Study: Autistic individuals have poorer health and health care

Autistic individuals are more likely to have chronic mental and physical health conditions, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge. Autistic individuals also report lower quality health care than others. These findings, published in Molecular Autism, have important implications for the health care and support of autistic individuals. Many studies indicate that autistic people are dying far younger than […]

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How dangerous is monkeypox?

Monkeypox, which is normally encountered in Central and Western Africa, has spread to more than a dozen countries, including the United States. Cases in the current outbreak now number in the hundreds. This has fueled more infection fears, no surprise in the wake of the still quite active COVID pandemic. Monkeypox can occasionally be deadly, especially in poor places with […]

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‘An Arm and a Leg’: Private Equity Is Everywhere in Health Care. Really.

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Click here for a transcript of the episode. When a listener wrote to us about a pricey colonoscopy quote, we got curious. It turns out, a few years back, investors identified gastroenterology as their next hot-ticket item.  Private equity companies are the house-flippers of the investment world, and they’ve found their way […]

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Experts say these foods could help prevent sunburn

Summer is just around the corner – and when it comes to sunshine, we all know that SPF protection is essential.  In fact, dermatologists recommend applying it every day of the year – not just over the summer months, for protection against the sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays. But research over recent years has suggested that another factor could […]

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Does Viagra Reduce Mortality in Pulmonary Fibrosis?

Sildenafil (Viagra, Pfizer), a phosphodieterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitor and a pulmonary-selective vasodilator, may reduce mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), compared with placebo or standard of care but it does not reduce hospitalizations or acute exacerbations from the disorder, a small meta-analysis suggests. “There have only been four trials investigating sildenafil [in IPF] and the results were very close […]

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