Another COVID plague: big surprise medical bills for survivors (HealthDay)—Seattle resident Michael Flor's heart nearly stopped when he received a $1.1 million dollar hospital bill for months of COVID-19 treatment. Jun 22, 2020 0 59
Many U.S. counties lack infectious disease specialists (HealthDay)—The distribution of infectious disease (ID) physicians in the United States is geographically skewed, with 90 percent of U.S. counties having below-average ID physician density or no ID physicians at all, according ... Jun 22, 2020 0 51
Smoking cessation messages focusing on child are most effective (HealthDay)—Smoking cessation messages that emphasize the impact on children and with outcomes focused on respiratory health, cancer, or general health are ranked as most important by parent smokers, according to a study ... Jun 22, 2020 0 38
Statins tied to significantly lower death rate from ovarian cancer (HealthDay)—Statin drugs, used for decades to treat high cholesterol, may also reduce deaths for women with ovarian cancer, a new study suggests. Jun 22, 2020 0 112
Persistent depression might increase heart disease risk for women with HIV Women with HIV who experience persistently high levels of stress or depression have a significantly greater risk of plaque building up in their arteries than those who rarely or never report these symptoms, a new study finds. Jun 22, 2020 0 61
Taste, smell dysfunction with COVID-19 can be severe (HealthDay)—COVID-19 should be suspected when patients present with a severe reduction of taste and smell in the absence of severe nasal obstruction, according to a study published online June 18 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head ... Jun 22, 2020 0 108
A man who can't see numbers provides new insight into awareness By studying an individual with an extremely rare brain anomaly that prevents him from seeing certain numbers, Johns Hopkins University researchers provided new evidence that a robust brain response to something like a face ... Jun 22, 2020 2 528
Study shows new way of identifying tumor response to immunotherapy Scientists at City of Hope, working in collaboration with researchers at Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and other colleagues across the country, have found that the actions of circulating immune cells—namely ... Jun 22, 2020 0 121
Study identifies social and behavioral factors most closely associated with dying Smoking, divorce and alcohol abuse have the closest connection to death out of 57 social and behavioral factors analyzed in research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Jun 22, 2020 0 218
Critically ill COVID-19 patients are 10 times more likely to develop cardiac arrhythmias Patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to an intensive care unit were 10 times more likely than other hospitalized COVID-19 patients to suffer cardiac arrest or heart rhythm disorders, according to a new study from researchers ... Jun 22, 2020 0 53