Counties that banned in-person religious gatherings and those with a greater number of hospitals per capita were associated with a decreased case-fatality rate of COVID-19 during the pandemic's first wave, according to a ...
Oct 18, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Death rates from Alzheimer's disease are particularly high in the rural United States, a preliminary study finds, highlighting a need for health care resources in traditionally under-served areas.
Aug 2, 2021
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A large case-control study of participants in the Veterans Administration (VA) health care system found that currently used SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are more than 95% effective in preventing confirmed infection. Because veterans ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Heart failure hospitalizations and costs related to methamphetamine use jumped sharply over a decade in California, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American ...
Jul 14, 2021
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A flu shot might offer some protection against severe effects of COVID-19, a new study suggests.
Jul 12, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Barriers to health care access, especially cost, are associated with increased odds of not having an annual physician skin examination (PSE) among young melanoma survivors, according to a research letter published ...
Jun 9, 2021
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Seriously ill COVID-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those on other continents, which could be because of a lack of critical care equipment, a study published Friday said.
May 21, 2021
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Laboring mothers have been wearing the same cumbersome, polyester fetal-monitoring belt for decades. Not only can these belts slip out of place, requiring constant adjustment, they—along with the array of other wires taped ...
May 10, 2021
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There are two simultaneously occurring pandemics in the U.S.: Racism and COVID-19. "These mutualistic pandemics have thrown into stark focus the separate and unequal systems through which people access health care," explained ...
Mar 22, 2021
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One in four people around the world—nearly 2.5 billion—could face some degree of hearing loss by 2050 with at least 700 million requiring access to treatment and rehabilitation, a WHO report warns.
Mar 22, 2021
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