For the second year in a row, Washington, D.C. tops the Chamber of Commerce s list of the loneliest cities in the U.S. Nearly half of the households in Washingt
For the second year in a row, Washington, D.C. tops the Chamber of Commerce s list of the loneliest cities in the U.S. Nearly half of the households in Washingt
Loneliness has been associated with an increased risk of heart disease, obesity and depression. A Florida State University study suggested it might increase the chances of dementia.
Researchers in California and Hong Kong said feeling lonely and unhappy can add an extra year and eight months to someone s age. This is in part down to inflammation.
WVU researchers investigate the best dose of telehealth for patients with chronic conditions
More than ever, patients are using telehealth to ask doctors and nurses about worrying blood-pressure readings, nauseating migraines and stubborn foot ulcers. But for patients with chronic conditions, how frequent should telehealth appointments be? Can that frequency change? Under what conditions?
West Virginia University researcher Jennifer Mallow is trying to answer these questions. In a new project, she and her colleagues completed a systematic review of studies that dealt with telehealth and chronic conditions. They found that in general telehealth services benefitted patients more if they continued for about a year, rather than ending after six months or so. But perhaps their most significant finding was just how much we have left to discover.