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Prenatal Nighttime Heat Linked to Autism Risk in 294,937-Child Cohort

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A Kaiser Permanente Southern California cohort involving 294,937 children linked extreme prenatal nighttime heat to autism diagnosis by age 5, with stronger associations at the 99th percentile than the 90th percentile.1 Compared with nighttime minimum temperature, daytime maximum temperature did not show the same confirmed whole-pregnancy pattern. Research Highlights Nighttime heat carried the main signal: …

Statins and Dementia Risk: No Long-Term Signal in 322,358 Patients

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Statins do not look like a dementia-prevention drug, but they do not look like a dementia hazard either. In 322,358 Kaiser Permanente Northern California patients followed for an average of 11.8 years, dementia diagnoses rose right after statins were started, then flattened: after the first year, the hazard ratio for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias …