JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Tobacco and alcohol use among youth are major public health problems, but the extent to which children are routinely exposed to tobacco and alcohol products in children's films is unknown. ⋯ More than two thirds of animated children's films feature tobacco or alcohol use in story plots without clear verbal messages of any negative long-term health effects associated with use of either substance.
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The section of a research article most likely to be read is the abstract, and therefore it is particularly important that the abstract reflect the article faithfully. ⋯ Data in the abstract that are inconsistent with or absent from the article's body are common, even in large-circulation general medical journals.
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Behavioral and pharmacological therapies for late-life insomnia: a randomized controlled trial.
Insomnia is a prevalent health complaint in older adults. Behavioral and pharmacological treatments have their benefits and limitations, but no placebo-controlled study has compared their separate and combined effects for late-life insomnia. ⋯ Behavioral and pharmacological approaches are effective for the short-term management of insomnia in late life; sleep improvements are better sustained over time with behavioral treatment.
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Knowledge about ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among children and young adults from national samples is limited. ⋯ These findings show strong ethnic differences in CVD risk factors among youths of comparable age and SES from a large national sample. The differences highlight the need for heart disease prevention programs to begin early in childhood and continue throughout young adulthood to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis.