Osteoarthritis is a condition that can affect any of the joints in the body. Doctors are now moving away from describing it as a “wear and tear” condition since that gives patients the wrong message about exercise, but it is an ailment that typically (though not exclusively) develops in older people. As the backbone is made up of a series ...
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Here's Evidence Obamacare Saved People's Lives
Senate Republicans are working to dismantle the Affordable Care Act through new health care reform policy that has, thus far, been deeply unpopular. The bill, titled the Better Care Reconciliation Act, proposes extensively slashing Medicaid funding, which is the single largest payer for several health services in the country. It also allows states to waive essential health benefits, which means ...
Read More »PTSD in children quickly and effectively treatable within hours
Children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) can be successfully treated with only a few hours of EMDR or cognitive behavioral writing therapy (CBWT). This is the finding of a new research paper by the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and GGZ Rivierduinen (Trauma Center for Children and Youth). The paper was published on Thursday, 29 June in the Journal ...
Read More »What Your Grieving Friend Really Needs
This story originally appeared on: A Daughter’s Love My feelings were crushed the night my father died. My entire world exploded when my father died. As I silently observed my father take his last breath, I felt my heart beat hard inside my chest, exactly six times before I burst into uncontrollable tears. And then suddenly my sobbing stopped and ...
Read More »How Sleepless Is Your State?
Who would you guess is more rested, Southerners or Northerners? Do East Coasters or West Coasters get more shuteye, on average? If you think you know the answer, you might be surprised to learn that, yes, Midwesterners are among those who get the least amount of restful sleep, according to proprietary biometric sleep data** provided by Sleep Number. But, if ...
Read More »Study finds long-term sustained effect of biological psoriasis treatment
Biological treatment of psoriasis shows a good efficacy in clinical trials. Since most analyses have focused on short-term outcomes of single biological agents, little has been known about long-term outcomes in clinical practice, where switching between biological agents is common. A Swedish study that followed 583 individuals for up to 10 years shows a satisfactory long-term effectiveness of biologic treatments. ...
Read More »Infertility In Men Is Just As Common As In Women, But We Don't Treat It That Way
Paul Rodriguez had been with his wife for 13 years before he ever felt his marriage was seriously in danger. After a few months of trying to conceive unsuccessfully, a sperm analysis in January 2016 revealed a possible reason: Rodriguez had a low sperm count. All of a sudden, new fears about the strength of their relationship began to settle ...
Read More »Genetic tests help identify relative risk of 25 cancer-associated mutations
What does a mutation mean? Increasingly, women who are tested for a panel of cancer-associated mutations are given a mixed bag of results. Advances in DNA sequencing have made it quicker, easier and cheaper to identify mutations in an ever-growing panel of cancer-associated genes. With the exception of a few well-studied mutations such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, however, the exact ...
Read More »Hold the Olive Oil: ‘Good Fat’ Can Still Be Bad for You, Research Shows
By Nina Bai When it comes to the fat in your diet, the line between good and bad just got blurrier. Liberal consumption of so-called good fats – like those found in olive oil and avocados – may lead to fatty liver disease, a risk factor for metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes and hypertension, according to a new study ...
Read More »Study Examines Opioid Use in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
A new analysis indicates that the use of opioid pain medications in older US rheumatoid arthritis patients peaked in 2010 and is now declining slightly. By 2014, 41% of rheumatoid arthritis patients were regular opioid users. In the analysis of 2006-2014 Medicare data on 70,929 rheumatoid arthritis patients, the most commonly received opioids were hydrocodone and propoxyphene. Regular opioid use ...
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