In March and April 2020, mental health claim lines for individuals aged 13-18, as a percentage of all medical claim lines, approximately doubled over the same months in the previous year. At the height of the spring wave ...
Mar 02, 2021
0
82
Eighty percent of Americans over 50 say their primary care doctor hasn't asked about their hearing in the past two years, and nearly as many—77%—haven't had their hearing checked by a professional in that same time, according ...
Mar 02, 2021
0
3
This Heart Month Dr. Bruce T. Liang, director of UConn Health's Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center and dean of the UConn School of Medicine, is sharing his strong message for those with preexisting conditions like heart ...
Feb 24, 2021
0
1
The prevalence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) is higher for male and female veterans versus nonveterans, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publication from the ...
Feb 24, 2021
0
4
People with cardiometabolic risk factors such as high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes have an increased risk of life-threatening COVID-19 requiring treatment with invasive ventilation in the intensive care unit. The ...
Feb 18, 2021
0
0
A nationwide analysis of data from the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina has identified factors associated with increased risk of death or admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) due to the disease, including ...
Feb 11, 2021
0
7
Experts call for policy reform to improve ethnic equity of socioeconomic opportunity, service provision, and health outcomes. They also call for long-term studies to investigate how structural and institutional racism generate ...
Jan 29, 2021
0
2
Hospitalizations for diabetes-related foot ulcers (DFUs) are increasing, according to a study published online Jan. 13 in Diabetes Care.
Jan 26, 2021
0
3
The majority of Americans are stressed, sleep-deprived and overweight and suffer from largely preventable lifestyle diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. Being overweight or obese contributes to the ...
Jan 21, 2021
0
4
Where people die can affect the quality of their deaths and the end-of-life care that they receive. A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that satisfaction with end-of-life care was rated ...
Jan 21, 2021
0
3
