Opioid addiction is persistently stigmatized, delaying and preventing treatment for many—an urgent problem with overdose deaths continuing to rise. To…
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Systems that use AI to match medications with patients can reduce prescription costs, study reveals
As a result of rising medication costs, patients often stop following medical treatment plans and fail to get better. Without…
Statins may reduce cancer risk through mechanisms separate to cholesterol
Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may reduce cancer risk in humans through a pathway unrelated to cholesterol, says a study published…
Mask mandates shown to significantly reduce spread of COVID-19
A new study by Simon Fraser University (SFU) researchers has found clear evidence that wearing a mask can have a…
Prediabetes: A window of opportunity to reduce healthcare burden
While the health risks associated with diabetes—including heart attacks and strokes—are well established, these risks could be present well before…
High cholesterol: The red juice proven to lower cholesterol and risk of heart disease
High cholesterol is part of an asymptomatic club of conditions that can lead to heart disease, a major killer both…
App helps reduce osteoarthritis pain
By performing a few simple physical exercises daily, and receiving information about their disease regularly, 500 osteoarthritis patients were able…
Single dose of ketamine plus talk therapy may reduce alcohol use
A single infusion of ketamine, combined with outpatient behavioral therapy, helped alcohol-dependent individuals abstain from drinking for a few weeks…
How to get rid of visceral fat: The best and worst foods to eat – what are they?
Visceral fat is deemed harmful because it’s stored in the abdominal cavity next to many vital organs. If visceral fat…
This overdose-reversal medicine could reduce opioid deaths – so why don’t more people carry it?
Forty-seven thousand Americans died of opioid-related overdoses in 2017—similar to the number of deaths from car accidents and gun violence.…