May 13, 2022
Cardiometabolic Derangement ID'd in Overweight School Children
School children aged 6 to 8 years with overweight have cardiometabolic derangements, according to a study published online May 3 in Obesity Research & Clinical Practice to coincide with the Congress on Obesity, held from May 4 to 7 in Maastricht. Christine Frithioff-Bøjsøe, M.D., Ph.D., from Copenhagen University Hospital Holbæk in Denmark, and colleagues conducted...
Cessation Program in Cancer Clinics May Reach More Tobacco Smokers
A low-burden point-of-care intervention, featuring an electronic health record-enabled smoking module and decision support tools (ELEVATE) is associated with increased reach and effectiveness of smoking cessation treatment, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Alex T. Ramsey, Ph.D., from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,...
Slight Increase Reported in Lung Cancer, Brain Tumors With Wildfire Exposure
Long-term exposure to wildfires may be associated with a slightly increased risk for lung cancer and brain tumors, according to a study published in the May issue of The Lancet Planetary Health. Jill Korsiak, from McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues conducted a population-based observational cohort study of participants in the 1996 Canadian Census Health...