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Spousal bereavement marks a profound life transition, yet its social and emotional ripple effects often go unnoticed. Loneliness is not just an emotional burden—it’s a public health concern. Chronic loneliness has been linked to depression, dementia, cardiovascular disease, and even early death.

Staff at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been told to stop communication with the World Health Organization (WHO), in the wake of President Donald Trump’s order withdrawing from the health agency.

For patients with diabetes undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG), overall expenditures decrease in the postsurgical period, with no differences seen following the first six months after surgery, according to a study published online Jan. 28 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated a vast landscape of misinformation about many topics, science and health chief among them.

For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, held from Jan. 24 to 26 in Los Angeles.

For patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), lung resections, including lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term survival compared with wedge resection, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, held from Jan. 24 to 26 in Los Angeles.

Adopted individuals often have limited access to their family medical history, complicating their health care. A study published in The Annals of Family Medicine explored the approaches of primary care physicians when caring for adult adopted patients with limited family medical history.

Instead of reaching for a pill, more people should switch to the recommended “first line” treatment for insomnia—the non-drug option.

Assertive self-expression, a communication style that involves expressing oneself frankly while respecting others, is considered beneficial for enhancing medical safety. Researchers at University of Tsukuba, through a questionnaire survey of community pharmacists, reveal that pharmacists who participated in more multidisciplinary training sessions were more likely to engage in assertive self-expression.

A 1976 Supreme Court decision said that while the Constitution requires that incarcerated people receive health care, the quality of the care doesn’t need to be top-notch, only “reasonably adequate.”