Karolinska Institutet
Increased cost of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies begins 2 years before diagnosis
The mean annual direct and indirect costs related to idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are three to five times higher than in the general population, and begin increasing 2 years before diagnosis, according to data from a Swedish registry.
Stepped-care, internet-delivered CBT model cost-effective for youth with OCD
A stepped-care cognitive behavioral therapy model was cost-effective for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to an economic evaluation of a randomized noninferiority trial published in JAMA Network Open.
High anemia risk persists decades after bariatric surgery
Adults with obesity who undergo gastric bypass are five times more likely to develop anemia compared with those receiving nonsurgical obesity care, highlighting the importance of long-term adherence to nutritional supplementation.
MRI plus blood-based test shows promise as prostate cancer screening strategy
Combining an MRI-targeted biopsy approach with the Stockholm3 blood test for prostate cancer screening reduced overdetection while still identifying significant cancer, according to results of the randomized, population-based STHLM3MRI trial.
People with intellectual disability have excess premature mortality
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy confer elevated CVD risk for offspring
Children of mothers who had maternal hypertensive disorders during pregnancy had elevated risk for developing CVD later in life, according to a presentation at ESC Heart & Stroke, a conference of the European Society of Cardiology.
Internet-delivered CBT efficacious, cost-effective for youths with social anxiety disorder
Cognitive behavioral therapy delivered over the internet was efficacious and cost-effective for children and adolescents with social anxiety disorder, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Assessing HDL anti-inflammatory capacity may help gauge incident CVD risk
HDL anti-inflammatory capacity was inversely associated with incident CVD and may serve as a good predictor of CV risk when added to established risk assessment tools, according to data published in Circulation.
In MI, prasugrel and ticagrelor confer similar safety, efficacy after PCI
Prasugrel and ticagrelor had similar safety and efficacy among patients with MI receiving PCI, according to results published in Heart.
High HbA1c in type 1 diabetes linked to increased risk for neurodevelopment disorders
Children with type 1 diabetes have an increased risk for developing neurodevelopment disorders, with the risk greater for those with a high HbA1c, according to a study published in Diabetologia.