DURHAM, N.C. — Two-thirds of Americans with voice problems don’t seek medical care either because they don’t know treatment is available or because they think the problem will just go away, according to a new study conducted at the Duke Voice Care …
Loneliness, lack of emotional support and lack of companionship or social support can leave elderly men and women vulnerable to heart problems. Dara Sorkin of the University of California, Irvine, and colleagues found that for every unit increase in loneliness as measured among older adults in their study, there was a threefold increase in the odds of being diagnosed with a heart condition.