New research has revealed unhealthy and older men are contributing to higher rates of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in rural Australia. OSA is a condition where a person repeatedly pauses breathing while asleep due to their ...
Dec 5, 2023
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In 2020, then a sociology professor at the University of Texas at Austin and principal investigator of Decode Zika, Letícia Marteleto was leading a team interviewing 4,000 women in Pernambuco, the Brazilian state hit hardest ...
Dec 1, 2023
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A recent Mayo Clinic retrospective study published in JCO Oncology Practice shows that cancer practices can integrate telehealth without duplicative care, allowing for a more streamlined health care experience for patients ...
Nov 22, 2023
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For people living in rural areas, accessing quality health care services can sometimes be difficult. A large portion of this difficulty can be boiled down to supply and demand. Rural residents tend to be older and less healthy, ...
Nov 21, 2023
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To many Americans, telehealth options for connecting with their health care providers seemed to spring to life suddenly in 2020—even though some virtual care options started years before that.
Nov 21, 2023
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These days, Catherine Mangosho locks her 3-year-old grandson in the house for hours on end in an attempt to shield him from a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe.
Nov 20, 2023
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From 2011 to 2021, there was no change in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overall, but increases were seen among adults aged ≥75 years, those in micropolitan counties, and among current or ...
Nov 17, 2023
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With heart disease and diabetes—which can be caused or worsened by poor diet—among the leading causes of death and illness for adults in the United States, researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development ...
Nov 13, 2023
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New research finds that almost half of people who use illicit drugs in rural areas have been recently incarcerated.
Nov 9, 2023
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A research simulation suggests that a drone delivery system could improve access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs), a portable device that can shock the heart rhythm back to normal when a person is experiencing ...
Nov 6, 2023
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