Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: Persistent pain in your funny bone? It could be ulnar neuropathy
Everyone knows hitting your funny bone isn't actually funny. But what happens when that feeling continues to persist?
Dec 14, 2023
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Medications
Popular blood thinner associated with higher risk of bleeding complications
When diagnosed with a blood clot or atrial fibrillation, patients are often prescribed anticoagulants, or blood thinners, to prevent a future clot.
Dec 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Addressing racial disparities key to eliminating TB, researchers say
Progress toward the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States has been stalled by significant racial and ethnic disparities often masked by state- and national-level data, say University of Michigan researchers.
Dec 14, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Multiple periods of loneliness may add up to higher mortality risk
Working from well-established research on the detrimental health effects of loneliness, University of Michigan researchers set out to study whether feeling lonely multiple times through the years leads to more serious illness ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Medications
Medicare doesn't cover obesity drugs, but 76% of older adults think it should: Poll
The vast majority of older adults—83%—think health insurers should cover medications that can help people with obesity manage their weight, a new poll of people age 50 to 80 finds.
Dec 13, 2023
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Medications
Study finds growing use of hemp-derived alternative cannabis products containing CBD, Delta-8-THC, CBG, CBN
Cannabis use for medicinal or recreational purposes is now permitted is most states in the U.S. Many of the products sold in dispensaries contain delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (better known as "THC"), and are thus classified ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Genetics
Genetic 'protection' against depression was no match for pandemic stress, finds study of first-year college students
Living through a historic pandemic while handling the stress of the first year of college sent one-third of students in a new study into clinical depression. That's double the percentage seen in previous years of the same ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Surgery
Surgery patients now less likely to get opioids—but decline has slowed, study shows
Post-surgery pain relief has shifted away from opioid-containing medications over the past seven years, but the downward trend has slowed since 2020, a new study shows.
Dec 7, 2023
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Health informatics
Q&A: Examining public health measures and striving for equality among vulnerable communities
Over the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 hit Black communities and communities of color particularly hard. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native ...
Dec 6, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Grandchild's stillbirth risk linked to grandma's weight
Research has shown that pregnant women with a body mass index of 30 or higher face a greater chance of experiencing a stillbirth compared to pregnant women with a normal BMI. Now, a new University of Michigan study finds ...
Dec 5, 2023
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