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Patients with hypertension appear to have lower overall perceived health compared with normotensive individuals, but those who engage in high levels of leisure-time physical activity are more likely to rate their health status as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’, as reported in a study.

Getting a heterologous vaccine booster appears to confer a greater protection against COVID-19 than homologous booster, suggest data from a Singapore study.

Use of a motion-based digital device to guide pelvic floor muscle training effectively mitigates symptoms of urinary incontinence (UI) as well as reduces UI episodes relative to a home training program that consists of written and narrated instructions, as shown in a study.

Patients with head and neck cancer who undergo radiation therapy tend to have persistent opioid use, reveals a study, noting further investigation on early intervention to appropriately wean patients.

A recent real-world study has confirmed that the HeartMate 3 (HM3) device has good postapproval performance, yielding a 6-month survival rate that was comparable to its trial results.