Community gardening improves well-being for adults
Jan 09, 2023
Improvement was seen in fiber intake and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; a reduction was seen in perceived stress and anxiety.
Adherence to healthy eating patterns linked to lower mortality risk
Jan 09, 2023
Greater adherence to four healthy eating patterns was linked to a lower risk for total and cause-specific mortality.
FDA approves second drug for Alzheimer’s disease, despite safety concerns
Jan 06, 2023
The approval of lecanemab-irmb (Leqembi) comes after controversial approval in 2021 of aducanumab (Aduhelm), which met with criticism over concerns about that drug’s effectiveness, safety and pricing.
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.
Social work staffing may increase access, use of palliative care
Jan 05, 2023
An intervention to increase social work staffing on primary care teams serving rural veterans was tied to an increased use of palliative care following hospitalization.
ACP updates living guideline on pharmacologic treatment of osteoporosis
Jan 03, 2023
Bisphosphonates are strongly recommended for initial treatment of primary osteoporosis for postmenopausal women.
Women with employer insurance more likely to report unaffordability of care
Dec 30, 2022
“[R]ising healthcare costs, growth in high-deductible plans and increased out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures may have contributed to increased unaffordability in recent years,” the authors...
5α-reductase inhibitors linked to depression, but not dementia
Dec 29, 2022
The magnitude of association for finasteride and dutasteride with dementia decreased over time and became nonsignificant.
Social frailty linked to worse outcomes for elderly heart failure patients
Dec 28, 2022
Social frailty was linked to composite of all-cause death and cardiovascular events among elderly hospitalized heart failure patients.
Tough new labeling law for sesame prompts companies to add It to their products
Dec 22, 2022
The new requirements are so strict that it costs less to add sesame to food products than to try to keep it out.