In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, dementia was the dominant risk factor for the disease among residents of Swedish nursing homes. This elevated risk applied to both getting infected with and dying of COVID-19, ...
Mar 8, 2023
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As the cost of medication rises, do doctors have a responsibility to help people safely source cheaper options?
Feb 23, 2023
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A recent poll conducted by University of Michigan researchers found 71% of the 2,000 or so Americans surveyed (aged between 50-80 years) said they had religious beliefs that were important to them.
Feb 20, 2023
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For almost two decades—from high school to when she was a 35-year-old graduate student—Alicia Castaneda Hatfield struggled with an eating disorder without ever talking with a doctor about it.
Feb 15, 2023
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The human gut is an extraordinarily dynamic place, with millions of interactions between microbes, bodily processes and chemicals taking place every minute.
Feb 14, 2023
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Sensitive women and stoical men are the prevalent images of people in chronic pain. Unwarranted differences in medical treatment may result, as a University of Gothenburg doctoral thesis emphasizes.
Feb 6, 2023
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Legalizing recreational cannabis at the state level does not increase substance use disorders or use of other illicit drugs among adults and, in fact, may reduce alcohol-related problems, according to new CU Boulder research.
Jan 26, 2023
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Patients might be happier with their care when their physician trained with the specialist they're referred to, a new study suggests.
Jan 8, 2023
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There are no simple solutions to America's deadly overdose epidemic, which costs 100,000 lives each year and is erasing gains in life expectancy. But a team of USC researchers have found one low-cost intervention can make ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Damar Hamlin, a 24-year-old NFL player, suffered cardiac arrest after making a tackle for the Buffalo Bills as millions of people watched on television Monday night.
Jan 4, 2023
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