The pressure to send more patients home increases when hospital beds are in short supply. For example, you have a greater chance of being discharged…
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UK: Stress over COVID-19 keeping fewer people up at night
Stress related to COVID-19 has steadily fallen since lockdown began, along with general levels of anxiety, according to UCL’s COVID-19 study, the UK’s largest study…
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Homeless people receive less treatment in hospitals for heart attacks, have higher readmission rates
Homelessness has become a social crisis and public health problem around the world, affecting people of all ages. Most homeless people are at a disadvantage…
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The real reason people are panic buying toilet paper
The New York Post reported that it’s triggered fistfights in supermarket aisles in Australia. The BBC reported on an audacious armed robbery at dawn in Hong…
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Japan’s Hokkaido region urges people to stay home over virus fears
Japan’s coronavirus-hit Hokkaido region on Friday asked residents to stay at home over the weekend as the northern area struggles to contain a fast-spreading outbreak….
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Number of people with dementia is set to double by 2050, according to new report
Today, at a European Parliament lunch debate hosted by Christophe Hansen MEP (Luxembourg), Alzheimer Europe launched a new report presenting the findings of its collaborative…
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Mediterranean diet promotes gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy ageing’ in older people
Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy’ ageing, while reducing those associated with harmful inflammation in…
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People with mental health issues 'need more help with money'
People struggling with mental illness ‘need more help with money’, suggests a new report. The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute surveyed nearly 500 people…
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Why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy: study
Researchers have shown why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy and suggest better public health could improve outcomes. Life expectancy for people with…
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People who qualify for Medicare due to disability account for most opioid-related deaths
New findings from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston show that patients qualifying for Medicare because of a disability have the highest rates…
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