Coincidence or association: Adult-onset Still's disease following HPV vaccine.

This case details adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) onset post-human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and acute gastroenteritis. The timing of HPV vaccine and vaccine-autoimmune disease literature may potentially confound the well-established link between infections and AOSD onset.

Coping styles as predictors of negative affective conditions in Asian Indians: does being optimistic still make a difference?

The present study examined the role of optimism, as measured by the Life Orientation Test-Revised, and coping styles, as measured by the COPE scale, in predicting negative affective conditions (viz., depressive symptoms, stress, and negative affect) among 386 Asian Indian young adults (197 females and 189 males). Results from our hierarchical regression analyses indicated that coping styles accounted for a medium-large amount of variance in negative affective conditions, after controlling for demographic factors (i.