Nearly 40% of public-sector physiotherapists want to leave their current job, posing a substantial threat to workforce stability and quality of patient care, University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research has found. The ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Treating chronic diseases can involve intensive programs designed to change people's diet, exercise and other health behaviors. But a typical program, while packed with information and advice, may overlook a fundamental reality: ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Unionization and working for a public employer are associated with significantly lower turnover among direct care workers (DCW), a group that provides daily care for older adults and those who are disabled and unable to care ...
Apr 8, 2026
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Most of us were told off at some point for how we sat. "Don't cross your legs, you'll ruin your knees." "You'll get varicose veins." "Sit properly." "Sit up straight."
Apr 8, 2026
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Researchers at The University of Osaka have developed and evaluated a new eight-week training program that enables psychology trainees to effectively learn cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) by applying its techniques to ...
Apr 8, 2026
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Psychotherapy has always been a deeply human endeavor: a patient talking, a therapist listening and responding, and healing happening through words. But with the rapid rise of conversational artificial intelligence, particularly ...
Apr 7, 2026
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A violinist plays in a cancer ward. A playlist loops in the waiting room. A surgeon hums along to the radio mid-operation. We assume, almost without thinking, that music helps. But what if it doesn't—or worse, what if it ...
Apr 7, 2026
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Cognitive and physical training can help older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) maintain or improve their ability to move and think simultaneously, but hearing ability and sex influence outcomes, according to a ...
Apr 7, 2026
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Older hospitalized patients who struggled with taking their medications correctly were 10% less likely to need to return to the hospital if they had a pharmacist's help at discharge, according to a new multisite clinical ...
Apr 6, 2026
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Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina and elsewhere have linked loneliness in patients with chronic leg and foot wounds to increased expression of genes that are related to inflammation. These pro-inflammatory ...
Apr 6, 2026
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