Health
Trust in NHS advice key to COVID vaccine uptake, study finds
People's trust in the NHS was linked to increased uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic, a study suggests.
Feb 13, 2024
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Medical economics
Can a $6.4 billion mental health ballot measure solve California homelessness?
For decades, thousands of Californians struggling with mental health and addiction have languished on the street. Now, voters will decide whether a March 5 ballot measure is the solution to get them the care they desperately ...
Feb 12, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazil launches dengue vaccination amid outbreak
Brazil launched a dengue fever immunization campaign Friday, becoming the first country in the world to provide the vaccine through its public health system as it deals with a surge in cases.
Feb 10, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Doctors may not be giving young cancer patients what they need
The rate of cancer deaths in the U.S. has steadily declined for several decades. But there's a caveat: We've recently seen a small but worrisome increase in the rate of certain cancers—particularly colon cancers—among ...
Feb 7, 2024
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Medical research
Could artificial intelligence help or hurt medical research articles?
Since its introduction to the public in November 2022, ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence system, has substantially grown in use, creating written stories, graphics, art, and more with just a short prompt from the user. ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Health
Insider Q&A: Look for telemedicine to play a growing role in your regular care
Telemedicine's early days of handling mostly mild illnesses like sinus infections or pink eye are fading fast.
Feb 5, 2024
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Health
How better and cheaper software could save millions of dollars while improving Canada's health care system
Billions of Canadian tax dollars have been funneled to private companies to develop proprietary medical software. More tax dollars were then paid to the same companies to use the software to run our medical system.
Feb 5, 2024
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Medications
Social inequity linked to lower use of epidural in childbirth
In a study of women in labor in the U. S., social inequity was associated with lower use of neuraxial analgesia—an epidural or spinal pain reliever— among non-Hispanic white women and, to a greater extent, among African ...
Feb 1, 2024
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Health
Where are the nation's primary care providers? It's not an easy answer
Clinicians at Valley-Wide Health Systems never know who will appear at their clinic in San Luis, a town of about 600 people in southern Colorado.
Feb 1, 2024
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Autoimmune disease and pregnancy: Study challenges prevailing wisdom and unveils nuances
For many aspiring mothers with autoimmune disease, pregnancy can be daunting and full of unknowns. In some cases, those suffering from specific autoimmune conditions have chosen to forego pregnancy altogether due to concerns ...
Jan 31, 2024
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