Resolving the milk addiction paradox.

The milk addiction paradox refers to an empirical finding in which consumption of non-addictive commodities such as milk appears to be consistent with the theory of rational addiction. This paradoxical result seems more likely when consumption is persistent and with aggregate data. Using both simulated and real data, we show that the milk addiction paradox disappears when estimating the data using an AR(1) linear specification that describes the saddle-path solution of the rational addiction model, instead of the canonical AR(2) model.

Serum uric acid levels and the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism.

Essentials Increase in serum uric acid (SUA) levels has been widely associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease. We investigated the link between SUA levels and the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence. Patients with SUA levels ≥ 4.