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Big gaps seen in home medical test use by older adults
With a fresh wave of free COVID-19 rapid tests now shipping to households nationwide, and many other types of at-home medical tests now available on store shelves and websites, a new study looks at what older adults think ...
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Rural-urban differences seen in hospitals' pediatric services
Children with medical complexity (CMC) who reside in rural areas are significantly more likely to present to hospitals without dedicated pediatric services, according to a study published online Sept. 24 in JAMA Network Open.
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Medicare is covering fewer specialist visits. But why are doctors' fees so high in the first place?
Fees for medical specialists are going up faster than Medicare rebates, leading to a bigger gap for patients to pay.
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Medicare changes for 2025: What you need to know
Fall has arrived, and that means open enrollment for Medicare starts Oct. 15. There are several changes for 2024 that you should know before enrolling or updating your Medicare coverage. Even if you won't turn 65 for a few ...
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Q&A: What's covered by California's new IVF insurance requirement?
Starting next July, some California residents' health insurance will pay for in-vitro fertilization, but it doesn't apply to everyone.
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Costs of fatal falls among US older adults trump those attributed to firearm deaths: Study
The cost of fatal falls among older people (45–85+) trump those of firearm deaths in the US, finds research published in the open access journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.
Oct 1, 2024
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In chronic pain, this teenager 'could barely do anything:' Insurer wouldn't cover surgery
When Preston Nafz was 12, he asked his dad for permission to play lacrosse. "First practice, he came back, he said, 'Dad, I love it,'" recalled his father, Lothar Nafz, of Hoover, Alabama. "He lives for lacrosse."
Oct 1, 2024
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What's at stake for health care reform in the US election?
While abortion and reproductive health care are in the spotlight during the 2024 United States presidential campaign, other health policy issues, including Medicare and Medicaid, have drawn less attention. Despite this low ...
Oct 1, 2024
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A few rural towns are bucking the trend and building new hospitals
There's a new morning ritual in Pinedale, Wyoming, a town of about 2,000 nestled against the Wind River Mountains.
Oct 1, 2024
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Social supermarkets in the UK found to provide a space to transition out of food poverty segregation
Over the last decade, urban poverty has dramatically increased in the UK, with an explosion in people needing to access emergency food parcels provided by food banks. But these food banks, while providing essential and extremely ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Racism damages health and well-being and drives inequalities in London
Structural racism affects the health and well-being of ethnic minority group communities in London and contributes to avoidable and unfair inequalities between ethnic groups, finds a new report published by the UCL Institute ...
Oct 1, 2024
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How nurses can hone clinical skills through military-civilian partnership
Partnerships with civilian trauma centers and health systems provide an underused way for military medical personnel to obtain clinical experience relevant to both combat medicine and general hospital care, according to an ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Analysis calculates $725M in economic potential from expanded cancer treatment access
A recent analysis, published in The Lancet Oncology, calculates that increasing access to [¹⁷⁷Lu]PSMA therapy for eligible patients could generate $725 million in economic potential. This impact is projected across nine ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Female representation improves in high-paying medical specialties, finds study
Despite continuing overall inequities, the number of female residents matriculating to high-paying medical specialties has increased, with a notable rise in women entering high compensation surgical fields.
Sep 30, 2024
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Study identifies cost-effective solutions to prevent and treat postpartum hemorrhage
A new study has found that care bundles and medication used to treat or prevent excessive blood loss are cost-effective ways of addressing postpartum hemorrhage—the leading cause of maternal deaths in limited-resource settings.
Sep 30, 2024
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Companies keep selling harmful products, but history shows consumers can win in the end
In 2023, 42 state attorneys general sued Meta to remove Instagram features that Meta's own studies had shown—and independent research had confirmed—are harmful to teenage girls.
Sep 30, 2024
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Sociologists estimate impact of Alaska's universal cash payments on birth outcomes
A sociological investigation has estimated the effects of Alaska's universal cash transfer program on newborn health outcomes using data spanning 28 years. The study revealed that while a cash payment during pregnancy had ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Single parents and people with long-term health conditions disproportionately vulnerable to food insecurity: Study
Single parents and people with long-term health conditions are more likely to be experiencing severe forms of food insecurity, according to a new study by the University of Sheffield.
Sep 30, 2024
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Medicaid could bolster or reshape US homeless policy
Medicaid and health systems are playing a growing role in providing housing and other services to people experiencing homelessness, investments that could bolster—or eventually overtake—existing governance structures, ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after 'nightmare' COVID conditions, with little help
One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan's vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans' home. As her head spun, she said, she called her husband. He picked her up and drove her to the ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Access to a GP can make all the difference in surviving lung cancer—and that is a problem for Māori
Surviving lung cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand could depend on whether you can access a GP—raising questions about equity in the country's health system.
Sep 29, 2024
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Clinical cancer research in the US is increasingly dominated by pharmaceutical industry sponsors, study finds
Researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center identified a substantial increase over the past decade in the proportion of patients with cancer in the U.S. who participate in pharmaceutical industry sponsored clinical trials compared ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Firearm injuries lead to more complications, greater risk of death and higher inpatient costs than other injuries
Children who are injured by firearms require significantly more inpatient care, have higher medical complication rates and face a greater risk of death than children with other forms of trauma, according to research presented ...
Sep 27, 2024
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On campaign trail, Vance lays out 'concept of a plan' for health care
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance's plan to rework President Barack Obama's signature health care law is vague on details, but many conservative health care experts say it would take the Republican Party back ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Researcher: Drug prices improved under Biden-Harris and Trump, but not for everyone, and not enough
When it comes to drug pricing, the Trump and Biden-Harris administrations both have some very modest wins to tout.
Sep 26, 2024
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