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The date is set and the money transferred, and yet, there is still some concern about what one is supposed to do till the event starts. While most people treat it as something to be done the night before, those who really profit from spending time in the woods do it weeks ahead of the […]

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Is lower back pain limiting your mobility? Taking a gentle paddle in the pool could get you moving again. Physiotherapists say that just 30 minutes of swimming three times a week can significantly improve your disability scores, and for some people, reduce pain intensity. Swimming for Movement and Self-Efficacy In a research study published, July […]

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In 2023, 24.3% of adults reported having chronic pain, or pain that is experienced most days or every day for 3 months or more, according to the CDC.
Although pain education for health care providers and trainees has been identified as one way to improve pain care, previously published research has shown pain education is often suboptimal in medical school and residency training.
According to a study published in Pain Reports by Nicole M. Alberts, PhD, and colleagues, general and orthopedic surgery residents from 27 accredited residency programs across Canada had an average Knowledge and

Systemic statin use reduced the rate of proliferative vitreoretinopathy and reoperation following primary retinal detachment repair by nearly half, according to a speaker at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting.
“Statins are the most commonly prescribed drugs for high cholesterol, but they also have anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic properties, including inhibiting IL-6, IL-8 and MCP-1 in [retinal pigment epithelium] cells,” Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA, FASRS, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, told Healio. “The purpose of our study was to determine if oral statin

Black people with MS tend to die at younger ages than patients of other races, and comorbidities such as hypertension and cardiac arrest may contribute to the disparity, according to data published in Neurology Open Access.
Although mortality rates for MS have improved in the U.S., the overall age-adjusted rate of 1.1 per 100,000 people remains high compared with the rate among the general population, which is 0.75, Lilyana Amezcua, MD, MS, FAAN, chief of the MS and neuroimmunology division at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote.
“We have a health

PHOENIX — Alcon announced the expansion of toric parameter options for its daily, weekly and monthly contact lenses for astigmatism at Optometry’s Meeting.
“As an optometrist ... I will never forget the frustration of having a patient in the chair and knowing exactly the lens that I would want to fit them in, a lens that would deliver outstanding wearing experience and give them the best chance for success,” Chandra Mickles, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS, director of professional education and development at Alcon, said at a company-sponsored event. “But then I will walk

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The quality of plant-based diets may matter more than processing levels when it comes to maintaining health over the long term, according to data presented at the annual NUTRITION meeting.
Specifically, higher-quality diets lowered the risk for diseases like diabetes and CVD, whereas processing levels had no effects.
“While many ultraprocessed foods tend to be of poor nutritional quality and should generally be limited or avoided, processing itself is not inherently harmful,” Xiaowen Wang, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,

Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay several billion dollars to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits that allege its baby powder and talc products caused ovarian cancer.
The proposed $5.5 billion settlement would apply to 76,000 cases pending in state and federal courts, which account for nearly all remaining talc-related claims against the company.
Under terms of the settlement, the company would pay up to $3 billion in 2027. Any additional payments would not be due prior to 2028.
Legal firms that represent 95% of pending claims must accept the proposal before it can be finalized.
“While we

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Time-restricted eating may be beneficial for cognitive function in older women with unhealthy weight, according to new data at the annual NUTRITION meeting.
“Losing weight alone will ward off some of the aging-related cognitive decline, and these data suggest that there may be additional benefits if you stop eating 4 hours prior to going to sleep and reduce food intake to 8-9 hours per day, compared to the usual eating window of 12 hours per day,” Sue Shapses, PhD, RD, DFASN, a professor of nutritional sciences at Rutgers University, said in a press release from the