Health
Life expectancy is declining in the US, but it doesn't have to be
The U.S. is experiencing its sharpest decline in life expectancy in more than a century—since the eras of World War I and the Great Influenza.
Dec 7, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 may have increased UK doctors' willingness not to resuscitate the very sick and frail
COVID-19 may have changed UK doctors' end-of-life decision-making, making them more willing to not resuscitate very sick and/or frail patients and raising the threshold for referral to intensive care, suggest the results ...
Jul 25, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities struggled with mental health during COVID lockdowns
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) struggled with their mental health during the COVID-19-induced lockdowns and subsequent restraints on community services, according to a new study published today ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Health
Crisis-care protocols should ignore patients' age, say ethicists
Adults 65 and over are the age demographic most likely to die or become severely ill from COVID-19—which prompts the ethical question: Should advanced age be a factor in deciding who receives lifesaving medical resources ...
May 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Feeling unwell? How to decide if you should take a sick day
As the rise in home working blurs the boundary between work and home lives, it has become easier for people to work while unwell. But should you?
Apr 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds high life satisfaction linked to better overall health
New research from UBC finds that higher life satisfaction is associated with better physical, psychological and behavioral health.
Mar 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
With 250,000 US deaths, COVID-19 is triggering more end-of-life planning—and young people want in on the discussions
In homes across the U.S., families increasingly know someone who has been sick or hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll passed a quarter-million Americans on Nov. 18, less than 10 months into the pandemic.
Nov 19, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 could cause declines in life expectancy
A new analysis of period life expectancy around the world shows that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause a short-term decline in life expectancy in many regions of the world.
Sep 17, 2020
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Health
Primary care at a crossroads: Experts call for change
The old adage about a frog that gets put in a pot of cold water on a stove, and doesn't leap out even as the heat slowly climbs to boiling, might seem like a strange metaphor for primary care. But for many primary care providers ...
Aug 24, 2020
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Addiction
Beliefs about cannabis influence older adults' choice of treatments for chronic pain
Pain levels and quality-of-life issues have little influence on older adults' decisions to treat chronic pain and other long-term diseases or conditions with cannabis or opioids, a new study found.
Jun 18, 2020
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