Surgery
Even at best hospitals, low-income older cancer patients struggle after surgery
They're old enough to qualify for Medicare, and their incomes are low enough to qualify them for Medicaid.
Mar 9, 2022
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Medications
Hospital-affiliated doctors found to prescribe fewer antibiotics through telehealth than third-party physicians
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for telemedicine boomed—increasing 63-fold among Medicare users alone from approximately 840,000 telehealth visits in 2019 to 52.7 million in 2020.
Mar 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clarifying the CDC's COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidelines
In December 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines for how long people should isolate following a COVID-19 infection. The agency shortened the isolation from 10 days to five, followed ...
Mar 7, 2022
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Diabetes
Public health researchers use telemedicine to manage diabetes and hypertension in rural Pakistan
Researchers at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) are working to implement telemedicine for managing diabetes and hypertension in rural Pakistan—care that is urgently needed to replace ...
Mar 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Caregivers find remote monitoring during COVID-19 pandemic an unexpected patient safety benefit
In an opinion article appearing online Feb. 25 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, authors from University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University write about the unexpected patient safety benefit resulting ...
Feb 25, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Pregnancy-related deaths climbed in pandemic's first year
Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic's first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a government report released Wednesday.
Feb 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Angry and abused, health care workers still overwhelmingly love careers, poll shows
Heading into the third year of a wearying pandemic, America's health care workers report significant levels of burnout and even anger about the complications of politics and rising incidents of abuse from patients and their ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study looks at Moderna COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness
New Kaiser Permanente research published February 21, 2022 in Nature Medicine shows that while Moderna COVID-19 vaccine protection is strong against coronavirus infection by the Delta variant, it is not as strong against ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Health
These simple steps can help seniors manage their health care
(HealthDay)—Navigating the health care system can be challenging, but an expert urges older people not to try to go it alone.
Feb 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Swiss lift most COVID-19 restrictions as infections decline
Switzerland on Wednesday became the latest European country to ease coronavirus restrictions, including ending health checks for incoming travelers and the need to have COVID-19 passes to enter many public venues.
Feb 16, 2022
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