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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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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(HealthDay)—Among men with clinically localized high-risk prostate adenocarcinoma undergoing radical prostatectomy, surgical delay time (SDT) is not associated with a higher risk for adverse pathological features or with ...
Dec 11, 2020
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In the Helsinki metropolitan area, 10% of patients use 80% of health care resources. Most of them suffer from one or more chronic diseases—and often encounter problems in accessing, planning and communicating with treatment ...
Nov 30, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The burden of neurological disorders in the United States increased almost universally from 1990 to 2017, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in JAMA Neurology.
Nov 4, 2020
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