US surgeon general announces national plan to fight ‘loneliness epidemic’
May 02, 2023
Loneliness can lead to pain, depression and shorter life spans in older adults and can impact sleep, inflammation and the immune system in younger adults.
ADA: Diabetes may quadruple risk for long COVID
Jun 08, 2022
The authors say that the review findings are limited by heterogenous definitions of long COVID in published studies.
Lifestyle factors may cut dementia risk in patients with diabetes
Sep 14, 2022
For people with diabetes, the hazard ratio for dementia was 0.46 for those with a lifestyle score of 7 versus 0 to 2.
New report calls for more research on women’s health issues
Jul 12, 2024
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine analysis noted that women are disproportionately affected by chronic illnesses, including Alzheimer’s disease, depression and osteoporosis.
Monoclonal antibody therapy may cut COVID-19 hospitalizations
Aug 31, 2021
Lower hospitalization rates were seen at 14, 21 and 28 days for high-risk patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who received casirivimab-imdevimab.
Americans ‘dangerously’ underestimate healthcare costs, challenges in retirement planning
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 21, 2023
Americans “dangerously” underestimate the effects that healthcare costs and challenges may have on their retirement plans, including planning for a stay in a long-term care facility, according to the...
Risk, burden of diabetes up after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection
Mar 30, 2022
The risks and burdens of postacute outcomes increased in graded manner based on COVID-19 severity.
Life expectancy decreasing, CDC says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2018
Life expectancy in the United States decreased in both 2015 and 2016, marking the only decreases in the past 20 years and the first consecutive two-year decline since 1964, according to a new report from...
SGLT-2i use before COVID-19 may reduce adverse outcomes in diabetes patients
Dec 07, 2022
SGLT-2is are associated with the lowest probability for adverse outcomes followed by glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and metformin.
Hypertension, type 2 diabetes contribute to brain changes in Puerto Rican seniors
Apr 01, 2022
A high prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes was seen among the Puerto Rican cohort; those with both have deteriorating patterns in major white matter tracts.