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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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