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A specially tailored cognitive behavioral therapy intervention may reduce insomnia and hot flashes among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, researchers reported from a small pilot trial published in Menopause

Measures of ideal heart health including healthy levels of physical activity, BMI, BP and sleep were associated with lower risk for severe COVID-19

Packet pick-up, festival details, and how to watch Packet Pick-up for half-marathon participants is at the Roosevelt Collection (150 W.

The Baltimore Rhythm are a minor league basketball team that plays as part of the 94x50 League

Children and adults with type 1 diabetes who used a fast-acting mealtime insulin along with automated insulin delivery had improvements in time in range and other continuous glucose monitoring metrics, according to study data. In a single-arm clinical trial published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, researchers assessed glycemic outcomes for people with type 1 diabetes using ultra-rapid

The zenith of Joseph Ana’s passion to improve healthcare in Africa, particularly in his native Nigeria, came in 2004, when he was appointed health commissioner of Cross River State in the south east of the country. Donald Duke, the state governor, was impressed when Ana, a GP in the UK at the time, made clear that “medicine was not about buildings and equipment but love and care.” Duke had “gone through two health commissioners already without the satisfaction of making progress.”When Ana took up his post, the state had to serve more than three million people with only 72 doctors, no psychiatrist, radiologist, or pathologist, and just over 1000 nurses and midwives, with most practitioners concentrated in the cities. Maternal mortality was over 1% and child mortality over 20%. Only a fifth of the population were immunised, and—although hardly acknowledged because of the stigma—12% of the population were HIV positive.Ana began with a needs assessment, personally visiting every single health facility in the state: a major undertaking. He found that “hospitals and clinics were almost empty of patients because [they] had lost confidence in the public health service after years of dismal levels of performance.” There was no emergency service. Buildings were dilapidated. Water was undrinkable, even in the teaching hospital. Corpses were …

The End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices model did not lead to significant improvements in home dialysis or kidney transplant rates but did lead to an increase in financial penalties, according to data published in JAMA Health Forum. From 2021 to 2025, the End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices (ETC) model was mandated for 30% of hospital referral regions to incentivize home dialysis and

Increased glucose may serve as a signal for worsening severity of hantavirus infection, and continuous glucose monitoring could help observe people exposed to the virus, according to a letter to the editor.

A low-calorie diet and behavioral support program conferred weight loss in older participants with obesity and persistent atrial fibrillation but did not significantly improve AF symptoms vs. usual care, researchers reported.

Genetic PCSK9 inhibition via base editing appeared safe and demonstrated dose-dependent, durable reductions in PCSK9 and LDL cholesterol, researchers reported.