Women's health - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative Receives Two-Year...
Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative was awarded a two-year grant of $175,000 from Tufts Health Plan Foundation to continue to drive the state's leadership in the...
View ArticleWomen's health - CDC, Archangels Studies Report Prevalence of Mental Health...
According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study , caregivers, particularly persons with both parenting and adult caregiving responsibilities, will continue to...
View ArticleWomen's health - What Is the Best Type of Yoga for Seniors?
Title: What Is the Best Type of Yoga for Seniors? Category: Health and Living Created: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM
View ArticleWomen's health - FDA trims use of contentious Alzheimer's drug amid backlash
The Food and Drug Administration has approved new prescribing instructions that are likely to limit use of a controversial new Alzheimer's drug
View ArticleWomen's health - American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery...
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery has welcomed more women into leadership roles for 2021-2022, according to a press release. Key changes in leadership are...
View ArticleWomen's health - Alzheimer's Biomarkers Tied to Endogenous Estrogen Exposure...
Longer exposure to endogenous estrogen was linked to higher levels of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in cognitively normal older women, a 25-year study showed. A longer...
View ArticleWomen's health - Section of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test Cutoff Values...
Background and Purpose: Hip fracture is a common injury in older adults, with a high proportion of hip fractures affecting women. After a hip fracture, the recovery of the...
View ArticleWomen's health - Performance and Clinimetric Properties of the Timed Up From...
Background and Purpose: Standing up from the floor is a demanding mobility activity with important implications. The purpose of this study was to describe performance and the...
View ArticleWomen's health - Doctors weigh pros and cons of prescribing hot-button...
As physicians and health policy experts debate the merits of Aduhelm, the first new drug for Alzheimer's disease approved in 18 years, patients want to know: "Will this...
View ArticleWomen's health - Guideline-Concordant Multimodality Care Tied to Fewer Deaths...
In high-risk prostate cancer patients with at least one additional adverse feature, guideline-concordant multimodal care was associated with greater prostate cancer-specific...
View ArticleWomen's health - FDA head calls for probe into Alzheimer's drug review
The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration is calling for a government investigation into highly unusual contacts between her agency's drug reviewers and the maker of...
View ArticleWomen's health - Menopause may increase immune activation in women with HIV
Postmenopausal women with HIV had higher levels of immune activation than premenopausal women with HIV, according to a study published in The Journal of Infectious...
View ArticleWomen's health - Refractive error, cataract surgery coverage a priority at...
WHO announced at the World Health Assembly on May 27 its target of increasing financial coverage of refractive error and cataract surgery by 2030 to combat blindness and vision...
View ArticleWomen's health - Adding MRI to Screening Can Cut Prostate Cancer...
Title: Adding MRI to Screening Can Cut Prostate Cancer Overdiagnosis in Half Category: Health News Created: 7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM
View ArticleWomen's health - Center for Produce Safety webinar focuses on pathogen detection
In a recent presentation, Martin Wiedmann of Cornell University discussed the positives and negatives of whole-genome sequencing data sharing, saying that easy access to such...
View ArticleWomen's health - Medicare evaluating coverage for $56,000 Alzheimer's drug
Medicare is launching a formal process to decide whether to cover the new Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, whose $56,000-a-year price tag and unproven benefits have prompted...
View ArticleWomen's health - Menopause: Swansea MP calls for change on 'the change'
Campaigners want women to talk about the menopause and call for more training for GPs.
View ArticleWomen's health - 6 Tips for Preventing Poor Posture in Senior Citizens
Has recent research on poor posture's lasting effects sent you into a tizzy? If you've found yourself rubbernecking at the conveyor belt of hunching-induced ailments, it's time...
View ArticleWomen's health - Two Major Health Systems Won't Administer Controversial New...
Title: Two Major Health Systems Won't Administer Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug Category: Health News Created: 7/15/2021 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/15/2021...
View ArticleWomen's health - Questions Surround Biogen's New Alzheimer's Drug
Biogen's Aducanumab is the first FDA approved drug that's supposed to treat an underlying cause of Alzheimer's Disease, but many scientists aren't convinced that it can...
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