Barriers to Advance Care Planning ID’d for Sexual/Gender Minorities
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Discrimination in the health care system is an important barrier to advance care planning for sexual and gender-minority (SGM) people, according to a study published online July 20 in JAMA Network Open.Amanda…
Learn MoreRapid Olfactory Decline May Predict Later Cognitive Impairment in Seniors
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rapid olfactory decline during normal cognition may be a simple biomarker for early Alzheimer disease in older adults, according to a study published online July 28 in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.Rachel R. Pacyna,…
Learn MoreLifestyle May Be Key to Helping You Avoid Dementia
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Socializing, taking classes and exercising may boost your brain’s cognitive reserve and stave off memory and thinking problems down the road, a new study suggests.Cognitive reserve refers to the brain’s abili…
Learn MoreCognitive Ability Influenced by Factors Throughout Lifetime
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An intellectually enriching lifestyle can moderate the association between childhood cognitive ability and cognitive state in later life, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in Neurology.
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Learn MoreLas experiencias de racismo se vinculan con una peor memoria y pensamiento en los afroamericanos mayores
MARTES, 2 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los estadounidenses negros e hispanos son más propensos que otros a ser diagnosticados con la enfermedad de Alzheimer, y una nueva investigación sugiere que el racismo contribuye.Las experiencias de raci…
Learn MoreUn medicamento hormonal podría ayudar a las mujeres a aliviar la incontinencia urinaria
LUNES, 1 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La menopausia es muy conocida porque provoca sofocos y cambios en el estado de ánimo, pero un bochornoso efecto secundario de la reducción de los niveles de estrógeno de una mujer es menos conocido: la in…
Learn MoreExperiences of Racism Tied to Worsening Memory, Thinking in Older Black Americans
TUESDAY, Aug. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than others to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and new research suggests that racism is a contributor.Experiences of structural, interpersonal and institutio…
Learn MoreUna pérdida rápida del olfato podría ser un precursor del Alzheimer
VIERNES, 29 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — ¿Podría el futuro de la detección de la demencia incluir una prueba del sentido del olfato de una persona?Tal vez, sugiere un nuevo estudio, que encontró que el deterioro del sentido del olfato de una p…
Learn MorePrasterone Studied for Treatment of Urinary Urge Incontinence
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For postmenopausal women, vaginal administration of prasterone seems to lessen the severity of urinary urge incontinence, according to a study published in the August issue of Menopause.Claudia Collà Ruvolo, M….
Learn MoreHeart Failure-Related Deaths Up in Younger Adults in the U.S.
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Heart failure-related mortality in young adults increased between 2012 and 2019 in the United States, according to a study published online July 27 in JAMA Cardiology.Vardhman Jain, M.D., from the Cleveland Cli…
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