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Fate Worse Than Death: Many Long-Term Care Residents Lose All Independence, Study Says
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – A significant number of long-term care patients consider their state a fate worse than death, as they become completely powerless and vulnerable due to their severe...
Fathers' Depression Affects Kids' Future Behavior
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 — Dads are supposed to be strong, steady and stoic, given how they’re portrayed in sitcoms and family entertainment. But in real life, fathers sometimes falter — and brushing i...
Telemedicine Cuts Down On Greenhouse Gases
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – Telemedicine isn’t only more convenient for patients, but could be helping save the planet, a new study says. Telemedicine use in 2023 reduced monthly carbon dioxide e...
HHS Clarifies: No New Autism Registry Will Be Created
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will not create a new autism registry, reversing an earlier announcement from the National Institutes of H...
Sitting Too Long Each Day May Lead to Neck Pain, Study Finds
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 — If you spend hours a day glued to your phone or seated at a desk, you're setting yourself up for serious neck pain, a recent study warns. Researchers in China looked at data ...
Food Companies Race to Replace Artificial Colors With Natural Alternatives
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 — The push to remove artificial colors from U.S. foods is gaining speed, but making the change won't be easy — or quick. Last week, U.S. health officials directed food com...
Outcomes With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Similar for Older, Younger Patients
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – Patients with cancer aged 65 years and older receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) derive similar clinical outcomes as younger patients, according to a study...
Nearly One in Four Families of Children With Disabilities Face Financial Hardships
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – Families of children with disabilities have a nearly doubled likelihood of experiencing financial hardships versus families of children without disabilities, according to a...
AACR: Nonsurgical Treatment Feasible for Mismatch Repair-Deficient Tumors
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – A neoadjuvant programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) blockade enables nonoperative management among patients with early-stage mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) solid tumors,...
AACR: Incidence-Based Mortality Dropping for Young Women With Breast Cancer
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – Incidence-based mortality (IBM) declined from 2010 to 2020 among women aged 20 to 49 years diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a study presented at the annual...
AI Predicts Wasting Syndrome In Cancer Patients
MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – A newly developed AI can predict which cancer patients are at risk for a life-threatening wasting syndrome, a new study says. The syndrome, called cachexia, accounts for...
Program Matches Breast Cancer Patients To Exercise, Rehab
MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – Breast cancer patients fare better if they continue to exercise during their treatment, and a new program can help women get the activity they need to boost their odds,...
Exposure Therapy For Peanut Allergy Effective In Adults
MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – Adults with peanut allergies can be safely treated using exposure therapy to increase their resistance, new clinical trial results show. More than two-thirds of participants...
Exercise, Rehab Services Can Be Integrated Into Breast Cancer Care
MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – Exercise and rehabilitation services for patients with breast cancer through a clinical workflow algorithm called CORE (Comprehensive Oncology Rehabilitation and Exercise)...
Burnout Still High for Veterans Health Administration Health Care Workers
MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – Burnout remains above prepandemic levels for health care workers at the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA), according to a study published online April 21 in JAMA...