Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In an analysis of information on Medicare beneficiaries with dementia, Medicare expenditures were higher for Black and Hispanic individuals compared with whites. The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society analysis also found that expenditures were highest for Black beneficiaries in every phase of care. The average total Medicare expenditures after being …
A summary of the proposed molecular mechanism. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46384-8 Researchers from Karolinska Institutet, AstraZeneca, Würzburg University, Science for Life Laboratories and Uppsala University have found that oxidative stress in heart failure varies depending on sex, with female mouse hearts having stronger natural defenses against oxidative damage. The study could enable new …
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Programs that provided free, weekly home delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms helped improve recipients’ nutrition levels, physical activity levels and cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention│Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Scientific Sessions 2024held March 18–21, in Chicago. “We …
The artistic image shows that the structural and functional development of neuronal circuits in the prefrontal cortex is supported by microglia mediated refinement of synaptic connections. This process of reorganization reaches highest plasticity during adolescence. Credit: Popplau et al. Neuroscientists have been trying for decades to understand how the brains of humans and other animals …
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The public is being encouraged to eat more wild fish, such as mackerel, anchovies and herring, which are often used within farmed salmon feeds. These oily fish contain essential nutrients including calcium, B12 and omega-3, but some are lost from our diets when we just eat the salmon filet. In new …
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can damage the heart even without directly infecting the heart tissue, a study has found. The research, published in the journal Circulation, specifically looked at damage to the hearts of people with SARS-CoV-2-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a serious lung condition that can be …
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new paper in Rheumatology finds that rheumatic diseases can lead to reproductive problems, though some conditions have more detrimental effects than others. Immune-mediated diseases are a varied group of conditions, but each display an aberrant activity of the immune system. Some diseases, such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis and type 1 …
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A close-up picture of the capsule. Credit: Gerard Cummins, University of Birmingham. Scientists have developed an ingestible capsule dotted with sensors that can detect pressure in a patient’s guts and detect points of failure. The ingestible system will give colorectal medical teams an unprecedented understanding of the movement of a patient’s digestive tract, or lack …
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who are “double-jointed,” a condition formally known as generalized joint hypermobility, may be at heightened risk of long COVID, suggests a case-control study published in the open access journal. BMJ Public Health, They were 30% more likely not to have fully recovered from COVID-19 infection than those without hypermobile joints, …
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The air quality around planned new schools in England is “alarmingly poor,” with 86% of sites exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) targets on major air pollutants, reveals an analysis published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. The consequences for health from exposure to excessive levels of air pollutants are well …
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