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Life After Cancer: Breast Surgeon Who Overcame Breast Cancer Talks Thrivorship
After general surgeon and nursing mother, Dr. Lisa D. Curcio, discovered blood in her breast milk, she received the devastating diagnosis of breast cancer at just 38 years old...Full Article
New Study Shows How To Boost Muscle Regeneration and Rebuild Tissue
One of the many effects of aging is loss of muscle mass, which contributes to disability in older people. To counter this loss, scientists at the Salk Institute are studying w...Full Article
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Unveils “The Apartment,” a Full-Scale Model Dementia-Friendly Residence
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) unveiled The Apartment, a full-scale model dementia-friendly residence in AFA headquarters—with entryway, kitchen, bedroom, bath, l...Full Article
Sleep Hygiene Intervention Improves Sleep for Hospital Patients
Hospitalized patients often suffer from sleep deprivation due to environmental noise and interruptions from staff.1 A new study in the June 2021 issue of The Joint Commission...Full Article
U.S. Blood Donations Are Safe Under Current Covid-19 Screening Guidelines
A new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues has found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, does not appear to pose a threa...Full Article
Exploring ‘Exercise as Medicine’
If being sedentary is the new smoking, then UCI’s nascent Exercise as Medicine class is the modern equivalent of the old surgeon general’s warning on cigarette packs. Taught...Full Article
Battling Public Health Misinformation Online
Social media and web-based news channels became a communication superhighway for correct and incorrect public health information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study of thi...Full Article
Cancer Treatments May Accelerate Cellular Aging
New research indicates that certain anti-cancer therapies may hasten cellular aging, where changes in the DNA of patients may contribute to greater inflammation and fatigue. T...
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Ticking Upward: MU Researcher Studies Rise of Tick-Borne Diseases in Midwest
When Ram Raghavan heard from a former colleague at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that a 7-year-old girl had died from Rocky Mountain spotted fever as the resu...Full Article
Feeling Younger Buffers Older Adults from Stress, Protects Against Health Decline
People who feel younger have a greater sense of well-being, better cognitive functioning, less inflammation, lower risk of hospitalization and even live longer than their olde...Full Article
Molecular Analysis Identifies Key Differences in Lungs of Cystic Fibrosis Patients
A team of researchers from UCLA, Cedars-Sinai and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has developed a first-of-its-kind molecular catalog of cells in healthy lungs and the lungs of...Full Article
Progression of Cardiac Hypertrophy in Dialysis Patients Can Be Retarded By Drugs
Patients with chronic kidney dysfunction frequently develop thickening of the heart muscle, so-called left ventricular hypertrophy. This is particularly pronounced in patients...Full Article
New American Academy of Dermatology Survey Finds One-Third of Americans Fail Basic Quiz on Skin Cancer and Sun Exposure
In a recent survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, the American Academy of Dermatology found that one-third of Americans lack a basic understanding of skin cancer and sun protection — l...Full Article
Most Differences In DNA Binding Compounds Found At Birth In Children Conceived By IVF Not Seen In Early Childhood
NIH study results bolster previous studies finding no growth, development differences with IVF. Compared to newborns conceived traditionally, newborns conceived through in vi...Full Article
Autism Biomarkers Could Save Billions in Healthcare Costs According to Recent Study
The use of accurate biomarkers for detecting autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could result in saving billions of dollars in healthcare costs, according to a paper recently publi...Full Article
Researchers Trace Spinal Neuron Family Tree
Spinal cord nerve cells branching through the body resemble trees with limbs fanning out in every direction. But this image can also be used to tell the story of how these neu...Full Article
When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated and How to Protect Yourself and Others
Choosing Safer Activities If you are fully vaccinated, you can resume activities that you did prior to the pandemic. Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without we...Full Article
Nursing Homes See 96 Percent Decline In COVID Cases Since Vaccine Rollout
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the ...Full Article
American Heart Association: May is Move More Month
One in four U.S. adults are sitting for longer than eight hours each day, and this lack of activity is bad for mental and physical health. The American Heart Association, the ...Full Article
Exposure to Harmful Chemicals in Plastic May Contribute to Postpartum Depression
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals may influence hormonal shifts during pregnancy as well as contribute to postpartum depression, according to a small study published in the Endoc...Full Article
First Clinical Trials Set for Imaging Agent for MRI Prostate Cancer Detection
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved human clinical trials to test the safety of cancer-detection technology developed at Case Western Reserve University: a tumo...Full Article
ACHC Launches Palliative Care Accreditation Program
ACHC Launches Palliative Care Accreditation Program As the number of people affected by serious illnesses continues to rise, many patients are turning to palliative care to c...Full Article
May is National Better Hearing Month
Mask wearing has forced many of the 37.5 million Americans with hearing loss to face their hearing loss. Often people will compensate by reading lips and may not realize, or a...Full Article
President Biden And Congress Urged to Prepare and Implement National Crisis Management Plan to Address Needs of Millions Suffering from Long COVID
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) called on President Joe Biden and Congress to gear up for the next coronavirus crisis, by preparing and i...Full Article
Survey Compares COVID-19 Perceptions from March 2020 vs March 2021
One-year into the COVID-19 pandemic and even with the light of the vaccine on the horizon, a majority of Americans are still fearful, according to a new healthinsurance.com na...Full Article
