High blood pressure, also called hypertension, has become a public health threat—an alarming 122.4 million American adults have it, according to the American Heart Association, and only 1 in 4 have it under control.
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When patients receive a low-dose computed tomography screen for lung cancer, doctors can see more than just the lungs. The screening test often picks up abnormalities or potentially "significant incidental findings" (SIFS) ...
May 9, 2023
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Due to a policy decision in 2010 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the price of a prescription for the therapeutic gout drug colchicine increased nearly 16-fold from $11.25 in 2009 to $190.49 in 2011. Out-of-pocket ...
May 8, 2023
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There has been widespread speculation about how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like ChatGPT could be used in medicine.
Apr 28, 2023
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In the fight against sepsis, one of the leading causes of death in hospitalized patients, clinicians are increasingly reliant on prediction tools trained on massive amounts of data stored in electronic health records. One ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Poverty has long been linked to shorter lives. But just how many deaths in the United States are associated with poverty? The number has been elusive—until now.
Apr 17, 2023
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Black and Hispanic older adults whose annual income is slightly above the federal poverty level are more likely than their white peers to face cost-related barriers to accessing health care and filling medications for chronic ...
Apr 10, 2023
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The number of prostate cancer patients in the U.S. choosing active surveillance over surgery or radiation has rapidly increased since 2010, rising from 16% to 60% for low-risk patients and from 8% to 22% for patients with ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Sepsis occurs in approximately 1.7 million hospitalizations in the U.S. with in more than a third of hospitalizations resulting in death. Patients with septic shock benefit from steroid medications (corticosteroids) to reduce ...
Mar 27, 2023
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A large observational study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that most patients do not medically benefit from consultation with a medical specialist before their surgery.
Mar 27, 2023
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