by Bernard J. Wolfson, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A bill pending in California’s legislature to ratchet up oversight of private equity investments in health care is receiving…
Category: Health & Medicine
Lack of purpose and personal growth in older age may precede mild cognitive impairment
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Feeling that your life lacks purpose and that there are few opportunities for personal growth in older age may precede the development of mild cognitive impairment…
Lipid accumulation drives cellular senescence in dopaminergic neurons
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new research perspective titled Lipid accumulation drives cellular senescence in dopaminergic neurons has been published in Aging. As highlighted in the Abstract of this perspective,…
Routine lab tests are not a reliable way to diagnose long COVID, finds study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported study has found that routine lab tests may not be useful in making a long COVID diagnosis for people who…
Brain biomarker in blood sample predicts stroke, researchers demonstrate
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Uppsala University Hospital and Uppsala University have demonstrated that a simple blood test that reflects brain health can predict which people are most at…
Researchers urge Medicare coverage of driving assessments for at-risk, older adults
Credit: Tim Samuel from Pexels In 2020, approximately 48 million licensed drivers were older than 65 years. Within this age group, car crashes led to 7,480 deaths and 149,881 non-fatal…
Global study predicts increases in cancer cases and deaths among men, with widening disparities
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In an analysis of 30 cancer types among men, investigators uncover substantial disparities in cancer cases and deaths by age and countries’ economic status—disparities that are…
Gen X and millennials at greater risk of 17 types of cancer compared to previous generations
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A worrying new study by the American Cancer Society has revealed that generation X and millennials are at more risk of developing many types of cancer…
The surprising 150-year history of long-range medical treatment
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In 1874, a surgeon in South Australia telegraphed wound care instructions for a patient 2,000 kilometers away. A few years later, in 1879, a letter in…
How to know when it’s time to start therapy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People go to therapy for many reasons. A challenging life event, trauma, volatile emotions, relationship problems, poor mental health: all can prompt someone to seek it…
