Air Pollution From Major Roads, Highways Linked With Incidence of Parkinson Disease
April 11th 2020New research suggests that living near major roads or highways is associated with incidence of non-Alzheimer dementia, Parkinson disease (PD), Alzheimer disease (AD), and multiple sclerosis (MS).
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BODE Index, Comorbidities Valuable for Predicting COPD Healthcare Resource Utilization
March 21st 2020Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may incur huge medical expenses, resulting in a heavy socioeconomic burden. A recent study sought to predict the level of healthcare utilization resources.
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Motor and Non-Motor Wearing-off Impact Quality of Life in Parkinson, Study Finds
March 2nd 2020A recent study aiming to evaluate the impact of motor and non-motor wearing-off—a common phenomenon in Parkinson disease (PD)—found that the fluctuations have an impact on the activities of daily living and quality of life, with non-motor wearing-off having the greater impact.
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Study Finds Tai Chi Exercises May Prove Effective for Patients With Parkinson Disease
February 29th 2020In individuals with mild to moderate Parkinson disease, Tai Chi was shown to be a potentially effective meditation technique that may slow down disease progression, according to study findings.
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COPD Closely Linked to Pollution, Outpatient Hospital Visits in Urban Area
February 29th 2020Researchers recently examined 18 diseases represented by outpatient visits to a hospital in Taiwan to determine patterns of the effect of air pollution on different organs and found evidence that concurrent occurrences of diseases show that the immune system tries to create protective defenses.
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Results: White Matter Hyperintensities Can Be Predictive Marker in Early Stage Parkinson Disease
February 17th 2020These findings suggest that baseline white matter hyperintensities can act as a predictive marker or therapeutic target for the development of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in patients with early stage Parkinson disease.
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Narcolepsy Monitoring App Shows Possible Effectiveness in Symptom Tracking, Study Says
February 16th 2020The Narcolepsy Monitor—a companion app for long-term narcolepsy symptom monitoring—may be a helpful tool for gaining insight into the individual burden of narcolepsy symptoms over time and may serve as a patient-reported outcome measure, according to study findings.
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A Qualitative Look at Feeling "Lost" During Pregnancy With Type 1 Diabetes
February 15th 2020Results showed that managing T1D becomes more intense during pregnancy and in the months that follow childbirth. This is due to the need to be even more vigilant than usual in monitoring blood glucose levels and dosing insulin, tasks the women performed mostly themselves, but which can also be performed by other healthcare professionals.
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Enrollment in AIDS Drug Assistance Programs Linked With Viral Suppression, Study Finds
February 10th 2020Enrollment in AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs)–funded Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) is associated with viral suppression (VS) across states and demographic groups. People living with HIV who engage in care and have QHPs have a higher VS rate than those who received medications from direct ADAPs.
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Researchers Outline Lessons Learned About Chronic Migraine Gleaned From Neuroimaging
February 9th 2020Where do migraines begin in the brain and what has neuroimaging identified so far about how the disease alters pain processes and functioning? A recent article reviewed what is known so far.
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Report Describes Rare Combination of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Kidney Cancer With Polycythemia
February 2nd 2020The case study involved a 61-year-old obese Caucasian male with a medical history of smoking, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and sleep apnea who initially presented to the hematology clinic with polycythemia.
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Untreated Obstructive Sleep Apnea Results in Higher Costs, Healthcare Utilization
February 1st 2020Medicare beneficiaries with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have increased healthcare utilization (HCU) and costs across all points of service, according to results of a recent study published by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
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