On average, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose and almost 218,000 Americans died from overdoses related to prescription opioids from 1999 to 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have studied the opioid epidemic in a representative sample…
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IMAGE: Autism in Adulthood is a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research and scholarship on the most pressing issues affecting adults on the autism spectrum, from emerging adulthood to later life…. view more Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 22, 2019–In a new pilot study, autistic adults showed real-life, functional improvement after…
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IMAGE: If a woman’s biologic age is older than her chronologic age, she has an increased risk of developing breast cancer. view more Credit: NIEHS Biologic age, a DNA-based estimate of a person’s age, is associated with future development of breast cancer, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. Biologic age was determined by…
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IMAGE: Dr. Heather Bradley, assistant professor in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. view more Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–New HIV infections in the United States could be substantially reduced by up to 67 percent by 2030 if ambitious goals for HIV care and treatment are met and targeted prevention interventions for people…
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IMAGE: W. David Merryman, professor of biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University, in his laboratory. view more A well-known, four-year study found popular arthritis drug Celebrex no more dangerous for the heart than older drugs in its same classification – commonly called NSAIDs. Now, a big-data analysis of patient records at Vanderbilt University has found a link…
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ROCHESTER, Minn. — The good news is that physician burnout appears to be improving, along with indicators for physician well-being. However, physicians remain at high risk for burnout, depression and depersonalization, compared to other professionals. Those are the updated findings from Mayo Clinic researchers and their collaborators that are published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. “This…
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A new study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers found that U.S.-based patient advocacy organizations received a disproportionate amount of contributions made by the world’s 10 largest pharmaceutical companies in 2016. The study assessed contributions to patient advocacy groups in seven countries and the United Kingdom and found that U.S.-based patient advocacy…
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VIDEO: The number of Medicaid patients in Kentucky who received colorectal cancer screening after the 2014 expansion was more than triple the number of patients who were screened before the expansion…. view more CHICAGO (February 22, 2019): Kentucky is one of the poorest states in the U.S.1 However, the state has been one of the most…
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One third of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases in Finland are caused by one of the four major mutations, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows. Overall, 40% of patients carried a specific or a likely mutation causing the disease, and 20% were carriers of a rare gene mutation whose…
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN- February 22, 2019 – Nearly 3 million Americans are living with atrial fibrillation (AFib), which is described as quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). With increasing lifespan and increasing prevalence of risk factors such as obesity, experts believe the number of people living with AFib will increase at an exponential rate in the next…
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