Using Exercise to Reduce Both Depression and Health Disparities
Charles Kamen, assistant professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center discusses how exercise can be used to decrease depression and even reduce health disparities between heterosexual and LGBT patients.
Charles Kamen, assistant professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center discusses how exercise can be used to decrease depression and even reduce health disparities between heterosexual and LGBT patients.
In a small six-week study, Kamen found that exercising with a partner (including caregivers) decreased depression for patients, but not for their caregivers. Also, patients who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) had higher rates of depression at the beginning of the study, but then came to be about even with the heterosexual patients by the end, indicating that exercise could be a way to mitigate this disparity.
Traditional Definition of ‘High-Risk’ in Patients With CLL and SLL Outdated, Needs to be Revisited
December 7th 2020In an interview with CURE®, Dr. Jan A. Burger discusses how the results of two phase 3 studies could help redefine what constitutes as low or high risk in patients with CLL or SLL.
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To gain a better understanding of the issues faced by geriatric patients with cancer, and to determine how much of a role nutrition plays in outcomes, Dr. Grant Williams, a geriatrician oncologist and assistant professor at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, worked with colleagues to create a patient-reported assessment tool that bridges the knowledge gap in this patient population.
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