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A new study, appearing today in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that nursing homes that conducted staff surveillance testing more regularly during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced significantly lower rates of COVID infections and deaths among residents.

A new study has found that people with epilepsy have an increased risk of early death and the increased risk varies depending on where they live, the number of medications they take and what other diseases they may have. The study is published in Neurology.

A promising cancer drug that targets only cancer cells has been developed by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and a university spin-off company, APIM Therapeutics.

The Biden administration said Wednesday it will attempt to break up the network that runs the nation’s organ transplant system as part of a broader modernization effort.

Air flow in a room can impact the transmission of viruses like COVID-19.

There are clear regional differences in the proportion of older adults receiving potentially inappropriate drug treatment in Sweden. In a study published in Frontiers of Pharmacology, researchers at Karolinska Institutet examine regional differences over time and show that these regional variations have decreased over the past decade.

Brown fat is not linked to cancer-associated loss of body weight and muscle mass, a common condition known as cachexia, according to a new joint study from The Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In addition, researchers discovered a trend suggesting brown fat, also called brown adipose tissue, may help improve survival in people with cancer. The findings are published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Black and Hispanic patients consistently experience higher odds of postpartum emergency departments visits in New York state, according to a study published online March 21 in JAMA Network Open.

People who are more worried about the risk to their health during a pandemic may be more likely to lie to obtain a vaccination earlier, according to research from the University of Southampton.

Substance use problems, particularly alcohol problems, are “invisible epidemic” among older adults. In his thesis “Alcohol and aging: a multimethod study on heterogeneity and multidimensionality,” Wossenseged Birhane Jemberie, doctoral researcher at Department of Social Work and the Center for Demographic and Aging Research (CEDAR), Umeå University, investigates the dimensions of alcohol related problems and longitudinal health outcomes. He also explores older persons’ experiences and perspectives on alcohol use, both in relation to their aging and to their personal goals regarding alcohol treatment and recovery.