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Lonely older heart failure patients more likely to suffer poor clinical outcomes

Older heart failure patients who feel that they have lost their social role amongst friends and family are more likely to suffer poor clinical outcomes.

20 Dec 2022

Long-lived Chilean rodent is a useful model of natural sporadic Alzheimer's Disease

Led by researchers from the University of California at Irvine, a new study reveals that a long-lived Chilean rodent, called Octodon degus (degu), is a useful and practical model of natural sporadic Alzheimer's Disease.

20 Dec 2022

Cancer patients with sickle cell disease report reduction in pain and anxiety in response to music therapy

A new study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health found patients with cancer and patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) treated at an academic cancer center reported clinically significant reductions in pain and anxiety in response to music therapy.

19 Dec 2022

Exercise reduces COVID-19 severity risk

Physical inactivity was associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes across clinical and demographic characteristic

19 Dec 2022

Built environment design may influence depressive symptoms, study finds

Depression is a chronic mental health condition that can impact one's physical health and well-being. Globally, approximately 280 million people of all ages experience depression, including 5% of all adults and 5.7% of older adults.

19 Dec 2022

User-friendly complete system for more targeted, effective thermal ablation of tumors

Image-guided thermal ablation therapy is a patient-friendly, minimally invasive, and cost-effective tumor treatment method.

19 Dec 2022

Dapagliflozin improves morbidity reduces risk of death in heart failure patients

Researchers investigate the safety and efficacy of dapagliflozin among heart failure patients with improved ejection fraction.

19 Dec 2022

Mental health chatbots can effectively engage people with depression, study shows

Clinician scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that mental health chatbots are able to effectively engage people with depression in empathetic conversations and assist in the treatment of their symptoms.

19 Dec 2022

Patient satisfaction associated with completion of metabolic or bariatric surgery

Patients who are satisfied with their physicians are more likely to follow through with metabolic or bariatric surgery (MBS) regardless of racial or ethnic group, according to a study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston.

19 Dec 2022

Understanding why young cancer survivors often opt out of HPV vaccination

Study uncovers certain vaccine-related concerns that should be addressed by health care providers.

19 Dec 2022

Previous traumatic brain injury may potentially affect frontotemporal dementia risk

A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that previous traumatic brain injury may potentially affect the risk of frontotemporal dementia.

19 Dec 2022

Inhibiting inflammatory signaling pathway could reduce the chances of heart disease in cancer survivors

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York have discovered that common cancer treatments, such as radiotherapy or anthracycline drugs, cause long-term damage to heart tissue by activating a key inflammatory signaling pathway.

19 Dec 2022

Psychosocial stress linked with increased risk of stroke

Psychosocial stress is associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to new University of Galway led research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open (JAMA Network Open).

19 Dec 2022

Loneliness, social isolation, and living alone linked to premature death for people with cardiovascular disease

New research from University of Limerick in Ireland has revealed that loneliness, social isolation, and living alone is associated with premature death for those with cardiovascular disease.

19 Dec 2022

Newly discovered mechanism could explain memory impairment in epilepsy

People with chronic epilepsy often experience impaired memory. Researchers at the University of Bonn have now found a mechanism in mice that could explain these deficits.

19 Dec 2022

Low ET levels in blood plasma may predict increased risk of cognitive impairment, dementia

A recent study by a team comprising researchers from the National University of Singapore and the National University Health System revealed that low levels of ergothioneine in blood plasma may predict an increased risk of cognitive impairment and dementia, suggesting possible therapeutic or early screening measures for cognitive impairment and dementia in the elderly.

19 Dec 2022

Targeted timing of palliative care can have positive impact on life expectancy for lung cancer patients

Choosing the appropriate timing for specialized palliative care can have a positive impact on life expectancy for patients with small cell lung cancer. This is the result of a recently internationally published study by the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems, Austria). There, the relevant data of 152 patients were evaluated at the Krems University Hospital.

19 Dec 2022

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Lonely older heart failure patients more likely to suffer poor clinical outcomes

Long-lived Chilean rodent is a useful model of natural sporadic Alzheimer's Disease

Cancer patients with sickle cell disease report reduction in pain and anxiety in response to music therapy

Exercise reduces COVID-19 severity risk

Built environment design may influence depressive symptoms, study finds

User-friendly complete system for more targeted, effective thermal ablation of tumors

Dapagliflozin improves morbidity reduces risk of death in heart failure patients

Mental health chatbots can effectively engage people with depression, study shows

Patient satisfaction associated with completion of metabolic or bariatric surgery

Understanding why young cancer survivors often opt out of HPV vaccination

Previous traumatic brain injury may potentially affect frontotemporal dementia risk

Inhibiting inflammatory signaling pathway could reduce the chances of heart disease in cancer survivors

Psychosocial stress linked with increased risk of stroke

Loneliness, social isolation, and living alone linked to premature death for people with cardiovascular disease

Newly discovered mechanism could explain memory impairment in epilepsy

Low ET levels in blood plasma may predict increased risk of cognitive impairment, dementia

Targeted timing of palliative care can have positive impact on life expectancy for lung cancer patients

New imaging agent lights the way for surgeons during lung cancer surgery

Survey: Around a quarter of adults in England were obese in 2021

AI-based image analysis software for diagnosis of hip dysplasia can save time, costs

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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