What is ketamine, the drug involved in Matthew Perry’s death?

by Carla K. Johnson Actor Matthew Perry participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the mini-series “The Kennedys After Camelot” in New York on March 30, 2017. Credit: Photo…

Data show overall ED visit rate 47 visits per 100 people in 2022

In 2022, the emergency department visit rate was 47 visits per 100 people, according to an August data brief published by the National Center for Health Statistics. Christopher Cairns, M.P.H.,…

Arts and crafts may improve your mental health at least as much as being employed, scientists find

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Could arts and crafts help protect the public’s mental health? A new study in Frontiers in Public Health provides evidence that indulging our creative side could…

Novel methodology allows for remote testing of functional mobility and muscle strength in elderly patients with dementia

Positioning of camera and participant while executing the functional mobility tests. Credit: Geriatrics Gerontology and Aging (2024). DOI: 10.53886/gga.e0000087_EN A study conducted at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar),…

The important gap community health workers and care managers can fill in high blood pressure care

Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels People who experience sustained hunger because of food insecurity aren’t thinking about checking their numbers, taking medication or getting to a doctor’s appointment, she said.…

Bone fracture rates in women found to vary dramatically by race

Credit: Liliana Drew from Pexels A new paper finds that bone fracture rates in older women differ by race, quite significantly. While researchers have known for years that the risk…

Adults with learning disabilities three times more likely to die from cancer, researchers find

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Glasgow have found that adults with learning disabilities are more likely to die from cancer compared to the general population. The…

California bill would require state review of private equity deals in health care

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…

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,…