Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — “Location, location, location” works in real estate, and a new study argues that the location of your hospital room could save your life after surgery.Patients are more likely to die after surgery if they ar…
Learn MoreYour Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — “Location, location, location” works in real estate, and a new study argues that the location of your hospital room could save your life after surgery.Patients are more likely to die after surgery if they ar…
Learn MoreOlder Adults Interested in At-Home Tests
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of U.S. adults aged 50 to 80 years (48 percent) have ever bought an at-home medical test, with nearly one-third (32 percent) having bought an at-home COVID-19 test, according to a new report fro…
Learn MorePresionan para ampliar la cobertura de Medicare de los problemas dentales
MARTES, 18 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La cobertura dental de Medicare podría pronto comenzar a ampliarse para los adultos mayores, bajo una nueva propuesta de los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS) de EE. UU.Aun así, las nor…
Learn MoreLess Sleep Tied to Higher Risk for Developing Chronic Disease
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sleeping five hours or less per night is associated with a higher risk for developing chronic diseases, according to a study published online Oct. 18 in PLOS Medicine.Séverine Sabia, from Université Paris C…
Learn MorePhosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors Not Tied to Alzheimer Disease Risk
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors seem not to be associated with a reduced risk for Alzheimer disease and related dementia, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in Brain Communications.Rishi J. …
Learn MoreCertain Class of Diabetes Meds Could Cut Dementia Risk
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An older class of type 2 diabetes drugs known as thiazolidinediones, or TZDs, may protect you from dementia down the road, according to new research.Thiazolidinediones, also known as glitazones, cut dementi…
Learn MoreGood Sleep Could Keep Illness at Bay as You Age
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As men and women enter their golden years, those who regularly fail to get a good night’s sleep face a higher risk for developing not one but two serious chronic illnesses at the same time, new research sho…
Learn MoreIt Doesn’t Take Much Weight Gain to Raise Odds for Knee Trouble
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A person doesn’t have to pack on very many extra pounds before their risk of needing a knee replacement increases substantially, a new evidence review has found.Weight gain of just 11 pounds increases a wom…
Learn MoreParks, Gardens Might Boost Life Spans in Poorer Neighborhoods
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The key to narrowing the gap in how long a person lives if they’re poor vs. if they’re wealthy could be as simple as adding green space to certain neighborhoods.Every 10% increase in natural space and priva…
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