Older Caregivers' Loneliness Relieved By An Unlikely Source, Study Reveals

Lonely caregivers might find solace from an unexpected source — the internet.

Staying connected through the internet can help older caregivers feel less lonely and cope better with the stress of caring for ailing family or friends, researchers recently reported in the journal JMIR Aging.

“Using the internet to co...

Pandemic School Closures Linked To More Mental Health Problems Among Kids

School closures are linked to significant mental health problems – depression, anxiety, ADHD – among children during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reports.

Kids whose schools reopened sooner during the pandemic had lower rates of mental health problems than those whose schools remained closed, researchers reported Dec. 8 i...

Timing Is Everything In Cancer Immunotherapy, Experts Say

Cancer survival might depend on what time of day you get your treatment, a new study says.

Lung cancer patients who received IV immunotherapy doses earlier in the day tended to live longer, according to results published online Dec. 8 in the journal Cancer.

Getting immunotherapy drugs before 3 p.m. was associated with a 52% ...

Agent Orange Linked To Rare Bone Marrow Cancers

Soldiers exposed to the Vietnam War-era defoliant Agent Orange have a higher risk of a rare form of bone marrow cancer, a major new study has found.

The study found that people exposed to Agent Orange face a higher risk of developing myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a bone marrow cancer that develops slowly over a lifetime of accumulated ge...