Virtual reality interventions are suggested to have a positive effect on anticipatory anxiety symptoms and pain.
21.2 percent of U.S. adults had diagnosed arthritis from 2019 to 2021
Oct 12, 2023
Age-standardized prevalence rates were higher among women than men, veterans than nonveterans and non-Hispanic whites.
Adherence to Mediterranean lifestyle linked to lower mortality
Aug 29, 2023
Increasing quartiles of MEDLIFE index were associated with reduced hazard ratios for all-cause and cancer mortality.
Heart, diabetes, cancer drugs on list for Medicare price negotiations, White House says
Aug 29, 2023
Enrollees in the Medicare prescription drug program paid a total of $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2022 for the 10 initial drugs chosen for price negotiations.
2021 to 2022 saw decrease in age-adjusted death rate in US
May 04, 2023
The highest overall death rates were seen for persons aged 85 years and older, non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Natives, non-Hispanic Black or African Americans, and males.
Review shows high dietary sugar intake tied to harmful health outcomes
Apr 07, 2023
The evidence is stronger for the link to cardiometabolic outcomes based on 73 existing meta-analyses.
Physical activity, sleep duration linked to mortality
Apr 05, 2023
“Our findings suggest that health promotion efforts targeting both physical activity and sleep duration may be more effective in preventing or delaying premature death in middle-aged and older adults...
Shift work tied to later frailty
Apr 03, 2023
THe association was strongest for women working shift work versus those only working daytime.