Two decades of data reveal overall increase in pain, opioid use among U.S. adults
Researchers measured pain’s impact on normal work activities, people’s health status, and health care use.
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Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Review
Purpose of Review
To rapidly evaluate the effect of interventions targeting social isolation/loneliness in community-dwelling older adults (60 years and older) on outcomes of social isolation/loneliness, health and health care utilization.
NIH study provides answer to long-held debate on blood sugar control after stroke
Findings may have immediate impact on clinical practice.
Nearly half of US adults have cardiovascular disease, study says
(CNN) - Nearly half of all adults in the United States have some type of cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association, defining the condition as coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke or high blood pressure.
And after decades of declines, deaths from cardiovascular disease are on the rise again, with 840,678 deaths recorded in 2016, up from 836,546 in 2015,…
