Health
How you can help ease the health crisis in Ukraine
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has become a humanitarian crisis.
Mar 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Homeless deaths doubled in San Francisco during the pandemic's first year, mostly from drug overdoses
More than twice as many people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco died during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years, with the leading cause of death being drug overdose. No deaths attributed ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
An $80,000 tab for newborns lays out a loophole in the new law to curb surprise bills
When Greg and Sugar Bull were ready to start a family, health challenges necessitated that they work with a gestational surrogate. The woman who carried and gave birth to their twins lived two states away.
Feb 28, 2022
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Medical economics
New AMA billing guidelines may not yet ease burden of EHR time for many physicians
A new observational study has found that the American Medical Association (AMA) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) new billing guidelines immediately affected the distribution of evaluation and management ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Health
Experts warn of the increasing overmedicalization of death, call for rethink of how society cares for dying people
Health and social systems around the world are failing to give appropriate, compassionate care to people who are dying and their families. According to a new Lancet Commission, today's current overemphasis on aggressive treatments ...
Jan 31, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Defibrillator drone helps save Swedish heart attack patient
An autonomous drone carrying a defibrillator helped save the life of a 71-year-old man who suffered a cardiac arrest in Sweden, the man and the drone operator said Friday.
Jan 7, 2022
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Pediatrics
Children with chronic health conditions and special education needs should receive more help with online learning
Online learning poses additional challenges to children with chronic medical conditions or special education needs, and these patients could benefit from more support from pediatric clinicians to be academically successful, ...
Jan 4, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Uncontrolled HIV could be behind COVID-19 variants in Africa
Failure to get COVID-19 vaccines to countries with high rates of uncontrolled advanced HIV could lead to the emergence of new variants, write Nokukhanya Msomi, Richard Lessells and colleagues in a Comment in this week's Nature. ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Other
UK to probe 'systematic bias' in medical devices tech
Britain's health secretary announced Sunday he has launched an independent review to examine if "systematic bias" exists in the development of medical devices, after COVID-19 brought the issue "to the fore".
Nov 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EMS responders may be vulnerable to outbreaks
Emergency medical services responders provide life-saving care every day, but new research suggests that they may be vulnerable to deadly disease outbreaks.
Nov 11, 2021
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