Health
Isolation, loneliness may raise death risk for elderly
(HealthDay)—Elderly people who are socially isolated and lonely may be at greater risk of early death, British researchers report.
Mar 25, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera pandemic's source discovered
Researchers have used next generation sequencing to trace the source and explain the spread of the latest (seventh) cholera pandemic. They have also highlighted the impact of the acquisition of resistance to antibiotics on ...
Aug 24, 2011
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Health
Traveler's alert: Business travel linked to obesity and poor health
Road warriors who travel for business two weeks or more a month have higher body mass index, higher rates of obesity and poorer self-rated health than those who travel less often, according to researchers at Columbia University's ...
May 2, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a surge in cases
The World Health Organization has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile and left poorer countries scrambling to contain ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health improvements occurred worldwide since 2010 despite COVID-19 pandemic, but progress was uneven: Study
Rates of early death and poor health caused by HIV/AIDS and diarrhea have been cut in half since 2010, and the rate of disease burden caused by injuries has dropped by a quarter in the same time period, after accounting for ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year
Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil, with 3.5 million cases of the tropical disease reported so far, health officials said Thursday.
Mar 28, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
New study identifies subgroups of older adults at high risk of multimorbidity
Research from the Healthy Lifespan Institute has identified subgroups of people with different health behaviors and their association with multimorbidity in older adults in England. The findings of this new study, published ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Health
Why do we usually sleep at night? What happens when we don't sleep? Experts discuss sleep health
Sleep is as essential to our health as food and water. It is important to a number of brain functions, including how nerve cells communicate with each other. We sleep for a third of our lives and there are many restorative ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Poor neighborhoods linked to elevated dementia risk and faster brain aging
Living in a poorer neighborhood is linked to accelerated brain aging and increased dementia risk early in life, regardless of income level or education, a Duke University-led study finds.
Mar 14, 2024
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Dentistry
Study shows correlation between self-reported oral health and systemic health outcomes
Those who report having poor oral health are as likely to have negative long-term systemic health outcomes as those previously diagnosed with periodontal disease, or gum disease, according to a new Tufts University School ...
Mar 4, 2024
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