Some of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela for free contraceptives fidgeted a bit when a community health worker taught them how to use an IUD, condoms and birth control ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Private equity firms now account for as much as a quarter of practices providing behavioral health services in some states, according to a new study by researchers from Oregon Health & Science University, the University of ...
May 1, 2024
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Students who take a leave of absence during medical school are less likely to match into a residency or fellowship program, a new Yale study finds, a consequence that disproportionately affects Black students. Because nonplacement ...
Apr 16, 2024
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A new study has revealed the increased home death ratio in Japan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. High population density, large numbers of patients infected with COVID-19, and areas with numerous ...
Apr 25, 2024
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A comparison of treatments for malnutrition enteropathy, caused by severe acute malnutrition (SAM), has found evidence supporting the use of treatments to enhance the healing of mucosal membranes and reduce inflammation in ...
Apr 17, 2024
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A team led by LDI senior fellow and Perelman School of Medicine faculty member Lauren Eberly at a Navajo Nation hospital in New Mexico has developed a simple intervention that increased the uptake of guideline-directed heart ...
May 8, 2024
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More Americans suffer from chronic pain than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. Yet, a shortage of pain medicine specialists persists, causing many pain sufferers to seek care in primary care settings.
May 7, 2024
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Grocery stores, airports and beaches aren't great places to have telehealth visits with your endocrinologist. But home can be one of the best locations, giving a doctor helpful insights into a patient's home environment, ...
Apr 19, 2024
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On May 1, Manatee County was set to launch a new pilot program that uses a drone to deliver a defibrillator, a tourniquet, or naloxone—an opioid-overdose antidote—to emergency scenes. The program is meant to reduce response ...
May 2, 2024
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Biomedical engineer Annabelle Singer has spent the past decade developing a noninvasive therapy for Alzheimer's disease that uses flickering lights and rhythmic tones to modulate brain waves. Now she has discovered that the ...
May 10, 2024
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