Good heart health may protect against cognitive decline in black women
Apr 24, 2024
The finding was seen for processing speed and cardiovascular health in Black women but not white women.
USPSTF recommends breast cancer screening for women aged 40 to 75 years
Apr 30, 2024
Insufficient evidence was seen for screening older women and for supplemental screening for women with dense breasts.
Long-term study of postmenopausal women does not support many preventive therapies
May 02, 2024
Hormone therapy was no aid for cardiovascular disease prevention, and calcium/vitamin D supplementation was no aid for universal fracture prevention.
Report details nonfatal traffic-related pedestrian injuries presenting to the ED
May 02, 2024
The overall visit proportion was 45.62 per 100,000 visits to the emergency department.
Visual impairment linked to increased risk for suicide
Apr 19, 2024
A review shows increased pooled odds ratios for suicidal behavior, suicidal ideation and suicidal death.
Two-thirds of survivors of the most severe COVID-19 face impairment at one year
Apr 26, 2024
Physical, psychiatric and cognitive problems were seen in those discharged to long-term acute care hospitals.
Watchdog group says US food recalls rose again last year
Apr 25, 2024
US recalls of foods for salmonella, foreign objects or undeclared allergens are rampant nowadays and the highest they’ve been since 2020, a watchdog group warns.
Differences ID’d in tau burden in Down syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease
Apr 25, 2024
Differences in spatial distribution, timing and magnitude of tau burden were seen for two genetic forms of Alzheimer’s disease.
Bilingual, US-based employees staff RiverSpring call center
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 30, 2024
RiverSpring Health Plans, based in The Bronx, NY, said it is setting its call center apart from others in the industry with more than a dozen employees who speak multiple languages, including Spanish,...
Hospital mortality lower for patients treated by female physicians
Apr 22, 2024
The benefit of receiving treatment from female physicians was larger for female patients than it was for male patients.