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2023

The Most Common Anxiety Symptoms and How to Deal With Them

The Most Common Anxiety Symptoms and How to Deal With ThemTUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Anxiety disorders are no small matter, but knowing which symptoms point to trouble may help you navigate your intense fears and worries.First, you are not alone: Anxiety disorders are estimated to plague nearly 40 million people in the United States each year, according to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America.James Maddux, an emeritus professor of clinical psychology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., explained that “the best way of thinking about anxiety…is to see it as having three interlocking, interacting components": thinking or cognition; feeling or emotions; and then behavior.“Finding somewhere to intervene at one of those three points, that breaks up that pattern, is also a way of reducing or eliminating the...

Cases of Dangerous Drug-Resistant Fungal Infections Are...

21 March 2023
Cases of Dangerous Drug-Resistant Fungal Infections Are SpreadingTUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The hit HBO series "The Last of Us" portrays a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungal infection that hijacks human brains.Back in the real world, there’s an emerging fungal threat rampaging through the United States, a new study warns — one that doesn’t turn humans into zombies, but does endanger lives.Candida auris has surged across the nation since the first case occurred in 2013, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in the March 20 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.The yeast easily spreads through touch, is difficult to clean away, and can remain viable on surfaces for months, noted lead researcher Dr. Meghan Lyman, a medical officer in the CDC’s Mycotic Diseases Branch.While it’s...

Good News or Bad, Patients Want Access to Medical Test...

21 March 2023
Good News or Bad, Patients Want Access to Medical Test ResultsTUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When waiting for medical test results, days can feel like an eternity. In a new survey, patients overwhelmingly say they'd like their results immediately -- even if their provider has not yet reviewed them and even if the news is bad.In April 2021, new rules went into effect requiring health care providers in the United States to make all results and clinical notes available immediately to patients.“Online patient portals have emerged as important tools for increasing patient engagement,” said study co-author Catherine DesRoches, executive director of OpenNotes, a movement focused on increasing information transparency in health care based at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She is also an associate professor of medicine at...

Health in a Nutshell: Daily Nut Consumption Could Help...

21 March 2023
Health in a Nutshell: Daily Nut Consumption Could Help Your HeartTUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- One way to reduce the risk of heart disease: Eat more nuts and seeds, according to a new review of 60 studies.Scandinavian researchers found that eating nuts could reduce the risk of a heart attack.“If you eat a handful of nuts every day, that is around 30 grams, you will have a 20% to 25% lower risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease. In comparison, adults in the Nordic countries only eat on average around 4 grams of nuts a day. Many do not eat nuts or seeds at all,” said study co-author Erik Arnesen, research fellow at the University of Oslo.Although scientists say, “the more the better,” eating just a few nuts is better than none at all, Arnesen said in a university news release. Almonds, pistachios and walnuts appeared to be...

Post-Op Delirium Could Signal Faster Mental Decline

21 March 2023
Post-Op Delirium Could Signal Faster Mental DeclineTUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults often develop delirium after surgery, and new research finds this is associated with a faster rate of mental decline.The study highlights the importance of preventing delirium to preserve brain health in older adults who undergo surgery, according to the authors.“Whether delirium causes this faster rate of decline, or is simply a marker of those who are at risk of experiencing faster rates of decline, is still to be determined,” co-author Zachary Kunicki said in a news release from the Marcus Institute for Aging Research, in Boston.Kunicki is an assistant professor in the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, in Providence, R.I. The investigators found a 40% faster rate of cognitive (mental) decline in those who...
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