Medications
Heavy antibiotic use tied to development of Crohn's, colitis
The more antibiotics that seniors take, the greater their risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new study suggests.
May 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How a leaky gut leads to inflamed lungs
Why are older adults more likely to get seriously ill or even die from pneumonia? It turns out the cause may have as much to do with the gut as it does with the lungs.
May 11, 2022
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Health
Crisis-care protocols should ignore patients' age, say ethicists
Adults 65 and over are the age demographic most likely to die or become severely ill from COVID-19—which prompts the ethical question: Should advanced age be a factor in deciding who receives lifesaving medical resources ...
May 11, 2022
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Ophthalmology
Poor eyesight unfairly mistaken for brain decline
Millions of older people with poor vision are at risk of being misdiagnosed with mild cognitive impairments, according to a new study by the University of South Australia.
May 10, 2022
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Health
Food insecurity risk related to diabetes later in life
Young adults who were at risk of food insecurity had increased incidence of diabetes 10 years later, according to a Washington State University study.
May 9, 2022
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Health
UK study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during lockdown
New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that most adults in the UK did not lose or gain enough weight following the first pandemic lockdown ...
May 6, 2022
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Health
Eating your way to a healthy old age
Tweaks to our diets could be one of the most effective ways of preventing disease in Europe's aging population.
May 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
S.Africa's daily COVID cases soar 50% in one day amid new surge
South Africa's new COVID-19 cases shot up by more than 50 percent Thursday from the previous day, official data showed amid a surge of infections driven by two new Omicron sub-variants.
May 5, 2022
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Cardiology
Surprising risk factors may predict heart attacks in young women
A new Yale-led study has for the first time identified which risk factors are more likely to trigger a heart attack or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for men and women 55 years and younger.
May 4, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Tobacco smoking rates are decreasing in people with major depression and substance use disorder
Significant reductions in cigarette use were found among U.S. adults with major depression, substance use disorder, or both from 2006 to 2019, according to a new analysis of nationally representative survey data published ...
Apr 26, 2022
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