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Study shows AI tool successfully responds to patient questions in electronic health record
As part of a nationwide trend, many more of NYU Langone Health's patients during the pandemic started using electronic health record tools to ask their doctors questions, refill prescriptions, and review test results. Many ...
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Q&A: Experts discuss health care and the 2024 presidential election
Health care has often taken a central role in political campaigns, and the 2024 presidential election is no different. But the debate around health care isn't just about policy. The issues at stake—such as health care coverage ...
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Socioeconomic deprivation linked to higher risk of epilepsy related to traumatic brain injury
Socioeconomic deprivation increases the risk for sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and in some age groups, it may also increase the risk for epilepsy after a TBI, according to a research letter published in the July ...
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Self-imposed use cessation dates tied to ophthalmic drop waste
Self-imposed use cessation dates (SUCD) for multiuse eye drop bottles leads to significant drug waste and associated costs, according to a report published online July 1 in Ophthalmology.
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Academic psychiatry urged to collaborate with behavioral telehealth companies
The strengths of academic psychiatry departments and the fast-growing private telehealth sector are complementary, according to a Perspective article published in Harvard Review of Psychiatry.
Jul 15, 2024
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Why new treatments for Alzheimer's cost tens of thousands of dollars a year
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new Eli Lilly drug this month that treats Alzheimer's disease. Kisunla is an IV infusion therapy given once a month to people in the early stages of Alzheimer's, according to the ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Tennessee's shift in HIV prevention funding will lead to poorer health outcomes for its residents, suggests study
A study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases led by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators, warns that Tennessee's new HIV prevention funding policy will lead to poorer health outcomes for its residents.
Jul 15, 2024
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Medical costs are substantial and rising for privately-insured men with abnormal prostate cancer screening results
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening aims to identify men who may harbor potentially lethal prostate cancer, and those with high PSA results often require more extensive (and expensive) diagnostic testing to establish ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Doctors suffering burnout need compassion not blame, says researcher
Doctors, nurses and other health care staff suffering burnout should be shown compassion and not blamed for being unwell, according to a leading GP.
Jul 15, 2024
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A medical 'right to repair' can empower consumers—and save lives
Imagine waiting weeks or months for your wheelchair's battery or custom cushions to be replaced. This is the situation throughout Canada that thousands of people with disabilities face not only in relation to wheelchairs, ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Canada's alcohol deficit: The public cost of alcohol outweighs government revenue
Alcohol has long held a hallowed place in the consciousness of Canadian society. A more socially acceptable drug than some others, it's associated with relaxation, socializing and celebration. As a result, alcohol has received ...
Jul 15, 2024
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People with long COVID three times more likely to leave employment, UK study finds
A study of more than 9,000 people who were in work before the pandemic has found that people with long COVID are at three times higher risk of leaving employment compared to those without COVID symptoms.
Jul 12, 2024
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Targeting trans fat: Study of microwaveable popcorn weighs up tax versus ban
While some governments have imposed a tax on unhealthy ingredients in processed foods, others have opted for an outright ban. A recent study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst economists sheds new light on how these ...
Jul 11, 2024
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Better food policies needed to combat obesity and overnutrition in South Asia, says study
New research highlights an urgent need for more effective food policies to address rising levels of obesity in South Asia.
Jul 11, 2024
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Lack of affordability tops older Americans' list of health care worries
What weighs most heavily on older adults' minds when it comes to health care?
Jul 11, 2024
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Q&A: Positive leadership communication can be an effective tool to reduce worker burnout, turnover
Amy Young says it's "time to humanize" the places where we work.
Jul 11, 2024
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Work should focus on safety and well-being for everyone, experts say
Work is frequently perceived as a risk factor rather than a source of well-being, life values, development, and health. A special issue of Work on work-related pain in collaboration with the Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal ...
Jul 11, 2024
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Living in poverty due to mental health problems or developing mental health problems because of poverty? It's both
Poverty and mental illness are not only linked, but there is also a causal relationship. This is the conclusion of researchers from Amsterdam UMC, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Modena. Their study shows ...
Jul 10, 2024
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Feedback plus cash incentives reduce phone use while driving, researchers discover
To make someone put their phone down while driving, show them the money—with a catch, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. When a group of auto insurance customers were tempted with a cash incentive—and ...
Jul 10, 2024
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The US primary-care system can't withstand the next pandemic, some believe
An unprecedented strain of bird flu is spreading among dairy cattle in the U.S. An outbreak of a flesh-eating bacteria has infected more than 1,000 people in Japan. At least 13 communicable diseases including measles, dengue ...
Jul 10, 2024
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