People with hip and knee osteoarthritis are advised to wear "appropriate footwear" to minimize their pain. Does that mean heels are out? Does it matter if you wear runners or something a little stiffer? How about using insoles?
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Cervical cancer rates are plummeting in states with higher rates of HPV vaccination, a new study reports. Overall, cervical cancers have declined by 27% among young women in the years since the human papillomavirus (HPV) ...
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A key goal in aging research is not just to extend life, but to ensure more people live longer and healthier lives with less variation in age at death, a concept known as "squaring the survival curve." Using a recent meta-analysis, ...
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A new study published in the journal Addiction shows that cannabis use among Swedish adolescents appears to follow the same population-level pattern previously observed for alcohol. The findings suggest that changes in average ...
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Telemedicine visits are five times less costly than in-person appointments for the most common conditions able to be treated by both forms of visits, new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of ...
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Pre-pregnancy parental overweight and obesity is linked to the next generation's heightened risk of developing fatty liver disease, a potential precursor to cirrhosis and liver failure, suggests research published online ...
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Untreated obstructive sleep apnea may be costing the UK and US economies billions of pounds/dollars in lost productivity every year, with a considerable proportion of working-age adults experiencing symptoms indicative of ...
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Researchers at UCLA have found a way to supercharge immune cells with a fuel source that tumors can't steal, dramatically improving their ability to survive and attack solid tumors in preclinical studies. The approach, published ...
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UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified two lipids that work together with a quintessential protein known as stimulator of interferon genes (STING) to launch an immune response in the human body. Their ...
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Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) refers to spinal cord compression from arthritis in the neck and is the leading cause of spinal cord dysfunction in older adults. CSM is a chronic, progressive condition that can cause ...
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