Renting a private sector home, falling repeatedly into arrears, and exposure to pollution in the vicinity are linked to faster biological aging—the cumulative damage to the body's tissues and cells, irrespective of actual ...
Oct 10, 2023
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In a new position paper, the American College of Physicians (ACP) addresses the question of "grateful patient" fundraising, stating that physicians should not engage in or be asked or expected to participate in fundraising ...
Sep 25, 2023
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A new study led by researchers at Western and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that adolescent emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for suicidal thoughts, self-harm and self-poisoning increased ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Social risk factors such as financial instability and housing insecurity are increasingly recognized as influencing health. But unlike diagnosis codes, prescription information, lab or other test reports, social risk factors ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Identifying people at high risk of chronic disease means that they can be targeted with prevention measures before they become sick. Polygenic risk scores, where genomic information alone is used to assess the risk of developing ...
Jun 9, 2023
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University of Western Ontario engineers have created a new static, four-legged walker that can be constructed from materials and fasteners commonly available from hardware stores like wooden dowels and screws. The joints ...
Jun 8, 2023
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It might be tempting to buy prescription medication online, but buyers should beware, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
Nov 18, 2022
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Today, many women diagnosed with breast cancer live long after completing their cancer treatments and have post-treatment health and information needs. Unfortunately, across healthcare systems, survivorship care is neither ...
Aug 1, 2022
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New developments in technology may provide tools to help patients and health care providers make cost-informed decisions and connect patients to additional resources if they cannot afford their prescribed medications, say ...
Apr 13, 2022
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People choose whether to seek or avoid information about their health, finances and personal traits based on how they think it will make them feel, how useful it is, and if it relates to things they think about often, finds ...
Dec 3, 2021
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