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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250312124146.htm) Assessing pain, anxiety and other symptoms of nursing home residents unable to speak for themselves
Mar 12th 2025, 12:41

As many as half of nursing home residents are cognitively impaired and may be unable to communicate symptoms such as pain or anxiety to those caring for them. Therefore, information needed for the evaluation of symptoms and subsequent treatment decisions typically does not reliably exist in nursing home electronic health records. A new paper reports on the novel adaptation of a commonly used symptom assessment instrument to more comprehensively acquire this difficult-to-obtain data with the ultimate goal of enabling knowledge-based expansion of palliative care services in nursing homes to address residents' symptoms.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250312124025.htm) Gene related to human kidney disease linked to touch in sea anemones
Mar 12th 2025, 12:40

A new article expands our understanding of sensory neurons in the tentacles of sea anemones, linking them to kidney disease in humans through a common gene.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250312124020.htm) Food insecurity today, heart disease tomorrow?
Mar 12th 2025, 12:40

Struggling to afford food today could mean heart problems tomorrow. Young adults experiencing food insecurity have a 41% greater risk of developing heart disease in midlife, even after accounting for demographic and socioeconomic factors, according to a new study. Food insecurity -- struggling to get enough nutritious food to stay healthy -- affects one in eight households in the U.S. each year.

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