Edited by Lora T. McGlade August 08, 2024 TOPLINE:Primary care visits within 90 days after cancer surgery are linked to a lower mortality rate in older adults. Patients with a primary care visit had a 90-day mortality rate of 0.3% compared with 3.3% for those without. METHODOLOGY:A total of 2566 patients aged 65 years or...
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Alcohol use in older adults doubles risk of brain bleeds from falls
News Release 8-Aug-2024 Study among first to examine link between alcohol use and severe head trauma Peer-Reviewed PublicationFlorida Atlantic University image: Daily alcohol use was associated with 150% increased odds of a brain bleed in older adults after a head trauma from a fall. Credit: Florida Atlantic University Nationally, falls remain the leading cause of...
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Superbugs spread to family members of recently hospitalized patients
August 7, 2024 by Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Credit: CC0 Public DomainFamily members of patients recently discharged from the hospital may have a higher risk of getting an antibiotic-resistant infection, often called a superbug, even if the patient was not diagnosed with the same infection, suggesting hospitals play a role in the community...
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US measles cases are already triple those of last year
July 29, 2024 by Robin Foster With five months still to go, the number of U.S. measles cases reported so far this year has already triple that of all the cases seen in the country last year, federal health officials report. A total of 188 cases have been confirmed in 26 states and Washington, D.C.,...
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Depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia common with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis
JULY 24, 2024 by Lori Solomon Approximately four in 10 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have anxiety, depression, or fibromyalgia, according to a study published online July 16 in ACR Open Rheumatology. Juan Schmukler, M.D., from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and colleagues analyzed the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and...
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Children less likely to have type 1 diabetes if mother has condition than if father is affected, study finds
July 26, 2024 by Diabetologia Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNew research to be presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD; Madrid, 9–13 September) shows that a child is almost twice as likely to develop type 1 diabetes (T1D) if their father has the condition, than if their...
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Exploratory analysis associates HIV drug abacavir with elevated cardiovascular disease risk in large global trial
JULY 23, 2024 by NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Transmission electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles (teal) budding and replicating from a segment of a chronically infected H9 cell (tan). Particles are in various stages of maturity; arc/semi-circles are immature particles that have started to form but are still part of the cell....
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Off-the-shelf wearable trackers provide clinically-useful information for patients with heart disease
JULY 15, 2024 by University of Birmingham Overview of the RATE-AF randomized trial wearable study. mcg = micrograms; mg = milligrams; RATE-AF = RAte control Therapy Evaluation in permanent Atrial Fibrillation. Credit: Nature Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03094-4A study published in Nature Medicine examined if a commercially-available fitness tracker and smartphone could continuously monitor the response...
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Only 1 in 4 still taking Ozempic, Wegovy for weight loss two years later
JULY 11, 2024 by Robin Foster Three of four patients stop taking Ozempic or Wegovy two years after being prescribed the blockbuster drugs for weight loss, a new analysis shows. Conducted by Prime Therapeutics and Magellan Rx Management (MRx), the review sifted through pharmacy and medical claims data for 3,364 people with insurance plans that...
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About 1 in 8 Americans has been diagnosed with chronic insomnia
JULY 4, 2024 by Robin Foster Millions of Americans struggle to fall or stay asleep, a new survey finds. Some struggle more mightily than others: Roughly 12% of Americans polled said they have been diagnosed with chronic insomnia, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) survey revealed. Who was the most likely to miss out...