Eating together, providing social support and interaction during meals could help people with dementia avoid dehydration and malnutrition and have improved quality of life, according to new research.
Study identifies factors tied to age-related hearing loss
Mar 11, 2024
Being underweight and smoking were significant in men, whereas age at menarche and weight were significant in women.
Some COVID-19 patients have persistent smell, taste dysfunction
Aug 05, 2022
Women are less likely than men to recover their sense of smell, as are those with greater initial severity of dysfunction.
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Dec 16, 2021
The burden of ischemic stroke is greater in women than men, particularly among those 50 to 69 years of age.
In diabetes, women have higher risk for venous thromboembolism
Jan 05, 2023
The risk was increased 1.17-fold for women versus men with diabetes who were aged 20 to 79 years.
Polygenic risk score for OA predicts risk for hip, knee replacement
May 04, 2022
Participants with high PRS’s had an increased risk for joint replacement; a stronger association was seen with hip replacement for women versus men.
Meals, activities garner lowest scores on assisted living resident satisfaction survey
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2018
Residents of assisted living communities in one state are most satisfied with environmental factors such as cleanliness and privacy and least satisfied with factors such as meal quality and how they spend...
Legislation aims to protect healthcare professionals from violence in the workplace
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 13, 2022
A bill introduced Wednesday by U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is meant to protect healthcare professionals from violence in the workplace.
SARS-CoV-2 infection linked to increased risk for diabetes
Apr 18, 2023
The fraction of incident diabetes cases attributable to SARS-CoV-2 infection was 3.41% overall and 4.75% among men.