More Clinical Benefits of Molnupiravir ID’d in COVID-19
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, molnupiravir offers additional important clinical benefits, according to a study published online June 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Noting that molnupiravir…
Learn MoreVaccination Status Affects Patient Willingness to Have Surgery During Pandemic
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patient and hospital staff’s vaccine status may influence patients’ willingness to undergo a surgery during a pandemic, according to a study published in the June 9 issue of Vaccine.Anna Clebone Ruskin, M.D., …
Learn MoreMore Physical Activity, Less Sitting May Lower Risk for Stroke
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Spending more time being physically active, particularly at moderate intensity, and less time being sedentary may lower the risk for having a stroke, according to a study published online June 3 in JAMA Networ…
Learn MoreASCO: ACA Medicaid Expansion Has Increased Access to Cancer Trials
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid Expansion (ME) was associated with an increase in the proportion of patients using Medicaid in cancer clinical trials, according to a study presented at the…
Learn MoreBlack Children Less Likely to Receive Diagnostic Imaging at ED Visit
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black children consistently are less likely to receive diagnostic imaging than White children presenting to a pediatric emergency department, according to a study published online June 2 in JAMA Network Open.M…
Learn MoreASCO: Parental Cancer Tied to Risk for Unmet Social Needs in Children
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Parental cancer is associated with a greater likelihood of family-level food insecurity, financial worry about housing costs and other monthly bills, and transportation barriers to medical care for U.S. childr…
Learn MorePediatric Suspected Suicides by Poisoning Up, Including Among Younger Ages
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Suspected suicide attempts by poisoning reported to U.S. poison centers increased 26.7 percent between 2015 and 2020, according to a study recently published in Clinical Toxicology.Jennifer A. Ross, M.D., from…
Learn MoreRisk for Migraine Increased in Lightly Pigmented Adults
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The risk for migraine is increased in lightly pigmented adults, according to a study published online May 10 in Brain Sciences.Magdalena Kobus, from the University of Lodz in Poland, and colleagues examined th…
Learn More2016 to 2019 Saw Drop in Patients Receiving Opioids, Benzodiazepines
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 2016 to 2019, there was a decline in the percentage of patients receiving concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions, according to a research letter published online June 7 in the Annals of Interna…
Learn MoreWorse Health-Related QoL for Menstrual Migraine
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients with menstrual migraine have worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than those with nonmenstrual migraine, according to a study published online May 15 in BMC Women’s Health.Wenxiu Luo, from The …
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