Eptinezumab with education reduces migraine days in chronic migraine with medication overuse
Can a migraine drug plus education help people stuck in a pain cycle?
A phase 4 RCT in 608 adults with chronic migraine and medication-overuse headache found eptinezumab 100 mg IV plus brief education reduced m…
A migraine drug plus brief doctor education cut migraine days by about 3 more than education alone in people with chronic migraine and medic…
Nurse Contact After Abnormal Home Telemetry Shows No Significant Link to 30-Day Readmissions
Does calling a nurse after a home monitor alert prevent hospital returns?
A subgroup analysis of 449 high-risk patients using home telemetry after discharge found no statistically significant association between nu…
Nurse calls after home monitor alerts did not lower hospital readmission rates in high-risk patients, suggesting the monitor itself drives t…
Activity trackers and apps may boost short-term step counts in older adults, but benefits fade
Activity trackers and apps may boost older adults' steps short-term, but benefits fade
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 3005 community-dwelling adults aged ≥60 years found that interventions using activity trackers and …
Activity trackers and apps may boost older adults' steps short-term, but the extra walking benefits fade quickly without lasting change.
Face-to-face and email motivational programs increased step counts in university employees
Workplace programs with personal coaching help employees walk more for six months
A randomized controlled trial of 155 university employees found both face-to-face motivational interviewing plus email and email-only progra…
Employees who received personal coaching alongside email reminders kept walking more for six months after a workplace activity program ended…
Weight loss intervention did not change eating timing or sleep duration in breast cancer survivors
Do breast cancer survivors eat later and sleep longer than other women?
A randomized controlled trial of 159 breast cancer survivors found that a 12-month weight loss intervention versus usual care did not signif…
Breast cancer survivors often eat late and sleep longer than other women, and a weight loss program did not change these habits after a year…
Qualitative study finds both self-directed and facilitated e-learning perceived effective for palliative care education
How do doctors learn best? Two online teaching styles both help with palliative care
A qualitative study embedded within a cluster RCT explored primary care teams' perceptions of two e-learning modalities for palliative care …
Virtual training for palliative care works well whether teams learn alone or with a guide, giving programs more flexibility in design.
Team-based hypertension strategy versus provider training tested in Colombian and Jamaican primary care clinics
Can a team-based approach help more people control their blood pressure?
This cluster randomized trial protocol describes a planned comparison of a multicomponent team-based care strategy versus provider training …
A new trial in Colombia and Jamaica tests if team-based care helps more people control high blood pressure in everyday clinics.
Brief behavioral intervention increased sleep regularity but not duration in adolescents with insufficient sleep
Brief sleep program helps teens sleep more regularly but not longer
In a randomized controlled trial of 40 adolescents with insufficient and irregular sleep, a brief behavioral Sleep Promotion Program (SPP) i…
A short sleep program helped teenagers go to bed at the same time on weekdays and weekends, but did not increase their total sleep time.
Self-care education with laughter yoga shows benefits for menopausal symptoms and stress in small RCT
Can laughter yoga and self-care education ease menopause stress?
A randomized controlled trial of 64 postmenopausal women found that a menopause education program integrated with laughter yoga significantl…
A simple mix of laughter yoga and self-care education significantly reduced stress and physical symptoms for postmenopausal women in a new s…
Qualitative study explores barriers and facilitators to physical activity in older Latino adults
What helps older Latino adults move more? New barriers and motivators emerge
A qualitative descriptive study of 38 Latino mid-life and older adults from Chicago explored perceptions following a physical activity inter…
Getting older Latino adults to sit less and move more isn't just about willpower.