Whether it’s stress from quarantining, worrying about your family’s health, or becoming an at-home teacher, it can become all too common to reach for wine or liquor as a technique to relax during this tough period. But the National Institutes of Health (NIH) warns against alcohol habits that could suddenly spiral out of control. Drinking… Continue reading Stress Drinking
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Funding A Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle
For most people seeking freedom and mobility, financial struggles can make things harder when trying to fund an adaptive vehicle. The nonprofit National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) can help find a number of opportunities for those in need of economic assistance. OEM Rebate Programs Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can sometimes offer rebate assistance to… Continue reading Funding A Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle
What’s Being Done about Inequality in Health Care?
Although there has been substantial progress in cancer treatment, screening, diagnosis, and prevention over the past several decades, addressing cancer health disparities—such as higher cancer death rates, less frequent use of proven screening tests, and higher rates of advanced cancer diagnoses—in certain populations is an area in which progress has not kept pace. These… Continue reading What’s Being Done about Inequality in Health Care?
Some Hospitals Not Doing Enough to Protect Patients From Infection
Almost half the hospitals who took part in a study aren’t doing what they should to prevent Clostridium difficile bacteria, which sickens hundreds of thousands of people each year. While nearly all of the 398 hospitals in the study use a variety of measures to protect their patients from C. diff infections, a team of… Continue reading Some Hospitals Not Doing Enough to Protect Patients From Infection
Most Commercial Dieting Programs Don’t Work
Only a few commercial weight-loss programs have shown that their users lose more weight than those not using them, researchers say. A team of Johns Hopkins investigators reviewed 4,200 studies for evidence of the programs’ effectiveness. The findings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. “Primary care doctors need to know what programs have… Continue reading Most Commercial Dieting Programs Don’t Work