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Jan 2026
Primary care: Patients value speedy portal responses over in-person appointments
Many patients use patient portals to message their primary care clinician, but demand for in-person appointments remains high.
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Jan 2026
Consistent home-based care reduces urgent care use and hospitalizations in older adults
This study examined whether continuity of care (how often patients see their assigned physician and nurse) was associated with urgent care use and hospital admissions among older adults receiving permanent home-based primary care.
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Jan 2026
Financial incentives lower blood sugar in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes
In this randomized controlled trial in Israel, researchers examined whether a contingent discount as a financial incentive on medication expenses could help people with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes better manage their blood sugar.
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Jan 2026
CTE should be recognized as new cause of dementia, study suggests
The largest study of its kind from the Boston University CTE Center reveals that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) should be recognized as a new cause of dementia.
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Jan 2026
Study identifies genes, smoking, and obesity as pneumonia risk factors
Researchers at the University of Oulu have identified genes that increase susceptibility to pneumonia. Alongside inherited risk factors, smoking and higher body mass were also found to raise the risk of developing the disease.
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Jan 2026
The neurological benefits of grandparenting
Helping to care for grandchildren may serve as a buffer against cognitive decline in older adults, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
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Jan 2026
Analyzing the role of smoking in viral recovery
COVID-19 brought about lasting changes that are still being felt today in the post-pandemic era, with one being the unprecedented side effect known as Long COVID.
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Jan 2026
Watch: A strange checkup bill revealed a firefighter’s kids were mistakenly uninsured
After Susannah Reed-McCullough's husband died in 2018, she and their young daughters continued to receive health insurance through his job as a firefighter in Maryland.
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Jan 2026
Targeted fab fragments dismantle the allergy trigger
Allergic diseases represent a major global health burden, placing significant strain on healthcare systems worldwide. Severe conditions such as anaphylaxis, asthma, food allergy, and allergic rhinitis are driven by immunoglobulin E (IgE), an antibody that binds to immune cells, including mast cells and basophils.
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Jan 2026
Astoriom acquires Precision Stability Storage
Astoriom, a global leader in scientific research and consumer product sample stability and biorepository storage, has expanded its sample management capabilities in the US with the acquisition of Precision Stability Storage.
