Cardiology
Home blood pressure test eases GP demand
Patients who need a blood pressure test might not need to visit their GP thanks to a digital system that makes it easier to send results to their doctor.
Jun 19, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rural America is more vulnerable to COVID-19 than cities are, and it's starting to show
Rural areas seemed immune as the coronavirus spread through cities earlier this year. Few rural cases were reported, and attention focused on the surge of illnesses and deaths in the big metro areas. But that false sense ...
Jun 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disparities in travel time to COVID-19 testing sites may bias case estimates
As the U.S. economy begins to reopen after two months of lockdown, states and counties are using local data on COVID-19 incidence to inform their plans. But a new analysis highlights an inconvenient truth. Geographic access ...
Jun 15, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virus taking hold in rural, old plantation region of Alabama
Sparsely populated Lowndes County, deep in Alabama's old plantation country, has the sad distinction of having both the state's highest rate of COVID-19 cases and its worst unemployment rate.
May 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 now reaching into rural America
(HealthDay)—Until now, cities such as New York, Seattle, Los Angeles and New Orleans have been hot spots for COVID-19 outbreaks in the United States.
May 12, 2020
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Health
Study shows grange a 'natural partner' for expanding health outreach
In the ongoing struggle to address health care disparities in rural communities across the U.S., a recent Oregon State University study found that the perfect partner may be hiding in plain sight.
May 8, 2020
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Health
COVID-19 limitations unique opportunity for researchers to decrease digital divide
The COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders and other limitations could offer researchers the chance to use technology to decrease the digital divide and disparities in academic research, suggests a University of California, Davis, ...
Apr 30, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus is spreading through rural South's high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse
In the rural South, the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming a silent disaster.
Apr 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is the Southern US more at risk for COVID-19?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend life in cities across the world, a University of Mississippi sociologist is focusing on the current and potential impact of the virus on rural communities across the South.
Apr 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers map rural U.S. counties most vulnerable to COVID-19
A county-by-county analysis of the United States by Princeton University researchers suggests that rural counties with high populations of people over 60 and limited access to health care facilities could eventually be among ...
Apr 16, 2020
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