COVID-19 continues to affect leading causes of death in US: CDC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered the rankings of the leading causes of death in the United States in 2020, and although COVID ranks lower on the list of causes in 2023, its effects continue to be...
Does cancer protect against Alzheimer’s?
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2016
New research explores whether what causes cancer in some people may protect them from developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Hospice care varies from assisted living, home settings: study
By
Emily Mongan
Jul 27, 2015
Assisted living residents starting hospice care may be closer to death than people receiving the same care at home, new research has found.
Deaths from 5 diseases decline
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 28, 2015
Wellness efforts may be having an effect. Deaths from five of the six leading causes saw an overall decline in the United States between 1969 and 2013, according to a new analysis.
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...
Study: Mammography benefits older women, too
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 07, 2016
A new study finds that women may benefit from mammography beyond the age of 74, which is the upper age limit of the American Cancer Society and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation for regular...
Where dementia is most prevalent
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 03, 2016
A new tool from the federal government provides county- and state-level prevalence data for Alzheimer’s/dementia and 15 other chronic conditions.
Smartphones: ‘digital dementia’ contributor or cognitive memory aid?
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 04, 2022
Smartphones: friend or foe? It depends on whom you ask. Recent studies on smartphone use have found that mobile technology either can contribute to cognitive impairment or help improve cognition.
Legislation to boost home infusion receives kudos
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 11, 2021
The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) is praising bipartisan legislation that would ensure that Medicare patients continue gaining access to home infusion therapies that require the use of an infusion...
Older adults more likely to have multiple ailments compared with prior generations
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 14, 2022
Later-born generations of older adults in the United States are more likely to have a greater number of chronic health conditions than the generations that preceded them, according to a study conducted...