Health

Massachusetts health officials deemed Sweetwater affiliates unsuitable to acquire 11 Next Step nursing homes; the operator may appeal but cannot get licenses meanwhile.

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• October 22, 2026

A psychiatry news roundup reports a small ultrasound trial for schizophrenia, a circadian depression subtype and limited eating-disorder safeguards around GLP-1s.

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• October 22, 2026

A Sixty and Me report offers practical ways to host holiday gatherings in a smaller home, from flexible tables to community rooms.

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• October 21, 2026

The FDA says certain Olympus devices made in Japan will be refused entry to the U.S. over outstanding quality-system violations.

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• October 21, 2026

A Sixty and Me essay challenges assumptions about women over 60, describing six life situations that can sit behind the idea of an easy retirement.

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• October 21, 2026

Davis Austria recounts how clinical cancer guidelines left patient questions unanswered and calls for testing health information with patients.

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• October 21, 2026

A study of 792 caregivers with cardiovascular conditions linked sleep problems, caregiving demands and negative emotions to burden and distress.

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• October 21, 2026

A neurology roundup highlights a dementia association with unintentional napping, an expression of concern over a 2017 autism paper and Fred Lorenzen’s CTE diagnosis.

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• October 21, 2026

A Sixty and Me writer shares five ways she is coping as her mother faces repeated hospitalizations, including uncertainty, distance and self-care.

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• October 20, 2026

A Swiss study linked a five-part lifestyle score to functional age, but its small, selected sample means the index is preliminary, not a health test.

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• October 20, 2026