Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
STD cases in the US spiked during pandemic
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic kept people isolated at home, sexually transmitted disease (STDs) cases increased across the United States.
Apr 12, 2022
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News tagged with public health insurance
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
At-home COVID-19 tests could be a passport to normalcy, but they can also give us false confidence
The coming weeks should bring a new phase in the pandemic, as policy shifts and a supply of up to a billion free, government-issued rapid test kits for home use promise to make diagnosing COVID-19 at home cheaper and easier.
Jan 28, 2022
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Cardiology
Rural patients less likely to receive cardiovascular care, more likely to die from certain heart conditions
Rural Americans are less likely to have health insurance, have less access to healthcare services for urgent conditions and are more likely to encounter lower quality care than their urban counterparts, according the Centers ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Colorectal cancer screening lags among rural women, study finds
Women who live in urban and rural areas get screened for breast cancer at similar rates, but rural women get screened for colorectal cancer at significantly lower rates than their urban counterparts, new research reveals.
Dec 14, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Talk therapy by US psychiatrists declined by half since 1990s
For decades, psychiatrists routinely used both psychotherapy (talk therapy) and medication to treat patients. This is hardly the case anymore, according to a new study out of Columbia University.
Dec 8, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
People hospitalized with COVID-19, from poor neighborhoods had higher rate of heart events
People in the U.S. who live in socially vulnerable neighborhoods, which includes communities with higher rates of poverty, crowded living situations and/or a higher proportion of people from diverse racial and ethnic groups, ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Surgery
Study highlights crucial health disparity in living-donor transplant candidates
Lifesaving living-donor liver transplants are out of reach for patients in several demographics according to a new study conducted by Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty. Researchers found that patients who had lower incomes ...
Aug 10, 2021
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Dentistry
Medicaid expansion of dental care can increase access
When public health insurance like Medicaid expands its dental coverage, by increasing the types of procedures it covers and the total amount a dentist can spend on an individual patient, more dentists will locate to the expansion ...
Aug 9, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer-related follow-up care underutilized by young adult survivors of childhood cancer
Treatments for childhood cancers have been increasingly successful, with a greater than 80 percent 5-year survival rate. However, there are numerous, lifelong risks that appear in years following treatment. Thus, life-long ...
Aug 4, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
2014 to 2019 saw increase in HIV testing, but rates remain low
(HealthDay)—The percentage of males and nonpregnant females aged ≥13 years with commercial insurance or Medicaid who received HIV testing increased from 2014 to 2019, but remained below 6 percent, according to research ...
Jun 28, 2021
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