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Balancing Spousal Loss And Career Is A One-Two Punch For Health Of Widowed Individuals
Coping with the loss of a spouse while dealing with the 9-to-5 grind can take a serious toll on the health of widows or widowers, according to new research from the Biobehavio...Full Article
Ground-Breaking New Method For Multi-Cancer Early Detection
When cancer is detected at an early stage, the rates of survival increase drastically, but today only a few cancer types are screened for. An international study led by resear...Full Article
Endocarditis In Patients With Cocaine Or Opioid Use Disorder Saw Marked Increase Between 2011 To 2022
The incidence rate of infective endocarditis – a rare but often fatal inflammation of the heart valves – among patients with cocaine use disorder or opioid use disorder increa...Full Article
Low-Grade Inflammation May Cause Arterial Stiffness And Preclinical Atherosclerosis In Otherwise Healthy Adolescents
Early vascular damage and atherosclerosis in adolescents may be caused by low-grade inflammation, a paper published in the Journal of Applied Physiology concludes. The study w...Full Article
Why A High Fat Diet Could Reduce The Brain’s Ability To Regulate Food Intake
Regularly eating a high fat/calorie diet could reduce the brain’s ability to regulate calorie intake. New research in rats published in The Journal of Physiology found that af...Full Article
Adopting Pediatric Readiness Standards Improves Survival In Hospital Emergency Departments
Emergency departments that have the highest levels of coordination of health care, personnel, procedures and medical equipment needed to care for ill and injured children have...Full Article
Toxic Protein Linked To Muscular Dystrophy And Arhinia
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have found that a toxic protein made by the body called DUX4 may be the cause of two very different rare ...Full Article
Study Captures Nurses' Experiences Of Maternity Care During Covid-19
Delivering an infant during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic was traumatic for many new parents. Researchers at the DePaul University School of Nursing found that medic...Full Article
Acupuncture And Acupressure May Help Alleviate Pain And Anxiety In Patients Undergoing Surgery For Gynecologic Cancer
Patients undergoing surgery for ovarian and endometrial cancers often experience anxiety and pain. A new study indicates that acupressure before surgery may help reduce anxiet...Full Article
Early-Life Stress Can Disrupt Maturation Of Brain’s Reward Circuits, Promoting Disorders
A new brain connection discovered by University of California, Irvine researchers can explain how early-life stress and adversity trigger disrupted operation of the brain’s re...Full Article
ASHA, HLAA Urge Ear and Hearing Care for People of All Ages This
World Hearing Day
With an estimated 48 million people living in the United States experiencing some degree of hearing loss, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Heari...
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Lilly Cuts Insulin Prices by 70% and Caps Patient Insulin Out-of-Pocket Costs at $35 Per Month
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced price reductions of 70% for its most commonly prescribed insulins and an expansion of its Insulin Value Program that caps patient o...Full Article
Defensive Beliefs Likely Keep People From Taking At-Home Stool Tests That Screen For Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is one of the most treatable cancers, especially if it is detected early; however, many people do not undergo recommended screening, even despite the availab...Full Article
Heart Rhythm Disorders: What You Need to Know
Heart rhythm disorders like atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac arrest have made headlines in recent months, prompting many to learn more about how the heart beats. It is...Full Article
Lingering Symptoms Common After COVID Hospitalization
About half of adults treated at hospitals for COVID-19 have experienced lingering symptoms, financial difficulties, or physical limitations months after being discharged, acco...
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Study Finds Spinal Cord Stimulation May Restore Arm And Hand Mobility After Stroke
In a small study, researchers used a device that stimulates the spinal cord to restore arm and hand mobility in two stroke patients, allowing them to perform daily life activi...Full Article
MU Researcher Studies Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs In Rural Schools
Since 1990, obesity rates in American children — particularly in rural and underserved areas — have skyrocketed due to a variety of factors, including more sedentary human beh...Full Article
One in a Million - Lung Transplant Patient Completes 12 Races–1 for Each Month Since Surgery
Antonia "Toni" Perez is one in a million. She’s one of 1 million patients in the U.S. who have received an organ transplant, a milestone the nation celebrated last month. Pe...Full Article
Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest is Rare in Older Adults
The annual incidence of sports-related sudden cardiac arrest in older adults is rare: 2 to 3 cases per 100,000 people. Of the 4,078 total sudden cardiac arrest cases studied...Full Article
Machine Learning-Triggered Reminders Improve End-of-Life Care for Patients with Cancer
Electronic nudges delivered to health care clinicians based on a machine learning algorithm that predicts mortality risk quadrupled rates of conversations with patients about ...Full Article
Medication Administration Errors Can Induce Fear, Sadness And Guilt Among Healthcare Professionals
Despite evidence showing that the causes of medication errors can be traced back to multiple factors in the healthcare setting, healthcare professionals still often feel the b...Full Article
NIH Study Links Specific Outdoor Air Pollutants To Asthma Attacks In Urban Children
Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children and adolescents who live in low-inco...Full Article
‘Therapy Dog, Pet Me’: Get to Know Tia and Chester County Hospital’s Pet Therapy Program
Kate Spillane, PhD, DABR, a senior physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Chester County Hospital, has wanted a therapy dog for as long as she can remember, in p...Full Article
Regulating Immunological Memory May Help Immune System Fight Disease, MU Study Finds
Scientists have long sought to better understand the human body’s immune responses that occur during various diseases, including cancer and inflammatory diseases. In a recent...Full Article
Scientists Develop Novel mRNA Delivery Method Using Extracellular Vesicles
A team of researchers led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has developed a novel delivery system for messenger RNA (mRNA) using extracellular vesicles (EVs...Full Article
