Are you to old to need breast mammograms?
The answer is a definite maybe. For certain women over 70, the risks of overdiagnosis and treatment may outweigh the risks of cancer,...
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Have most back pain treatments been focusing on the wrong thing?
Millions of people worldwide literally suffer from back pain. But thanks to a new type of treatment, reported in The Lancet this week,...
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Are your doctors missing pieces of your healthcare picture?
If so, it’s not necessarily the doctors’ fault. It’s how they were trained. According to a new study published in The Lancet Digital...
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Depressing news about antidepressants
Antidepressants can work well and save lives. More than one of every eight men (12.5%) and almost twice as many women (24.3%) in their...
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As a health predictor, how does BMI measure up?
Not very well, according to Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, the Belgian mathematician who devised the Body Mass Index in 1832. Quetelet...
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Do you really need all those tests?
A growing medical consensus says you don’t. No matter how old you are, it’s important to keep taking some tests – blood pressure check,...
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Depression can be heartbreaking. Literally.
COVID-19 notwithstanding, the number one cause of death in the United States is heart disease. And one of the leading causes of heart...
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Why Choose a Full-Service Home Care Agency?
It's 2:00 pm, and your phone is ringing. It’s your private caregiver calling to say they can’t be there today for the regularly scheduled...
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The value of monthly Registered Nurse assessments
In an effort to ensure good care, Virginia law requires senior care agencies like Senior Insights to have a Registered Nurse perform...
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