Shortage of primary care doctors could bring crowded ERs: Study
Americans living in areas where primary care doctors and nurse practitioners are in short supply face a greater risk for emergency surgeries and complications, new research shows.
Mar 16, 2024
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Eliminating socioeconomic disparities in youth physical activity could save over $15 billion, study shows
What would happen if the existing disparities in physical activity levels between youth of lower and higher socioeconomic statuses were eliminated? Previous studies have shown that those between 6–17 years of age in lower ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Telehealth study investigates reimbursements for rural health care delivery
A recent Mayo Clinic study published in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine investigated how telehealth in palliative care may provide value for rural caregivers, health care teams and their patients. ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Study of fatal and nonfatal shootings by police reveals racial disparities, dispatch risks
A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and Vanderbilt University found that an average of 1,769 people were injured annually in police shootings from 2015 to 2020, 55 percent of ...
Mar 15, 2024
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A new $16,000 postpartum depression drug is here: How will insurers handle it?
A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating illness. But most private health insurers have yet to publish ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Annual indirect economic burden of sickle cell disease over $2 million
Adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) are more likely to report employment loss, and caregivers of children with SCD report more missed days of work, according to a study published online Feb. 29 in Blood Advances.
Mar 14, 2024
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Only one in five state Medicaid programs covers weight loss medications: Study
Mounting evidence suggests that FDA-approved weight loss medications, such as Wegovy, not only help patients lose weight but also protect against complications from obesity such as cardiovascular disease. In 2021, 40 percent ...
Mar 14, 2024
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HHS opens investigation into UnitedHealth cyberattack
Following a cyberattack on one of the nation's largest health insurers that's thrown health care payments into disarray and likely exposed reams of private patient data, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said ...
Mar 14, 2024
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VIP health system for top US officials risked jeopardizing care for soldiers, say investigators
Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received preferential treatment from a little-known health care program run by the military, potentially jeopardizing care for other patients including active-duty service members, ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Operating in the red: Half of rural hospitals lose money, as many cut services
In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand the worsening financial problems eroding rural hospitals nationwide.
Mar 14, 2024
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Better patient care, at a lower cost? A primary care doctor is testing new models to improve health care
Christine Meyer, an independent physician in Exton, Pennsylvania, is always looking for ways to provide better care for the patients who come to her primary care practice each year.
Mar 14, 2024
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Study explores homeless women's experiences of 'period poverty'
Research from the University of Southampton has identified common issues women face when experiencing periods while homeless.
Mar 14, 2024
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'Last mile' solutions shown to increase vaccination coverage in poor countries
The use of mobile clinics to deliver COVID-19 vaccines can significantly increase vaccination uptake. Research by Wageningen University & Research, conducted in rural communities in Sierra Leone and published today in Nature, ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Modern lifestyle heart disease risk factors threaten extremely poor people in low- and middle-income countries
A new study reveals that many people living in extreme poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have conditions that lead to heart disease, the world's #1 cause of death—overturning conventional wisdom.
Mar 13, 2024
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Why COVID patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren't getting it
Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but "also the medical approach." So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked out at an emergency ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Q&A: How can we improve the nutrition of children born in low-income countries?
The first 1,000 days of a person's existence—from conception until their second birthday—are a critical period for growth and development which can set people on a path for a healthy life, according to Stephen Kodish, ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Intervention with surgeons improves the accuracy of predicted operating room time
Reducing the manipulation of operating room (OR) scheduling can improve scheduling accuracy and potentially maximize OR usage, avoid delays, and enhance patient satisfaction, according to a study published in the Journal ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Biden administration calls for greater access to overdose antidote
The White House on Wednesday launched a nationwide call for more training and better access to the lifesaving opioid overdose drug naloxone.
Mar 13, 2024
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