Black and Hispanic patients consistently experience higher odds of postpartum emergency departments visits in New York state, according to a study published online March 21 in JAMA Network Open.
Mar 22, 2023
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Findings from a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control highlight perceptions of and barriers to reliable hand hygiene among specific clinician subgroups. The results, from the first study of its ...
Mar 16, 2023
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The rate of burnout among health care workers has become higher after the COVID-19 pandemic. Unless mitigated, this could have disastrous ripple effects across the entire health care ecosystem in the US. Recent research has ...
Mar 14, 2023
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As many as half of all Americans with chronic diseases like hypertension and depression don't take their medications as prescribed. And more than 100,000 people die due to medication nonadherence each year, costing upward ...
Mar 14, 2023
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A United States Food and Drug Administration mandate to limit the dosage of acetaminophen in pills that combine acetaminophen and opioid medications is significantly associated with subsequent reductions in serious liver ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Researchers from the University of Liverpool have tested whether the AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT could be used to make decisions about prescribing patients with antibiotics.
Feb 21, 2023
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Postpartum hemorrhage—severe bleeding after childbirth—is a leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide. There have been few innovations in treatment in recent years.
Feb 10, 2023
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I suffered an injury while working out and my primary care physician ordered an X-ray. However, after reviewing the results, my doctor recommended that I have an MRI. I am a very anxious person. Can you explain more about ...
Feb 10, 2023
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The American Thoracic Society, together with six sites across the U.S., is launching the ATS ICU Pause Initiative to educate health care providers about patient safety and equity in diagnosis at the time of ICU discharge. ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Every time a child gets a computed tomography (CT) scan from a hospital they are exposed to radiation that—according to research—creates a 1-in-1,000 risk of developing a fatal tumor later in life.
Jan 31, 2023
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