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Hearing intervention shows promise in protecting older adults at increased risk for cognitive decline

While the results were negative in the total study population, the hearing intervention slowed cognitive decline in older adults with mild to moderate hearing loss by 48% in a pre-specified segment of the study population consisting of the 238 people participating in an ongoing observational study of heart health.

19 Jul 2023

Private equity ownership of healthcare associated with harmful impacts on costs and quality of care

Private equity ownership of healthcare services such as nursing homes and hospitals is associated with harmful impacts on costs and quality of care, suggests a review of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today.

19 Jul 2023

Study shows how behavioral economics can help cancer patients quit smoking

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that cancer patients who continued to smoke after their diagnosis were significantly more likely to receive treatment for tobacco use when "nudges" to provide tobacco treatment were directed at clinicians through the electronic health record.

19 Jul 2023

Black Americans more likely to trust medical information about prostate cancer from Black providers

Black Americans are 1.6 times more likely to believe medical information presented by a Black physician or patient as compared with information presented by a White speaker, a new study shows.

19 Jul 2023

New emergency department for over 80s reduces wait times

The formation of the country's first emergency department for the over 80s led to a significant decrease in time spent in A&E - according to research from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and University of East Anglia (UEA).

19 Jul 2023

Cross-border tobacco purchases have tripled in England since 2019, analysis reveals

The proportion of smokers' discounted overseas tobacco purchases--- from duty free or from countries with cheaper products, and known as cross-border purchases---has tripled in England since 2019, rising from just over 5% to just over 16%, but there's been no reported change in black market purchases, reveals a time-trends analysis published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

19 Jul 2023

Cardiac rehabilitation linked to decreased risk of death after surgery

For millions of Americans who have heart surgery or experience cardiovascular complications, like heart attack or heart failure, they may be encouraged to participate in cardiac rehabilitation.

19 Jul 2023

Older adults see the benefit in cognitive screening, but many have not been tested

Eighty percent of older adults see the benefit of tests that can give an early warning that a person's memory and thinking abilities have started to decline, a new poll of people age 65 to 80 finds.

19 Jul 2023

Study finds impaired beta cell function associated with severe COVID-19-induced hyperglycemia

A recent study aimed to investigate whether hyperglycemia persisted in COVID-19 survivors during a six-month follow-up.

19 Jul 2023

Does Mediterranean diet adherence impact mental health?

Researchers evaluated the association between maintaining a healthy diet and mental health among Spanish nursing students.

19 Jul 2023

The painful legacy of ‘law and order’ treatment of addiction in jail

Megan Dunn, who has struggled with addiction since her teens, points to the moment her life went "deeply downhill."

19 Jul 2023

Once the new over-the-counter birth control pill is available, What about cost and coverage?

Last week, the FDA approved Opill, the first daily oral contraceptive that will be available for sale over the counter in stores as well as online. Reproductive health advocates hailed the groundbreaking approval as a step that can help millions of people avoid pregnancy, which is unintended nearly half the time in the United States.

19 Jul 2023

The brain structure of superagers: identifying demographic, lifestyle, and clinical factors associated with their phenotype

Researchers used machine learning models to assess the physical and primarily mental performance of superagers.

19 Jul 2023

The use of waiting areas as a place to contribute to health literacy

Researchers reviewed how waiting areas of primary care or outpatient health services can improve health literacy.

19 Jul 2023

The immunogenicity and safety of poxvirus-based Nipah vaccines that can be used in humans and species

Researchers characterized the immunogenicity and safety of poxvirus-based Nipah vaccines that can be used in humans and species.

19 Jul 2023

AI and infection control: preventing infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics

Researchers discussed the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in preventing outbreaks of infectious diseases and future pandemics.

19 Jul 2023

How diet, exercise can improve mental and physical functioning in older cancer survivors

Researchers from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have been awarded $7 million in total funding to study how diet and exercise impact mental and physical functioning in older cancer survivors and their caregivers.

18 Jul 2023

Fentanyl overdose reversal: New hope on the horizon

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 100,000 Americans die each year from an overdose, most due to the use of synthetic opiates like fentanyl. While naloxone, currently the only an antidote for opiate overdose, has become more common, it is less effective against fentanyl-class synthetic opioids.

18 Jul 2023

The Safety Sensescaping Project: Using Design to prevent mental injury in healthcare

The Safety Sensescaping project, funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund, is part of Peninsula Health's Thriving in Health program, which aims to create safe and mentally healthy environments for healthcare workers to thrive in.

18 Jul 2023

Opioid addiction linked to neural differences in response to drug cues

An Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai study sheds new light on some of the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of opioid addiction, which accounted for three-quarters of the more than 100,000 fatal drug overdoses in the United States in 2021.

18 Jul 2023

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Hearing intervention shows promise in protecting older adults at increased risk for cognitive decline

Private equity ownership of healthcare associated with harmful impacts on costs and quality of care

Study shows how behavioral economics can help cancer patients quit smoking

Black Americans more likely to trust medical information about prostate cancer from Black providers

New emergency department for over 80s reduces wait times

Cross-border tobacco purchases have tripled in England since 2019, analysis reveals

Cardiac rehabilitation linked to decreased risk of death after surgery

Older adults see the benefit in cognitive screening, but many have not been tested

Study finds impaired beta cell function associated with severe COVID-19-induced hyperglycemia

Does Mediterranean diet adherence impact mental health?

The painful legacy of ‘law and order’ treatment of addiction in jail

Once the new over-the-counter birth control pill is available, What about cost and coverage?

The brain structure of superagers: identifying demographic, lifestyle, and clinical factors associated with their phenotype

The use of waiting areas as a place to contribute to health literacy

The immunogenicity and safety of poxvirus-based Nipah vaccines that can be used in humans and species

AI and infection control: preventing infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics

How diet, exercise can improve mental and physical functioning in older cancer survivors

Fentanyl overdose reversal: New hope on the horizon

The Safety Sensescaping Project: Using Design to prevent mental injury in healthcare

Opioid addiction linked to neural differences in response to drug cues

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