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How does the Mediterranean diet associate with cognitive risk and functional ability in adults?

A new study evaluated the associations between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), cognitive risk, and functional ability in older Australian adults.

9 Dec 2022

For patients with sickle cell disease, fertility care is about reproductive justice

Teonna Woolford has always wanted six kids. Why six? "I don't know where that number came from. I just felt like four wasn't enough," said Woolford, a Baltimore resident. "Six is a good number."

8 Dec 2022

Study identifies a urinary biomarker to reveal early-stage Alzheimer’s disease

Could a simple urine test reveal if someone has early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and could this pave the way for large-scale screening programs? A new study in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience certainly suggests so. The researchers tested a large group of patients with Alzheimer’s disease of different levels of severity and healthy controls with normal cognition to identify differences in urinary biomarkers.

30 Nov 2022

The separate and combined associations of coffee and tea consumption with all-cause and cause-specific mortality

Researchers investigated the association between individual and combined coffee and tea consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality, such as those due to cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive diseases.

22 Nov 2022

Treating long covid is rife with guesswork

Medical equipment is still strewn around the house of Rick Lucas, 62, nearly two years after he came home from the hospital. He picks up a spirometer, a device that measures lung capacity, and takes a deep breath — though not as deep as he'd like.

22 Nov 2022

America's health care organizations remind the public about vaccinations and early treatment for COVID-19, influenza

Given the anticipated increase in COVID-19 and influenza cases this fall and winter, America's healthcare professional organizations are coming together to remind the public of the importance of vaccinations and early treatment.

21 Nov 2022

Wearable activity tracker data can be used to obtain metrics associated with user's physical health

A new Johns Hopkins study shows that data gathered from wearable activity trackers can be used to obtain several metrics associated with the user's general physical health and cardiovascular health status.

20 Nov 2022

What is the role of macrophage origin, function, and heterogeneity in health and disease?

In a new study, researchers examined the wealth of information available regarding the heterogeneity of tissue macrophages.

14 Nov 2022

Study shows biological link between muscle weakness and acceleration in biological age

Everyone ages at a different pace. That's why two 50-year-olds, despite living the same number of years, may have different biological ages – meaning that a host of intrinsic and extrinsic factors have caused them to age at varying paces with different levels of risk for disease and early death.

10 Nov 2022

New intervention helps patients with addiction to better manage their health

An intervention that teaches patients in addiction treatment how to better connect with their primary care medical team on both mental and physical health concerns resulted in long-term benefits over 5 years, including more primary care use and fewer substance-related emergency department visits, Kaiser Permanente researchers have found.

10 Nov 2022

New program leverages digital solutions to improve patients' blood pressure and cholesterol levels

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. Lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol could help to reduce morbidity and mortality, but frequent in-person visits to measure and manage these readouts can be a burden for patients.

9 Nov 2022

People with long covid face barriers to government disability benefits

When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with covid-19 in spring 2020, she didn't anticipate that the virus would knock her out of work for two years and put her family at risk for eviction.

9 Nov 2022

Highly processed and refined foods contribute to rising obesity rates in the Western world

A year-long study of the dietary habits of 9,341 Australians has backed growing evidence that highly processed and refined foods are the leading contributor of rising obesity rates in the Western world.

9 Nov 2022

Low-protein highly processed foods lead to higher energy intake

8 Nov 2022

Beyond vaccines: emerging technologies capable of unlocking the promise of biologically targeted mRNA therapeutics

Researchers reviewed technology advancements that will unlock the promise of biologically targeted messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) therapeutics beyond vaccines.

7 Nov 2022

Effect of marital stress on heart attack recovery is detrimental

In a recent study soon to be presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2022*, researchers examined the adverse effects of marital stress (MS) on recovery from acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

2 Nov 2022

Marital stress may impact young adults' recovery after a heart attack

A stressful marriage may negatively impact heart attack recovery. Marital stress among younger adults (ages 18–55 years) was linked to worse recovery after a heart attack.

31 Oct 2022

Perceived discrimination linked to higher risk of worse outcomes in the year after a heart attack

A study of more than 2,600 young heart attack survivors younger than age 55 found that those who reported more perceived discrimination in their day-to-day lives had a higher risk of worse outcomes in the year after a heart attack, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022.

31 Oct 2022

Italian study evaluates COVID-19 reinfection risk among previously infected and vaccinated individuals

Researchers from Italy investigated the risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and hospitalization among individuals with vaccinations and previous SARS-CoV-2 infections.

31 Oct 2022

California patients fear fallout from third dialysis ballot measure

Toni Sherwin is actually looking forward to the procedure that will relocate her dialysis port from her chest to her arm, which will be easier to keep dry. Since she started dialysis in February — as part of blood cancer treatment — she has washed her hair in the sink and stayed out of her pool to prevent water from getting into the port.

31 Oct 2022

Chronic Disease News and Research

How does the Mediterranean diet associate with cognitive risk and functional ability in adults?

For patients with sickle cell disease, fertility care is about reproductive justice

Study identifies a urinary biomarker to reveal early-stage Alzheimer’s disease

The separate and combined associations of coffee and tea consumption with all-cause and cause-specific mortality

Treating long covid is rife with guesswork

America's health care organizations remind the public about vaccinations and early treatment for COVID-19, influenza

Wearable activity tracker data can be used to obtain metrics associated with user's physical health

What is the role of macrophage origin, function, and heterogeneity in health and disease?

Study shows biological link between muscle weakness and acceleration in biological age

New intervention helps patients with addiction to better manage their health

New program leverages digital solutions to improve patients' blood pressure and cholesterol levels

People with long covid face barriers to government disability benefits

Highly processed and refined foods contribute to rising obesity rates in the Western world

Low-protein highly processed foods lead to higher energy intake

Beyond vaccines: emerging technologies capable of unlocking the promise of biologically targeted mRNA therapeutics

Effect of marital stress on heart attack recovery is detrimental

Marital stress may impact young adults' recovery after a heart attack

Perceived discrimination linked to higher risk of worse outcomes in the year after a heart attack

Italian study evaluates COVID-19 reinfection risk among previously infected and vaccinated individuals

California patients fear fallout from third dialysis ballot measure

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