Health
Earthquakes are unpredictable: Plan ahead to lower the danger
When an earthquake struck the center of Morocco earlier this month, killing nearly 3,000 and injuring thousands more, no one was expecting it.
Sep 19, 2023
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Health
How is rural health care impacted when more doctors go to work directly for hospital systems?
The rate of physicians going to work directly for hospital systems has doubled in the last 10 years, and a researcher wants to know how this affects the delivery of health care, its quality and cost, especially in rural areas.
Sep 19, 2023
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Diabetes
Study shows the major measure of diabetes is significantly higher in young Black patients
LSU Health New Orleans research led by Stuart Chalew, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has found that HbA1c, a major metric of diabetes management, is markedly higher in black youth ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Addiction
Overdose deaths from fentanyl laced stimulants have risen 50-fold since 2010
New UCLA-led research has found that the proportion of US overdose deaths involving both fentanyl and stimulants has increased more than 50-fold since 2010, from 0.6% (235 deaths) in 2010 to 32.3% (34,429 deaths) in 2021.
Sep 14, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Poll shows 70% of Americans are uncomfortable with prospect of being admitted to nursing home
More than 40% of Americans say nursing homes are unsafe and 7 in 10 say they would be uncomfortable with ever having to be admitted to one even if they needed such care, while more than 6 in 10 (61%) feel similarly anxious ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
ER-positive breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in African American, white women: Study
New research has found the most common form of breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in the blood of African American women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer compared with non-Hispanic white women. ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Americans who are deaf can now use 988 suicide helpline
The U.S. government's 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is expanding its reach to help more people.
Sep 11, 2023
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Cardiology
Cold weather may pose challenges to treating high blood pressure
Blood pressure among patients diagnosed with hypertension appeared to slightly increase and rates of systolic (top number) blood pressure being controlled during an outpatient visit appeared to slightly decrease during winter ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Gun suicides keep rising among US youth, study finds
Suicides by Americans aged 10 to 24 are continuing to climb and guns are increasingly the method of choice in these tragedies, a new report finds.
Sep 5, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on American Indians
A study of COVID-19 patients at a New Mexico hospital finds that the virus hit American Indian patients particularly hard—even though Native American patients had fewer other illnesses or conditions than non-native patients. ...
Aug 30, 2023
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