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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals new
Scottish children in care had higher rates of mental health hospitalisation
In linked Scottish health and social care records, care-experienced girls had 3.22 times the risk of a first mental health admission, and boys 2.64 times, compared with the general population.
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Health todayHeart and stroke refines
Swings in blood pressure between visits carry higher abdominal aortic aneurysm risk
Among 189,770 UK Biobank participants, those with the most variable systolic readings had 33% to 54% higher risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm than those with the steadiest readings.
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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals refines
Whole-genome sequencing found a single-gene cause in 4.9% of kidney anomaly patients
Whole-genome sequencing of 1,052 UK 100,000 Genomes participants with congenital kidney and urinary tract anomalies found a single-gene cause in 4.9%, rising to 11.1% in those with cystic kidney dysplasia.
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Health todayDementia refines
Only the intelligence part of an education genetic score tracks Alzheimer's
Across four cohorts of 3,483 participants, the intelligence-linked part of an education genetic score was inversely associated with Alzheimer's diagnosis, while the behavioural part was not.
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Behavioural scienceDiet, exercise and sleep confirms
Kidney stones were half as common in UK Biobank adults with healthier habits
Among 300,875 UK Biobank adults followed for a median of 12.3 years, those meeting most of seven healthy habits had half the kidney stone risk of those meeting fewest.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics refines
Scotland's strep A surge brought no new variant of the dominant strain
Scottish national surveillance of 3,408 invasive strep A infections found the late-2022 surge coincided with influenza and RSV, with isolates of the dominant strain type unchanged from before the pandemic.
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Health todayCancer refines
Familial adenomatous polyposis found by screening matches general population mortality
Relatives found by family screening to have familial adenomatous polyposis had mortality comparable to the general population (median SMR 0.66), against 11.09 for patients presenting with symptoms.
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Health todayHeart and stroke new
Women and deprived patients had higher one-year mortality in English aortic disease
Among 33,793 new thoracic aortic disease diagnoses in England between 2013 and 2018, one-year mortality was higher among women, older patients and those from deprived areas, and patients from deprived areas were less likely to receive early intervention or genetic referral.
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Health todayCancer confirms
Scotland's lung screening pilot drew a 23.8% response to its invitations
Inviting 2801 people with a smoking history recorded in Scottish primary care records to a lung health check produced a response rate of 23.8%, lower in more deprived areas.
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Health todayObesity, diabetes and GLP-1 refines
GLP-1 drugs did not reduce new sleep apnoea diagnoses in UK diabetes patients
Among UK adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity, those starting a GLP-1 drug rather than a weight-neutral DPP-4 inhibitor had no fewer new sleep apnoea diagnoses (hazard ratio 1.07).
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Health todayDementia confirms
Known dementia risk factors explain only part of exceptional cognition in older age
Education, absence of high blood pressure, lower depression, diet and social contact were each only modestly associated with exceptionally high memory in 3,513 Whitehall II participants aged 65 or over.
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Behavioural scienceSocial connection new
Socioeconomic circumstances track the gap between loneliness and contact in older adults
In 8,164 English adults aged 60 and over followed from 2014 to 2019, personal and area circumstances both tracked how lonely people felt for the contact they had.
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