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Estimated change in health care use after enrolling in Medicare at age 65. Credit: USC Schaeffer Center People with mental health symptoms from low- and middle-income households tend to receive much less mental health care upon aging into Medicare, according to new research from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. Enrolling in […]
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For early postmenopausal women, zoledronate administered at baseline and five years is effective for preventing morphometric vertebral fracture, according to a study published in the Jan. 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Mark J. Bolland, MB, Ch.B., Ph.D., from the University of Auckland in New […]
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new review has found that calorie labeling of food on menus and products leads people to choose slightly fewer calories. The research team, led by scientists from UCL, Bath Spa University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, examined evidence from 25 studies on the impact of calorie […]
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Photo Credit: SurfUpVector On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, Joel Gelfand, MD, will join a panel of speakers to discuss the changing landscape of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. “Their discussion will include new topical and systemic drugs new findings, management strategy updates, psoriatic arthritis, and the immunology and genetics of psoriasis,” explains Maui Derm. “In the […]
Continue ReadingCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Brief cognitive behavioral interventions that help young people manage aspects of their personality, such as impulsivity, sensation seeking, hopelessness, and anxiety sensitivity, have been shown to reduce adolescent Substance Use Disorders. The American Journal of Psychiatry published the findings from a new cluster randomized trial involving 31 Canadian high schools and […]
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Photo Credit: Graphic_BKK1979 The following is a summary of “Nailfold capillaroscopy for diagnosis of onychodystrophies: A prospective cross-sectional study,” published in the January 2025 issue of Dermatology by Hwang et al. Nail diseases, which cause significant physical and psychosocial burdens, are challenging to diagnose due to nonspecific clinical and histological findings, and while nail fold […]
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Graphic abstract. Credit: Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2025.101463 A common antihistamine may offer hope for patients with a rare genetic disease that can lead to severe liver damage and ultimately require transplantation, according to new research from Rutgers Health. The study in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that chlorcyclizine, […]
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Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirthof sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred thingsYou have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swungHigh in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flungMy eager craft through footless halls of […]
Continue ReadingCredit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels UK patients are “coming to harm” as nurses say they are having to treat people in corridors and unsuitable places because of a “collapse in care standards”, a report said Thursday. In the latest indictment of Britain’s beleaguered state-funded National Health Service, nine in 10 NHS nurses surveyed by […]
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing that simplified food nutrition labels be placed on the front of food packages to help consumers grasp the nutritional value of the product at a glance. The new front-of-package nutrition labels (coined the “Nutrition Info box”) will simplify information on […]
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