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Sleep Epidemiol
December 2024
Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre and Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Background: Risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and sleep health are well-known to be sex- and race-specific. To build on the established relationship between sleep duration and CVD risk, this cross-sectional study aimed to describe sex-specific associations between CVD risk and other sleep characteristics (sleep quality, sleep timing and sleep onset latency) in low-income adults of African descent.
Methods: Self-reported sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI], Epworth Sleepiness Scale [ESS], Insomnia Severity Index [ISI]), demographic and lifestyle data were collected in 412 adults (56 % women, 35.
medRxiv
December 2024
Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Emory University.
Black women and men outpace other races for stimulant-involved overdose mortality despite lower lifetime use. Growth in mortality from prescription stimulant medications is increasing in tandem with prescribing patterns for these medications. We used Twitter to explore nonmedical prescription stimulant use (NMPSU) among Black women and men using emotion and sentiment analysis, and topic modeling.
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November 2024
Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA.
Introduction: Adolescence is marked by hormonal, physical, neural, and behavioral changes, including in sleep patterns and, in females, the onset of menarche. Menstrual problems, such as painful menses, are common and contribute to school absences, and could indicate gynecological conditions impacting reproductive health. While studies in adults have shown associations between sleep disturbances and menstrual problems, this relationship is less understood in adolescents.
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April 2024
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, 120 Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. Electronic address:
Objective: Relighting, i.e., extinguishing, saving, and later relighting and smoking unfinished cigarettes, appears prevalent, may be associated with nicotine dependence and negative health outcomes, yet is poorly understood.
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February 2024
Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
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