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Honey, Can You Stop Coughing?
Since there is little to offer those with upper respiratory infections, honey represents a low-risk, inexpensive, and easily accessible alternative that seems reasonable to suggest to patients.
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Fewer Diabetes Cases, Lower Blood Pressure Among Mediterranean Diet Adherents
Researchers continue discovering benefits of this healthy nutrition program.
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A Prescription for Volunteering
This large, observational study of U.S. adults aged older than 50 years found that volunteering ≥ 100 hours yearly is associated with a reduced risk of mortality and several favorable psychosocial outcomes when compared with peers reporting 0 volunteer hours yearly.
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A Proinflammatory Diet’s Association with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
An analysis of data from three large prospective cohort studies revealed a proinflammatory diet as a risk factor for incident Crohn’s disease, but not for ulcerative colitis.
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Creating Healing Environments: Band-Aids and Beyond
Because normative messages affecting diversity and inclusion are conveyed by the application of a bandage and its color, healers are called to offer and employ newly available adhesive bandages in a multitude of skin tones.
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Acupuncture as a Pain Management Alternative
The goal is to provide data that will convince payors to reimburse acupuncture treatment in the emergency environment, a stumbling block that has thus far prevented larger-scale implementation. Additionally, researchers hope their work leads to fewer unnecessary opioid prescriptions.
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Treating Hypertension Without Drugs
High flavanol intake was associated with lower blood pressure in men and women comparable to what is seen with a Mediterranean diet or moderate salt restriction.
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Expanded Medicaid Led to Better Outcomes for Colon Cancer Patients
News arrives after USPSTF recommended expanding eligible starting age for colon cancer screening.
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Fruits and Vegetables Lower the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
A multicenter, multinational prospective case-cohort study concludes that an increase in dietary consumption of fruits and vegetables is beneficial in reducing the risk of diabetes mellitus type 2 regardless of the current level of consumption.
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Childhood Sleep Difficulties and Adolescent Mental Health
This prospective United Kingdom study involving 13,488 children shows an association between specific early childhood sleep problems and symptoms of psychosis in adolescence. Another specified early childhood sleep problem is associated with symptoms of borderline personality disorder in adolescence.