Phone-Based Walking Support Program Enhances Arthritis Care

TOPLINE: A randomized controlled trial showed that a 6-week telephone-delivered Walk With Ease (WWE-T) Program improved physical function, arthritis management self-efficacy, and impairment related to daily activities in adults with arthritis, with benefits sustained at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months. METHODOLOGY: In a randomized controlled trial, researchers comparedContinue Reading

Firefighters face a higher brain cancer risk associated with gene mutations caused by chemical exposure, study suggests

Please complete security verification This request seems a bit unusual, so we need to confirm that you’re human. Please press and hold the button until it turns completely green. Thank you for your cooperation! Press and hold the button If you believe this is an error, please contact our supportContinue Reading

Pressure to seem perfect can strain teen relationships, but kindness from peers can help

by Danielle S. Molnar, Dawn Zinga, Hanna Puffer and Melissa Blackburn, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine trying to always appear perfect. You stay on top of the latest beauty trends, excel academically and project confidence in social settings, even when you’re struggling or feeling completely overwhelmed. You workContinue Reading

Fecal Calprotectin Predicts Disease Extent, Healing in UC

Medbrief Fecal Calprotectin Predicts Disease Extent, Healing in Ulcerative Colitis TOPLINE: Fecal calprotectin (FC) levels were significantly associated with disease activity and extent in ulcerative colitis and also predicted mucosal healing. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a single-center prospective observational study to explore the association between FC levels and mucosal inflammatory activityContinue Reading

Huh? The Valuable Role of Interjections

Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words — mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like — that don’t convey any information about the topic of the conversation itself. For many decades, linguists regarded such utterances as largely irrelevant noise, the flotsamContinue Reading

Autoimmune diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long-term damage to physical and mental well-being

Please complete security verification This request seems a bit unusual, so we need to confirm that you’re human. Please press and hold the button until it turns completely green. Thank you for your cooperation! Press and hold the button If you believe this is an error, please contact our supportContinue Reading