Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
One in 500 Americans has died from COVID-19
One out of every 500 U.S. residents has lost their lives to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic last year, statistics show.
Sep 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Plague rare in U.S., surfacing in more affluent areas
(HealthDay) -- Although the plague is typically considered a remnant of the Middle Ages, when unsanitary conditions and rodent infestations prevailed amid the squalor of poverty, this rare but deadly disease appears to be ...
Jun 13, 2012
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Cardiology
Nearly all people in the US are within an hour of life-saving stroke care
Nearly all people in the U.S. can access life-saving stroke care within an hour by ambulance, no matter where they live in the country, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association's ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Other
Minority participants crucial to effective aging studies
A new supplemental issue of The Gerontologist urges aging researchers to include representative samples of ethnically diverse populations in their work. The publication also identifies research priorities for moving the science ...
Jul 21, 2011
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Pediatrics
Combined factors compound lead exposure disparity for Milwaukee children
Milwaukee children do not have equal risk of lead exposure. The combined neighborhood factors of race, poverty and low homeownership compound the risk for elevated childhood blood lead levels in Milwaukee County, according ...
Aug 21, 2020
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Medical economics
US Clean Air Act associated with increased average lifetime earnings of $21,400
Early exposure to airborne lead has long-term outcomes on employment, disability and lifetime earnings, and the passage of the US Clean Air Act in 1970 has had an estimated US $4.23 trillion in benefits through its impact ...
Nov 22, 2023
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Pediatrics
Plenary addresses importance of 2020 US Census and challenge of the young child undercount
An estimated 5 percent of all children under the age of five were missed in the 2010 U.S. Census. A plenary during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2019 Meeting in Baltimore will address the impact this significant ...
Apr 29, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children suffering adversity more likely to thrive when parents are emotionally supported
Emotional support for parents may bolster family resilience and help young children flourish despite adversity, according to a Rutgers study.
Aug 31, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Uncontrolled asthma could cost U.S. economy more than $963 billion in the next 20 years
The medical costs of uncontrolled asthma, combined with productivity losses due to sick days, could cost the U.S. economy more than $963 billion over the next 20 years, finds a new study led by researchers at the University ...
Jul 1, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Mammography use up for US immigrants
While mammography rates have improved among foreign-born women residing in the United States, these women are still less likely to have undergone breast cancer screening than native-born U.S. women.
Sep 19, 2011
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