Health

Tips for being realistic with New Year's health resolutions

Getting in better shape is consistently one of the most common New Year's resolutions people make each year, but many have a hard time following through. Dani Johnson, a wellness physical therapist with the Mayo Clinic Healthy ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Patients' geography impacts guideline-concordant COPD care

Geographical challenges to accessing care increase the likelihood of receiving guideline-discordant inhaler regimens following hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, according to a ...

Health

Parent drinking behaviors linked to adolescent drinking

Parent drinking behaviors, specifically frequent drinking and binge drinking, are associated with increased odds of drinking among adolescents, according to a study published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Hydroxyurea underused in youth with sickle cell

Few youths with sickle cell anemia (SCA) receive hydroxyurea despite national guidelines recommending its use, according to a study published online March 24 in JAMA Network Open.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Rates of surgical consults lower for Black patients

Black Medicare patients have lower odds of receiving a surgical consultation after being admitted from the emergency department with an emergency general surgery condition versus similar White Medicare patients, according ...

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