Health, Economic Impact of COVID-19 Set to Lessen in Coming Years
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to lessen in the coming years, according to a study published online March 28 in Health Affairs.John A. Poisal, from the Centers for Medicare…
Learn MoreAlzheimer Disease, Related Dementia Diagnoses Up in Medicare Decedents
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 2004 to 2017, there was an increase in the percentage of U.S. older adult decedents with a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD), according to a study published online April 1 in JAM…
Learn MoreHigher Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Under 5s During Omicron
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For children aged under 5, the incidence rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was higher with the omicron variant versus the delta variant, according to a research let…
Learn MoreMental Health Among High School Students Explored During COVID-19
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For adolescents, feelings of connectedness were associated with lower prevalence of poor mental health and suicidality during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in a supplement to the April…
Learn MoreLiving-Donor Liver Transplant Promising for CRC With Liver Mets
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For select patients with liver-confined, unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRLM), total hepatectomy and living-donor liver transplant (LDLT) is associated with good rates of recurrence-free and …
Learn MoreAt-Home Visual Acuity Tests Valid Versus In-Office Testing
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Measurements for three at-home self-administered visual acuity (VA) tests were within one line of Snellen acuity compared within-office VA measurements, according to a study published online March 31 in JAMA O…
Learn MoreEarly Use of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Cuts Hospitalization Risk
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 convalescent plasma administered to mostly unvaccinated outpatients within nine days after symptom onset reduced the risk of progression of COVID-19 leading to hospitalization, according to a study pu…
Learn MoreEight-Gene Model Can Help Predict Progression to Severe Dengue
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An eight-gene model can help predict progression to severe dengue (SD), according to a study published online March 29 in Genome Medicine.Yiran E. Liu, from Stanford University in California, and colleagues in…
Learn MoreBuprenorphine Prescribing for Medicaid Beneficiaries Down in 2020
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — During 2020, buprenorphine dispensed to Medicaid beneficiaries was significantly below prepandemic levels nationally, according to a research letter published online March 24 in JAMA Network Open.William N. Do…
Learn MoreVNS May Cut Hospital Costs for Children With Refractory Epilepsy
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Antiseizure medication (ASM) plus vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is associated with lower annual hospital costs over time for pediatric patients with refractory epilepsy compared to ASM alone, according to a st…
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