Cognitively stimulating leisure activity protects from further cognitive decline
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Sep 19, 2024
The optimal level of programming is at least three to four times a week in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.
Time-restricted eating helps to improve diabetes outcomes
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Sep 15, 2024
The findings were independent of energy intake and based on an eight-hour eating window, regardless of time of day.
Diabetes complications tied to higher risk for gum disease
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Sep 19, 2024
The presence of dyslipidemia further increases the odds of having gum disease in those with neuropathy and retinopathy.
US healthcare system ranks last among wealthy nations, report finds
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Sep 19, 2024
People in the United States die the earliest and live the sickest lives out of 10 developed countries, even though the United States spends the most on healthcare, according to the annual report by health...
Once-weekly efsitora noninferior to degludec for type 2 diabetes
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Sep 13, 2024
Once-weekly efsitora was noninferior to once-daily degludec for a decrease in the mean glycated hemoglobin level.
Predictive models for HTN screening developed using speech recordings
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Sep 13, 2024
Accuracies were up to 84 percent for women and 77 percent for men using HTN threshold of SBP ≥135 mmHg and DBP ≥85 mmHg
Behavior change intervention via mail cuts use of sleep medications in older adults
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Sep 20, 2024
Older adults with long-term benzodiazepine receptor agonist use and an insomnia diagnosis had significant improvements in sleep outcomes.
Current national prevalence of diagnosed a-fib, 10.55 million
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Sep 18, 2024
AF patients became relatively younger over time, were less likely to be female or White, and were more likely to have HTN, diabetes
Study reveals no link between HDL cholesterol and movement disorders
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Sep 20, 2024
The findings were seen among adult psychiatric inpatients taking an antipsychotic.
In 2021, more than 1 million deaths attributed to antimicrobial resistance
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Sep 20, 2024
From 1990 to 2021, the burden of antimicrobial resistance increased by more than 80% for those older than 70 years, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in The Lancet.