MedicalXpress – Health

Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer.This post was originally published on this site

Stark health disparities exist across the United States. Life expectancy is lower than in other wealthy countries—and declining. The richest American men live 15 years longer than their poorest counterparts. The richest American women live […]

Medicare-certified home health agencies, which are key to allowing older adults to age in place, are increasingly going through ownership changes, raising concerns about health care spending, workforce, and quality of care, according to a […]

Remote medical interpreting (RMI) may be hindering health care communication rather than helping it, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.This post was originally published on this site

Voters in Missouri, Nebraska and Alaska will soon decide whether workers in those states should be entitled to paid sick leave.This post was originally published on this site

Long before Earl Grey, Darjeeling and oolong reached our shores, there was yaupon.This post was originally published on this site

Conservative groups are working to undermine support for Montana’s Medicaid expansion in hopes the state will abandon the program. The rollback would be the first in the decade since the Affordable Care Act began allowing […]

Researchers have identified 22 pesticides consistently associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in the United States, with four of the pesticides also linked with prostate cancer mortality. The findings are published in Cancer.This post […]

About 1 in 3 patients diagnosed with cancer in Ontario visited an emergency department (ED) in the 90 days before diagnosis, found a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.This post was originally […]

The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It’ll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the U.S.This post was originally published […]