The people of Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world. Yet older adults who struggle economically may refrain from seeking medical help or using long-term care insurance. These choices may increase the occurrence ...
May 13, 2024
0
0
Three-quarters of Americans feel that mental health conditions are identified and treated with much less care than physical health issues within the U.S. health care system, even as more than 80% perceive a dramatic rise ...
May 1, 2024
0
16
Running, cycling, or swimming—if you regularly exercise, you're well on track for a long and healthy life, as new research from the University of South Australia finds that an increased cardio fitness level will reduce ...
Apr 29, 2024
0
19
Creating art for healing purposes dates back tens of thousands of years, to the practices of First Nations people around the world. Art therapy uses creative processes, primarily visual art such as painting, drawing or sculpture, ...
Apr 9, 2024
1
2
An expert panel has published the first performance measures to identify remission and evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle medicine treatments, which will allow more objective comparisons between lifestyle behavior interventions ...
Mar 28, 2024
0
0
For anyone diagnosed with physical illnesses, like cancer, it's common for services and organizations to provide peer-support programs.
Mar 5, 2024
0
0
Although most patients diagnosed with COVID-19 will quickly recover, some people experience symptoms that linger well after they start testing negative again—including insomnia. Scientists already knew that insomnia was ...
Feb 5, 2024
0
37
Most stroke survivors were able to safely take two types of common antidepressants, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2024. The meeting will ...
Feb 1, 2024
0
0
An extended follow-up study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä and now published in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports shows that low cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence is associated with higher ...
Jan 9, 2024
0
0
Fatigue is common in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). The causes of fatigue are not well understood, and it is likely that they vary between people and over time. From a patient perspective, ...
Dec 8, 2023
0
18
