
Learn MoreTeens With Severe Substance Use Disorder May Not Grow Out of It
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For a majority of adolescents with severe substance use disorder (SUD), symptomatic substance use will persist in middle age, according to a study published online April 1 in JAMA Network Open.Sean Esteban …
Learn MoreSimplified Approaches to Hypertension Screening Seem Reliable
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Simplified blood pressure (BP) screening approaches appear to be reliable for diagnosing hypertension without missing many cases, according to a study published online April 1 in PLOS Medicine.Rodrigo M. Ca…
Learn MoreFine Particulate Matter Levels Up With Social Cannabis Smoking
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In-home social cannabis bong smoking is associated with markedly increased levels of fine particulate matter in indoor air, according to a research letter published online March 30 in JAMA Network Open.
Patton Khuu Nguyen and S. Katharine Hammond, Ph.D., both from University of California at Berkeley, measured fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) levels from social bong smoking to quantify secondhand cannabis smoke (SHCS) levels from cannabis smoking in the home. Measurements were taken before, during, and after eight cannabis social-smoking sessions in a living room.
The researchers found that home cannabis bong smoking significantly increased PM₂.₅ from index levels (conditions existing before the smoking began) in all sessions by 100-fold to 1,000-fold for six of the eight sessions. Two sessions had high levels to start with, but PM₂.₅ significantly increased more than 20-fold (P 3) was more than twice the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hazardous air quality threshold (>250 μg/m3). During smoking, the concentration increased to a mean of 1,300 μg/m3. Half an hour after smoking ceased, mean concentration declined to 78 percent of peak and reached 31 percent after 110 minutes. Twelve hours after smoking stopped, PM₂.₅ remained elevated at 50 μg/m3, more than 10 times the background concentration. Compared with cigarette or tobacco hookah (waterpipe) smoking, cannabis bong smoking in the home generated four times greater PM₂.₅ concentrations.
“This study’s findings suggest SHCS in the home is not safe and that public perceptions of SHCS safety must be addressed,” the authors write.
Learn MoreAAD: Skin Videomicroscopy Biomarker May Help Predict Cancer Relapse
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients who have undergone hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for hematologic cancer, leukocyte-endothelial interactions visualized directly in skin may help predict prognosis, according to a stu…
Learn MorePlastic Surgery Consultations for Complex Cases Add Financial Value to Hospitals
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Surgical cases involving plastic surgeons have a higher profit margin for hospitals than those performed by any department alone, according to a study published in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstruct…
Learn MoreU.S. Nursing Home Deaths Reach Lowest Levels Since Pandemic Began
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Fresh government data show that COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents have fallen to the lowest levels seen since the pandemic began.Some 67 residents died nationwide of COVID-19 during the week ending …
Learn MoreAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 22-26
The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held from March 22 to 26 in Chicago and attracted approximately 30,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and manageme…
Learn MoreCDC Director Walensky Announces Sweeping Review of Agency
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to modernize an agency that has come under fire for its handling of the pandemic, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the agency would undergo a m…
Learn MoreFDA Warns of U.S. Norovirus Cases Linked to Canadian Oysters
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The United States and Canada are investigating a multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Canada.Restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell these potentially contaminated …
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