Emergency Mental Health Visits Up After COVID-19 Surges
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Emergency departments may have increases in mental health (MH) visits after COVID-19 surges, according to a study published online March 16 in JAMA Psychiatry.Kayla N. Anderson, Ph.D., from the National Ce…
Learn MoreModerna Will Ask FDA to Approve COVID Vaccine for Young Kids
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Moderna announced Wednesday that it will ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6.The company said that its request is based on in…
Learn MoreDecision Support System Cuts Pneumonia Deaths in Community Hospitals
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A real-time electronic decision support system helps clinicians at community hospitals improve emergency department care for patients with pneumonia, according to a study published online March 7 in the Am…
Learn MoreHypertriglyceridemia Linked to Vascular Risk After Stroke
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with stroke of atherothrombotic origin, hypertriglyceridemia is associated with residual vascular risk, even for those on statin therapy, according to a study published online March 16 in Neur…
Learn MoreAHA News: Stroke Tied to Higher Risk for Depression and Other Mood Disorders
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Stroke survivors may have a higher risk of developing depression or another mood disorder within the first year, according to new research that compared their risk to the general public as…
Learn MorePatency of Iliac Vein Stents Examined in Subsequent Pregnancy
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For women with subsequent pregnancy, iliac vein stents demonstrate good peripregnancy and postpregnancy stent patency, according to a study published online in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Vascular …
Learn MoreSurvival Inferior in Black Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), non-Hispanic Black individuals have inferior survival to non-Hispanic White individuals, with census tract measures accounting for most of the disparities in…
Learn MoreCOVID Hospital Stays Leave Some Survivors With Big Medical Bills
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Severe COVID can inflict heavy physical damage on patients, but many recovering from their infection also take a financial hit, a new study finds. Up to 10% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are bille…
Learn MoreFree COVID Tests, Treatments for Uninsured Americans Cut for Lack of Funding
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Uninsured Americans will no longer be covered for free COVID-19 tests and treatments because of the budget impasse in Congress, a Biden administration official said Tuesday.The program was to stop acceptin…
Learn MoreA New Male Birth Control Pill Works — in Mice
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Science is moving closer to a male contraceptive pill, and human clinical trials of a non-hormonal version could begin later this year, researchers say.The experimental contraceptive works in mice, accordi…
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