Models of obesity . . . and other stories

Health of only children

https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae119

Data from the 1946, 1958, and 1970 British birth cohort studies refute the notion that only children are disadvantaged in comparison to people who have siblings—at least as far as health in middle age is concerned. No differences in risk of heart problems, hypertension, high triglycerides, high glycated haemoglobin, or high C reactive protein were found between individuals who were only children and those with siblings, at any age, in any of the cohorts. Compared with only children, however, the likelihood of cancer and poor general health was higher among those with three or more siblings.

Early glucocorticoids in STEMI

An early dose of glucocorticoids might ameliorate the acute inflammatory response associated with ischaemia …