Clinicians should prioritize identification and treatment of airway mucus plugs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to reduce their likelihood of acute exacerbations, according to a study published in CHEST…
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Vegan Diet Helps People With Type 1 Diabetes Cut Insulin Costs by 27%
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A low-fat vegan diet that doesn’t limit calories or carbohydrates could help people with type 1 diabetes reduce insulin use and insulin costs, according to new research by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine…
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Long-Term Smoking Cessation Slows Cognitive Decline in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Middle-aged and older adults who quit smoking experience significantly slower rates of cognitive decline than those who continue smoking, according to an 18-year longitudinal analysis of nearly 10,000 participants published in The Lancet Healthy…
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Study Finds Decrease in Hearing Loss Diagnoses Following Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) has been a prevalent health problem among older adults, which is often left undetected and undertreated. Several studies in the last decade have shown that individuals with SNHL have twice the risk of developing…
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Efficacy and Safety of Dupilumab in AD Across Diverse Pediatric Populations: A Q&A With Elaine Siegfried, MD
At the 34th Annual Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), which took place September 17-20 in Paris, research was presented titled “Dupilumab Safety and Efficacy Up to 3 Years Across Racial Subgroups in…
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Early Heart Rate Slowing Predicts Magnetic Brain Stimulation Response in MDD
A new study discovered that patients whose heart rates slowed within 45 seconds of starting magnetic brain stimulation therapy showed significantly greater improvement in depressive symptoms 6 weeks later.1
Intermittent theta burst stimulation…
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Common hospice medications may carry major unintended risks for people with dementia
Hospice care aims to bring comfort, peace, and dignity to patients at the end of life. Yet for the growing number of Americans with dementia who enter hospice, their course is often long and unpredictable – making it especially…
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5 Everyday Foods That Can Cause Inflammation, According To Health Experts
The problem, Mannone explains, is that the make-up of modern wheat differs from its ancestral form. Through intensive crossbreeding, it now contains 42 pairs of chromosomes instead of the original 14, making it higher-yielding but harder for…
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