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By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study delivers some great news to older Americans, something many likely already realize in their daily lives. The prevalence of disabilities among seniors is down sharply from what it was just a decade before, researchers say. Fewer older adults have limitations …
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By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Primary care doctors are no longer just in the physical health business: Americans are increasingly turning to them for mental health care, too, a new study finds. Looking at Americans’ primary care visits between 2006 and 2018, researchers found a 50% increase in …
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Feb. 8, 2023 — As mental health issues rise among teens and college students, this week’s first-ever global Student Mental Health Week couldn’t be better timed. The urgency is quite apparent. A recent study showed that nearly one-third of students worldwide said their mental health has worsened since returning to campus following the COVID-19 lockdowns. With suicide rates …
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Diagnosed with heart failure at just 26 years old, Brittany Clayborne relied on electronics and technology to keep her heart pumping. Source: https://www.webmd.com/features/tech-change-life-heart-failure?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Cardiologists managing people with heart failure deal with patient expectations and fears, along with the actual treatments. Find out what they learn. Source: https://www.webmd.com/features/patients-challenges-heart-failure?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Heart failure treatment is evolving, helping patients live longer. Learn about what’s new. Source: https://www.webmd.com/features/spotlight-heart-failure?src=RSS_PUBLIC
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D supplements are typically used to guard against bone loss and fractures, but new research offers up another possibility: For folks with pre-diabetes, they may help lower the chances of a full diabetes diagnosis. Across three clinical trials, investigators found that vitamin …
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Feb. 7, 2023 – In vitro fertilization has been around long enough that researchers can now compare developmental and academic achievements between these children and peers at school age. Amber Kennedy, MBBS, and colleagues did just that. They found little difference in these milestones between a total of 11,059 IVF-conceived children and 401,654 spontaneously conceived …
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SOURCES: Twitter: @AngeliaDesselle, Jan. 21, 2023, @seanybrams, Jan. 24, 2023. JAMA Neurology: “Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment of Functional Neurological Disorders.” Functional Neurological Disorder Society: “Press release from the Functional Neurological Disorders Society.” European Journal of Neurology: “Functional disorders as a common motor manifestation of COVID-19 infection or vaccination.” Alfonso Fasano MD, chair, Neuromodulation …
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Feb. 7, 2023 — Living with a spouse or a partner may help middle-age and older adults keep their blood sugar level in check, new research suggests. And it doesn’t even have to be an ideal union. Just having the relationship seems to provide benefit, whether the partners described it as supportive or strained. Katherine …
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Feb. 6, 2023 – City dwellers who visited parks, community gardens, or other green spaces often were less likely to need medications for depression, high blood pressure, or asthma than those who did not, a new study from Finland shows. The link between frequent green space visits and a lower use of these drugs did …
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Feb. 6, 2023 — It might seem inevitable that Maggie Rogers, 33, a childhood cancer survivor, would one day end up pursuing a career related to cancer in some way. She reached that goal a few weeks ago when she started working as director of pediatric, adolescent and young adult cancer support at the American Cancer …
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