by Katharine Gammon, University of Southern California Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor many people, forgetting your keys or struggling to plan tasks can seem like a normal part of the aging process. But those lapses can actually be symptoms of something more serious: mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, which could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease....
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Suicide rates continue to rise among Americans
by Ernie Mundell The mental health crisis hitting Americans shows no sign of abating, with provisional numbers for 2022 showing suicides rose by another 2.6% last year. That follows on an overall 5% increase in suicides in 2021, noted officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which on Thursday released the early data for 2022....
Why nearly half of Americans with Parkinson’s don’t see a neurologist
By Simar Bajaj July 10, 2023 Richard Huckabee, seen with his wife, Angela, says it took nine years to be diagnosed with Parkinson’s. COURTESY RICHARD HUCKABEE It took Richard Huckabee nine years to get a Parkinson’s diagnosis. A district manager for a convenience store chain, he first noticed symptoms in 2004 when his voice would...
Almost 10 million Americans have diabetes-linked eye disease, finds new study
by Steven Reinberg Nearly 10 million Americans are at risk for blindness from diabetic retinopathy, a new study finds. In 2021, an estimated 9.6 million people in the United States—26% of those with diabetes—had the eye illness and nearly 2 million had the most severe form, “vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy” (VTDR), researchers say. That’s 5% of those...
Most Americans don’t know what 988 suicide crisis hotline is for, poll shows
by Cara Murez Only 13% of American adults understand the purpose of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline nearly a year after its widely publicized launch, a new survey from the Pew Charitable Trusts shows. “There is an opportunity and a need for state and local leaders to launch inclusive awareness campaigns in the months...
21 million Americans may take a hypothyroidism drug they don’t need
by Isabella Backman, Yale University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As many as 90% of those who take levothyroxine [Synthroid] may have been unnecessarily prescribed the hypothyroidism medication. Approximately 23 million Americans take levothyroxine, making it one of the most prescribed drugs in the country. To test for hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid), clinicians measure the levels of...
Survey finds 1 in 5 Americans fear getting monkeypox, but many know little about it
ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA IMAGE: WORRY ABOUT CONTRACTING MONKEYPOX OR COVID-19 OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. ASKED OF 1,580 ADULTS ON THE ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER ASK SURVEY, JULY 12-18, 2022. CREDIT: ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER PHILADELPHIA – As Covid-19 cases surge across the United States dominated by a highly...
One in five Americans has an STD: CDC
According to 2018 data, one in five people in the United States probably carries a sexually transmitted infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. On any given day in 2018, nearly 68 million people had a sexually transmitted disease, according to the new CDC report. There were 26 million new cases that...