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Memory-enhancing intervention may help boost confidence, not necessarily memory, in older adults, study suggests
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- Lara Salahi
Patients who noticed some change in their memory and who are interested in making some positive changes in their daily cognitive functioning may...
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Older adults with type 2 diabetes find weight loss, deprescribing benefits in GLP-1 agonists, small study suggests
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- Lara Salahi
GLP-1 agonists may help clinicians manage uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in some older patients without the need for additional glucose-controlling...
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Babies conceived during winter/spring may be at higher risk for cerebral palsy
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- Lara Salahi
Possible explanations for the seasonal link to CP risk may include the prevalence of maternal infections during pregnancy, variations in exposure...
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‘Deprescribing’: Should some older adults shed their meds?
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- Lisa Gillespie
- Lara Salahi
“The clinical inertia, or maintaining the status quo, unfortunately is a lot of times easier than having time-intensive conversations.”
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What will vaping lead to? Emerging research shows damage, and addiction
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- Lara Salahi
Vaping may worsen bronchitis and asthma, raise blood pressure, and interfere with brain development in young users.
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Is vaping a gateway to cigarettes for kids?
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- Lara Salahi
The percentage of adolescents who move on to smoking after starting to vape remains low, and those who do start smoking are unlikely to continue...
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Risk for MS in children often missed
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- Lara Salahi
Children, unlike adults, may not need to meet the current clinical standard criteria to be considered at risk for MS.
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Cell-killing cancer therapy treats lupus successfully
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- Lara Salahi
“Our data reveal unexpected insights for a role of CAR T cells in nonmalignant diseases that could provide new opportunities for the treatment of...
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Low testosterone may raise risk of COVID hospitalization
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- Lara Salahi
According to the researchers, the findings do not suggest that hormone therapy be used as a preventive measure against COVID.
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Is yoga the answer to pelvic floor woes?
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- Lara Salahi
“In some ways we can think of [yoga] as a complementary substitute for rehabilitation therapy.”
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PCOS ups risk of heart complications during delivery period
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- Lara Salahi
“These women may seek out a gynecologist because of the symptoms ... but along with that should come counseling of the long-term cardiovascular...
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New tool may identify pregnant women with eating disorders
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- Lara Salahi
Pregnant women who have an eating disorder are at increased risk for gestational diabetes, premature birth, labor complications, difficulties...