Children who frequently miss school because of abdominal complaints are far more likely to be suffering from chronic disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome than diseases that can be detected with medical tests, new UVA Health Children’s research has found.

A technique called facial thread lifting has become increasingly popular as a minimally invasive alternative to surgical facelifting. A report in the March/April issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery highlights anatomy-based techniques designed to reduce the risk of complications and side effects of facial thread lifting. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

New genetic links have been discovered between genetically-predicted height and an individual’s likelihood of developing a range of diseases and conditions. These new data could help improve early diagnosis and risk monitoring for patients.

Statins, acknowledged for their ability to reduce cardiovascular risk, demonstrate a variety of pleiotropic effects, including anti-inflammatory, antithrombotic, endothelial stabilizing activity and prevention of acute kidney injury (AKI) post cardiac surgery. Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) face heightened risks of cardiovascular disease, infections, and thrombotic complications, but the effect of statin therapy on ICU mortality remains controversial. The Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database is a publicly available intensive care medicine information database that includes data on critically ill patients admitted to the ICU at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from 2008 to 2019, with a large sample size. In this retrospective cohort study, the MIMIC-IV database was used to clarify the association between statin therapy and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients. An additional aim was to compare the effect of different statin types on mortality.