Archive: 31/12/2024

Distinct driving patterns seen for seniors with major depressive disorder

Older adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) demonstrate distinct and riskier driving behaviors than those without MDD, according to a study published online Dec. 30 in JAMA Network Open.

Dec 31, 2024

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Text messages can be ineffective as medication refill reminders, study shows

A study published in JAMA reveals text message reminders for patients who delay refilling their medications didn't help improve how regularly they refilled medications over a year.

Dec 31, 2024

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How to manage the blues this holiday season

Blue Christmas, anyone? Holiday time can be wonderful, worrisome, energizing and depressing -- all at the same time.

Dec 31, 2024

Guidance issued for use of metformin to prevent antipsychotic-induced weight gain

In a guideline published online Dec. 9 in Schizophrenia Bulletin, recommendations are presented for the use of metformin to prevent antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG).

Dec 31, 2024

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The longer the race, the closer it gets: Women are closing in on men when it comes to ultra-endurance events

Men are dominant at most athletic events but ultra-endurance sports (exercising for six hours or more) represent a unique domain where the performance gap between men and women is narrowing significantly.

Dec 31, 2024

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New technology 'sees' how cholesterol causes heart attacks

The U.S. government's premier research body has made an important discovery that could help create new drugs to lower "bad" cholesterol, and hopefully prevent heart attacks and stroke.

Dec 31, 2024

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Why one Colorado county has seen a steady drop in its suicide rate over five years

Over the last five years, Larimer County in northern Colorado has seen what appears to be a steady, sustained drop in its suicide rate—a potentially significant breakthrough in a state that consistently ranks in the top ...

Dec 31, 2024

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How a duty to spend wisely on worker benefits could loosen PBMs' grip on drug prices

Ann Lewandowski knows all about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the companies that shape the U.S. drug market. Her job, as a policy advocate at drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, was to tell patient and physician groups about ...

Dec 31, 2024

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How a diet lowers risk of early death while benefiting the Earth

A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found the Planetary Health Diet, which emphasizes nonprocessed, plant-based food with a modest amount of meat and dairy, can lower risk of premature death by ...

Dec 31, 2024

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'A powerful connection': Researchers create choir of children born with heart condition

Each child had already undergone at least three open-heart surgeries. They'd endured countless hours in doctors' offices and hospitals after being born with a serious heart condition.

Dec 31, 2024

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