HCPlive (1/17, Kunzmann) reported researchers “have observed a significant and direct link between pediatric” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) “and a likelihood of alcohol problems at adulthood.” The findings of the 142-patient study were presented at the virtual APSARD) 2021 Annual Conference.
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— “Adulthood Alcohol Problems Linked to Adolescent ADHD “Kevin Kunzmann, HCPlive, January 17, 2021
Healio (1/14, Gramigna) reports mental illnesses “appeared to begin and peak during young adulthood, and they were linked to subsequent physical diseases and early mortality,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data of 2,349,897 individuals aged 10 to 60 years who were included in the New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure.” In particular, researchers “sought to identify mental [illnesses], physical diseases and deaths recorded between July 1988 and June 2018 among New Zealand’s population.” The findings were published online Jan. 13 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Mental Illnesses May Begin, Peak During Young Adulthood And May Be Tied To Subsequent Physical Diseases And Early Mortality, Researchers Say “Joe Gramigna, Healio, January 14, 2021
HealthDay (1/13, Murez) reports research indicates that “women who use cannabis may be reducing their fertility.” Investigators arrived at this conclusion and collecting and then analyzing “data from 2006 to 2012 for a broader study” that “included more than 1,200 women aged 18 to 40 who had one or two prior pregnancy losses.” The study revealed that “compared to the women who didn’t use cannabis, the cannabis users had higher levels of luteinizing hormone and a higher proportion of luteinizing hormone to follicle-stimulating hormone, which could have an impact on ovulation.” The findings were published online in the journal Human Reproduction.
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— “Pot Might Impair a Woman’s Fertility: Study “Cara Murez, HealthDay, January 13, 2021
Healio (1/13, Buzby) reports researchers found “as little as one alcoholic drink per day may confer elevated risk for development of atrial fibrillation, regardless of age and other CV risk factors.” The findings were published in the European Heart Journal.
Other sources covering the study include: HealthDay (1/13), Cardiovascular Business (1/13, Walter), and TCTMD (1/13, Cox).
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— “One drink per day may be enough to increase risk for AF “Scott Buzby, Healio, January 13, 2021
Healio (1/13, Gramigna) reports, “Maternal stress during pregnancy may mutate the child’s DNA and thus affect risk for developing disease,” with the risk “particularly prevalent among Black women, researchers noted” in a study in which they “conducted whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing and determined mutations for 365 placenta samples with complete data for exposures and covariates.” The findings were published online Sept. 18 in Biological Psychiatry.
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— “Prenatal stress may mutate child’s DNA, increase risk for disease “Joe Gramigna, Healio, January 13, 2021
ABC News (1/13, A. Anoruo) reports researchers found in a four-year study that using e-cigarettes can increase the risk of becoming a daily user of traditional cigarettes. The findings were published in Pediatrics
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— “Youth who try e-cigarettes more likely to become daily tobacco cigarette smokers: Study “Dr. Nancy A. Anoruo, ABC News, January 13, 2021
MedPage Today (1/12, Walsh) reports, “Inactivity among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was associated with a more than threefold increased risk for development of depression,” research indicated. In the 225-patient study, “among patients who described themselves as inactive at baseline, incident depression was diagnosed during the subsequent two years in 38% of SLE patients, compared with 14% of those who were active,” the study revealed. The findings were published online Jan. 9 in Arthritis Care & Research.
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— MedPage Today (requires login and subscription)
Healio (1/12, Miller) reports, “From 2010 to 2017, estimated rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome and maternal opioid use disorder significantly increased across the” US, investigators concluded. In fact, “rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and maternal opioid use disorder (MOD) significantly increased in most states, researchers said – with ‘notable variation.’” The study team arrived at these conclusions after conducting “a repeated cross-sectional analysis of the 2010 to 2017 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s National Inpatient Sample and State Inpatient Database, which contains hospital discharge records from community hospitals across all payers in 47 states and the District of Columbia.” The findings were published in JAMA.
Providing similar coverage are MedPage Today (1/12, D’Ambrosio) and HCPlive (1/12, Walter).
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— “US neonatal abstinence syndrome, maternal opioid disorder rates on the rise “Janel Miller, Healio, January 12, 2021
Healio (1/12, Burba) reports “among patients with MI,” mental illnesses “increased in prevalence during a 10-year period,” investigators concluded in a study that “analyzed 6,117,804 patients (mean age, 67 years; 39% women) hospitalized with MI during a 10-year period to assess trends in mental health disorder prevalence overall, prevalence between various subgroups and coronary revascularization.” The findings were published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
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— “Focused mental health interventions warranted among patients with MI “Kate Burba, Healio, January 12, 2021
MedPage Today (1/12, Monaco) reports, “People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) carry a higher risk for suicide,” investigators concluded in a “nationwide cohort study of over 35,000 individuals with autism.” The study revealed “a more than three-fold higher rate of both suicide attempt…compared with people without autism.” The findings were published online Jan. 12 in JAMA Network Open.
Psychiatric News (1/12) reports the study also found that “females with ASD had 4.41 times the rate of suicide attempts compared with males with the disorder, a finding that points to a need to improve diagnostic tools to avoid delays in treating ASD in females, the researchers wrote.”
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— “Suicide and Suicide Attempts Higher Among People With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Psychiatric News , January 12, 2021