Pandemic Disrupted In-Person Mental Health Services
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The pandemic disrupted in-person mental health care, but the expansion of telehealth enabled care for an increasing number of patients, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in JAMA Health Forum.Ryan K…
Learn MoreDevelopmental Disorders Tied to More Allergic Disease
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Elementary school-age children with developmental disorders are more likely to have allergic diseases, according to a study published in the January issue of Pediatrics International.Masafumi Zaitsu, M.D., Ph…
Learn MoreDermatology Homepages Fail to Meet Accessibility Criteria
Dermatology websites are less accessible for people with disabilities than a federal public health website. Among 150 hospitals, dermatology home pages had an average of six failures to meet baseline accessibility criteria, including contrast errors, …
Learn MoreProlonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD Effective Even in Compressed Format
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Both massed and intensive outpatient forms of prolonged exposure (PE) therapy are fast and effective for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study published online Jan. 5 in JAMA…
Learn MoreEPA Proposes Tougher Rules on Air Pollution
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time in a decade, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed strengthening standards on fine soot in the air, a known contributor to serious health issues.Under the new proposal, standa…
Learn MoreAlmost 700,000 Rocking Sleepers Recalled After 15 Babies Die
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Following the deaths of 15 infants, families are advised to immediately stop using all models of Kids2 Rocking Sleepers, according to a second recall notice.Four of those 15 babies died after the first recall n…
Learn MorePostoperative Restrictive Opioid Rx Protocol Feasible for Most Patients
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Implementation of a restrictive opioid prescription protocol (ROPP) — prescribing an opioid supply of three or fewer days — to surgical patients after hospital discharge is feasible for most patients, accordi…
Learn MorePlastic Surgery Not Seeing Increase in Resident Applications
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The number of applicants to plastic surgery and other surgical residencies have changed only minimally, despite the increase in residency positions, according to a study published in the January issue of Plast…
Learn MoreiPhone Automated Audiogram Image Recognition Has Low Accuracy
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The automated audiogram image recognition feature in the iPhone has low accuracy, according to a research letter published online Jan. 5 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.Janet S. Choi, M.D., from the …
Learn MoreFDA Approves Second Drug for Alzheimer Disease, Despite Safety Concerns
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a second drug for Alzheimer disease, Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb), despite reports of rare brain bleeds linked to use of the drug in some patients.Leqembi, m…
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