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Older Adults More Stressed About Inflation, Hold Off on Health Care
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Financial stress persists even though rising inflation rates have eased, and the group feeling the pinch most acutely is in its peak earning years, a new poll shows. "Our...
Black Patients Diagnosed With Huntington's Later Than Whites
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Black patients with Huntington’s disease receive their diagnoses an average of one year later than white people with the incurable genetic disorder, a new study shows. Early d...
Nearly 1 in 10 Pregnant Women Who Get COVID Develop Long COVID
FRIDAY, July 12, 2025 – Almost 10% of women who get COVID during pregnancy develop long-lasting symptoms, and a new study suggests doctors may be overlooking them. "I doubt most obstetric clinicians...
New Report Calls for More Research on Women's Health Issues
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – A new report finds research is sorely lacking on how chronic illnesses affect women, and it urged government agencies to do more to investigate how these diseases strike...
Know a Narcissist? They May Become Less So as They Age
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – Your schoolmate who acted like he was better than everyone else has probably shed some of that narcissistic behavior an adult. New research shows people tend to be less...
Models Constructed to Predict Decline Over Time in MCI, Mild Dementia
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 – Models can be constructed that predict cognitive decline using Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores over time for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild dementia,...
Researchers Discover New Hormone That Builds Strong Bones
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 – A newly discovered hormone could help fight osteoporosis and quickly heal broken bones, researchers say. The research team identified Maternal Brain Hormone while trying...
Mediterranean Diet Adherence Tied to Lower Mortality for Cancer Survivors
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 – For cancer survivors, higher adherence to a traditional Mediterranean diet (MD) is associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality, specifically cardiovascular...
CDC: Suicide Leading Cause of Violent Deaths in 48 States and D.C. in 2021
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 – There were 70,688 violent deaths that occurred in 48 states and the District of Columbia in 2021, more than half of which were suicides, according to research published in...
Early Trial Shows New Treatment Hits Tough-to-Treat Glioblastomas Harder
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – Radioactive substances injected into the body could provide a better way of treating glioblastoma, the most malignant form of brain cancer, a new review says. The cancer...
New Type of Brain Stimulation Could Shorten Treatment Time for Bipolar Disorder
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – Powerful magnetic stimulation can help treat people with bipolar disorder, according to results from a small trial. The therapy, called accelerated intermittent theta burst...
Women With Fibroids Often Offered Hysterectomy Over Less Invasive Treatment
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – Women with uterine fibroids are often told hysterectomy is the best treatment, even though less invasive options are available, a new study finds. More than half (53%) of...
Survey Shows Loneliness Haunts Over 1 in 5 People
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – Loneliness strikes more than a fifth of people worldwide, a new survey warns. In the Gallup survey published Wednesday, 23% of people said they felt lonely "a lot of the...
Pulsed Field Ablation Demonstrates Favorable Safety Profile for A-Fib
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), pulsed field ablation (PFA) demonstrates a favorable safety profile, according to a study published online July 8 in Nature...
18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT Superior to MRI for Staging Prostate Cancer
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – For men undergoing locoregional staging of prostate cancer, fluorine-18 prostate-specific membrane antigen-1007 positron emission tomography/computed tomography...
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