Medical economics
After medical bills broke the bank, this family headed to Mexico for care
The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020.
May 4, 2022
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Medical economics
Researchers find technology solutions to health care costs
New developments in technology may provide tools to help patients and health care providers make cost-informed decisions and connect patients to additional resources if they cannot afford their prescribed medications, say ...
Apr 13, 2022
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Health
Smoke signals: US House votes to decriminalize cannabis
US lawmakers backed the decriminalization of marijuana nationwide in a vote Friday that will eliminate punishments for providing or possessing the drug if is signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Apr 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
General practitioner collaboration took pressure off Melbourne hospitals during COVID-19 surge
In mid-2020, faced with a rising wave of COVID-19 infections—a previously unknown disease with neither vaccine nor effective treatment—an urgent, improvised collaboration between a Melbourne hospital, a primary health ...
Mar 21, 2022
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Medical economics
COVID healthcare costs 'catastrophic' for poorest
Two decades of progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is likely to be halted by COVID-19, as "catastrophic" health care bills force increasing numbers of people into extreme poverty, UN institutions have warned.
Dec 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hong Kong dismisses business pushback over 'zero-COVID' strategy
Hong Kong's leader doubled down on her zero-COVID strategy on Tuesday, brushing off growing pushback from the business community over the city's indefinite international isolation.
Aug 31, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
What is the evidence on how to improve older adults' functional abilities at home?
A new analysis called an evidence and gap map has mapped what we know about improving the functional ability of older adults living at home or in nursing homes, retirement homes, or other long-term care facilities.
Jul 8, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Barriers to physician skin exam ID'd for young melanoma survivors
(HealthDay)—Barriers to health care access, especially cost, are associated with increased odds of not having an annual physician skin examination (PSE) among young melanoma survivors, according to a research letter published ...
Jun 9, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
No evidence of an increase in risk of suicide in first months of the pandemic, but continued monitoring needed
A new observational study is the first to examine suicides occurring during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in multiple countries and finds that suicide numbers largely remained unchanged or declined in the pandemic's ...
Apr 13, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Unusual treatment shows promise for kids with brain tumors
For decades, a deadly type of childhood cancer has eluded science's best tools. Now doctors have made progress with an unusual treatment: Dripping millions of copies of a virus directly into kids' brains to infect their tumors ...
Apr 12, 2021
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