by University of South Australia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Millions of older people with poor vision are at risk of being misdiagnosed with mild cognitive impairments, according to a new study by the University of South Australia. Cognitive tests that rely on vision-dependent tasks could be skewing results in up to a quarter of people...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a large, retrospective study covering data from the last two decades, death rates for cardiovascular diseases in the U.S. varied among people from various Asian ethnicity subgroups, with death rate trends that stagnated in some subgroups and increased in others, according to new research published today...
by University of Aberdeen Risk of bias graphs and study data extraction strategy. (A) Review authors’ judgements about each risk of bias item per included study. Review authors’ judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies (B). Outcomes addressed by total number of studies and overlap (C), Number of...
by University of Bristol Left: The display that carers will see in the Milbotix app. Right: Milbotix founder and CEO Dr Zeke Steer. Credit: University of Bristol “Smart socks” that track rising distress in the wearer could improve the well-being of millions of people with dementia, non-verbal autism and other conditions that affect communication. Inventor...
by United States Department of Agriculture Credit: CC0 Public Domain Healthy adults who eat a diverse diet with at least 8-10 grams of soluble fiber a day have fewer antibiotic-resistant microbes in their guts, according to a study published by Agricultural Research Service scientists and their colleagues in mBio. Microbes that have resistance to various commonly...
by Washington University School of Medicine Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Less than half of Americans who received treatment for opioid use disorder over a five-year period were offered a potentially lifesaving medication, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Saint Louis University have found. And treatment with the medication was even...
By Carla K. Johnson — Associated Press May 5, 2022 A microscope photo that shows the results of a Pap test, with a positive indication for the presence of uterine cervical adenocarcinoma. CDC VIA AP Arare but aggressive kind of uterine cancer appears to be driving an increase in U.S. deaths from the disease, particularly...
Pauline Anderson March 31, 2022 Suicidal behaviors are common in older adults — and especially older women, new research suggests. In a meta-analysis that included 20 studies and more than 3 million total individuals living in long-term care (LTC), the prevalence rate for suicidal behavior was more than 6%. In addition, the most common of...
Heart attacks are the world’s leading cause of death, yet the few treatments available are often expensive and inaccessible. Although that’s been the case for years, the World Health Organization warned back in 2020 heart disease numbers were still on the rise. Verve Therapeutics says altering human genomes to prevent the buildup of bad cholesterol might...
Carla Nieto Martínez May 06, 2022 MADRID, Spain — Clinical experiences in approaching COVID-19 from different perspectives, results obtained by various therapeutic options and, above all, the challenges posed by a new healthcare reality — long COVID — were all the focus of a recent discussion at the 7th International Congress of the Spanish Society of...
