Few Doctors, Spotty Internet: Finding Mental Health Care Tough for Many Americans
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Nearly one in five counties across the United States lack psychiatrists or internet service, making it difficult for around 10.5 million Americans to find mental health care, a new study shows. The countie…
Learn MoreDiabetes Drug Maker Sues Over Compounded Versions of Mounjaro
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Another diabetes drug maker is taking legal action against businesses in several states, alleging that they’re “fraudulently claiming” that their compounded products are the same as its medication.This tim…
Learn MoreAverage Hospital Bed Has a Big Carbon Footprint
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — How big is a hospital bed’s carbon footprint? Pretty big, new research shows.One hospital bed alone was roughly equivalent to the carbon footprint of five Canadian households, according to researchers stud…
Learn MoreBats Don’t Get Cancer, and Scientists Are Closer to Understanding Why
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Bats have an extraordinary ability to avoid cancer and handle infections, and researchers now think they might know why.Specific genetic adaptations caused by rapid evolution have made bats extremely cance…
Learn MoreYou Survived a Heart Attack. Here’s How Cardiac Rehab Can Help
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cardiac rehabilitation is a key part of recovery from a heart attack, helping to prevent another, perhaps more severe, one.About 800,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year, about on…
Learn MoreFatal Drug Overdoses Quadrupled From 1999 to 2020
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Drug overdose deaths increased 4.3-fold in the United States from 1999 to 2020, according to a study published online Aug. 31 in the American Journal of Medicine.Tarek Ghaddar, M.P.H., from Florida Atlantic …
Learn MoreElectronic Health Record Usability Tied to Patient Safety
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is a positive association between frontline user-rated electronic health record (EHR) usability and EHR safety performance, according to a study published online Sept. 11 in JAMA Network Open.David C. …
Learn MoreYoung E-Cigarette Users Report Higher Levels of Chronic Stress
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Young electronic cigarette users are more likely to report having chronic stress than nonusers, according to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2023, held from Sept….
Learn MoreAn OTC Contraceptive Pill Is Coming Soon, but Who Will Pay for It?
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The first over-the-counter birth control pill is slated to hit drug stores in early 2024, but questions about cost and insurance coverage loom.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opill (norgestrel…
Learn MoreFuture of ‘Artificial Wombs’ for Human Preemies to Be Weighed by FDA Advisers
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will weigh the possibilities and parameters of experiments with artificial wombs for premature human babies. Scientists have already had some success with th…
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