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Healthy human appendix contains intraneuronal α-synuclein aggregates, truncation products

Opioid prescription independently tied to likelihood of having atrial fibrillation in cohort of young veterans

Second study shows improved one-month survival with favorable neurological outcome with public AED use

Overall, 4.2 percent of admissions have at least one clinical note reflecting financial considerations

Abnormalities, reductions in gene expression associated with insulin receptor signaling pathway

Latino generation linked to cancer mortality risk after adjustment for education, lifestyle factors, illness

Most common benefits received were drug samples and food and beverage

Survey also shows that Americans misinformed about alternative treatments for cancer

Characteristics of black AMI patients tied to significant difference in five-year mortality after AMI

No significant differences seen in early developmental vulnerability in sibling-matched cohort

Nerve transfer surgery was performed on patient’s leg, allowing him to walk

Whites with heart failure more likely to be hospitalized for higher-clinical-acuity visits

Higher cortisol also associated with worse memory and visual perception in young, middle-aged adults

Racial and ethnic disparities in obesity observed; at 22.5 percent, black youth have highest rate

Increase in mental health-related diagnoses from 2012 to 2016, higher rate for non-Hispanic blacks

Research may dispel past theories that the condition contributes to mental health issues

Almost three-quarters of those saving antibiotics subsequently divert the antibiotics to others

Survivors of head, neck cancers almost twice as likely to die from suicide as survivors of other cancers

Patients with Medicare, Medicaid more likely to use arteriovenous fistula, graft by fourth dialysis month

Less than half of U.S. adults were fully vaccinated as of 2017, well below Healthy People 2020 target