DECATUR, Ill. — The question came out of the blue, or so it seemed to Crossing Healthcare CEO Tanya Andricks: If you had $30 million to design an addiction treatment facility, how would you do it? The interim sheriff of Macon County, Illinois, posed the question in 2018 as he and Andricks discussed the community’s needs. When she responded that […]

Group therapy relieves psychological distress, improves quality of life and results in fewer readmissions for heart problems, according to a study published today in European Heart Journal, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Approximately 20% of all cardiac patients have signs of psychological distress, rising to one-third of employed patients. Psychological symptoms like palpitations and chest discomfort […]

Before Pakistan plunged into a cataclysmic health emergency from its worst flooding disaster, the country was already confronting the burden of infectious diseases, the rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and widespread disparities. That’s according to the first and most comprehensive research of Pakistan’s health trends that drills down to the latest available data for all four provinces and three […]

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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. On Twitter, as in real life, it’s a question on many minds: When should we think about the next COVID-19 vaccine? Or should we? For some people who have received a two-dose primary series and all the recommended boosters, that could mean a sixth shot since COVID-19 vaccines […]

The gut microbiome may impact health by influencing the gut-brain axis, according to existing research. Meditation is a mental practice that can benefit the regulation of physical and psychological conditions. Despite this, there is limited research that has fully explored the effects of meditation on the gut microbiome. Now, a new study suggests that practicing deep meditation for an extended […]

A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging (listed as "Aging (Albany NY)" by Medline/PubMed and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 1, entitled, "Single-cell transcriptomics of peripheral blood in the aging mouse." Compositional and transcriptional changes in the hematopoietic system have been used as biomarkers of immunosenescence and aging. In this new study, researchers […]

Over the weekend, Peking University released a study that estimated 900 million Chinese had been infected with COVID up until January 11, representing 64% of the population. This compares with 43% of Australians testing positive, although antibody studies indicate a much higher proportion is likely. With Lunar New Year approaching, what will this massive wave mean for China and the […]

Warning over potential post-Covid norovirus boom: Cases of winter vomiting bug are 10% above pre-pandemic levels… but they might not have peaked yet Norovirus is a highly infectious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhoea UKHSA chiefs said there were 364 outbreaks in the final two weeks of 2022  Cases of infection are also 10 per cent higher for this time […]

Results from a new study by Harvard researchers just published in Cell offer insights into the relationship between inflammation and the cognitive impairment we experience as we age, and suggest the possibility that it may be a result of a kind of cellular chain reaction. “Understanding aging is one of the most important goals in biomedicine,” said Xiaowei Zhuang, David […]