During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for telemedicine boomed—increasing 63-fold among Medicare users alone from approximately 840,000 telehealth visits in 2019 to 52.7 million in 2020.
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Transgender individuals are less likely to have had a primary care visit in the last year than cisgender individuals, despite having more chronic conditions. A study from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of ...
Mar 7, 2022
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Updated criteria to guide COVID-19 restrictions will be announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention later this week or early next week, according to a CDC scientist involved in the process.
Feb 24, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Emergency rooms across the country have seen a surge in the number of teenage girls dealing with eating and other disorders, including anxiety, depression and stress, during the pandemic, a new government report ...
Feb 21, 2022
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The flu is back with case counts that look comparable to those that predate the pandemic, with one important distinction.
Feb 7, 2022
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As public awareness of opioid abuse in the U.S. has grown, so too have efforts to reduce—or even eliminate—the use of opioids after various types of operations. A regional quality improvement (QI) effort to reduce opioid ...
Feb 3, 2022
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New research suggests giving extra cash to low-income mothers can change their infants' brain development.
Jan 30, 2022
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When it comes to the link between socioeconomic status and health, perception can be as important as reality. A study published by the American Psychological Association finds that new mothers who see themselves as lower ...
Jan 13, 2022
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New Year's Day, Super Bowl Sunday and other days when more people consume more alcohol are also associated with more emergency room visits for atrial fibrillation, an often-deadly heart rhythm disorder, reported a new study ...
Jan 12, 2022
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Ontario saw nine times more emergency department (ED) visits per month for cannabis poisonings in young children under the age of 10 after Canada legalized recreational cannabis, according to a study published in JAMA Network ...
Jan 7, 2022
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