Data support what health experts have been saying for months: COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing serious illness and death.
More activity, less sitting may cut risk for obstructive sleep apnea
Aug 02, 2021
A prospective cohort study shows that more hours of physical activity and fewer hours sitting at work/away from home may lower risk for obstructive sleep apnea.
Dietary flavonoids may lower odds of subjective cognitive decline
Jul 30, 2021
Associations were strongest for flavones, flavanones, anthocyanins; the dose-response curve was steepest for flavones, then anthocyanins.
Cognitive decline may up bone loss, fracture risk in older women
Jul 30, 2021
Each percent decline in the Mini Mental State Examination from baseline was associated with a 6.5% bone loss in women.
Nearly 60 percent of adults report pain in past three months
Jul 29, 2021
“The prevalence of pain experienced at each of these locations increased with age and was highest among adults aged 65 and over,” the authors wrote.
13 percent experience difficulty hearing even with hearing aid
Jul 28, 2021
Hearing difficulties increase with age; 26.8% of those aged 65 years and older have difficulty hearing with hearing aid.
~40 Percent of incident heart failure diagnoses occur in acute care
Jul 27, 2021
Forty-six percent of those with diagnoses in acute care had potential heart failure symptoms in the previous six months.
Deaths up in 2020, even when accounting for COVID-19
Jul 27, 2021
Men aged 15 to 64 years were particularly hard-hit by excess deaths, while children were spared.
U.S. to stick with international travel restrictions
Jul 26, 2021
The rise and prevalence of COVID-19 variants in Europe have made the Biden administration move slowly on increasing transatlantic travel.
Links between genetic risk, glaucoma prevalence examined
Jul 23, 2021
Polygenic variants are associated with comparable risk for developing open-angle glaucoma as that associated with the most common single-gene pathogenic variant, according to a study published online July...