Emailing Your Doctor Could Soon Cost You
FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Email has become an easy and essential form of communication between patients and physicians — so much so that doctors are deluged daily with messages from patients.Now, some hospitals and health systems have…
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Emailing your doctor could soon cost you. Some health care systems have started charging for doctor’s emailed responses to certain patient messages, but experts worry that could keep poorer patients from needed services. Read moreLess may be more when…
Learn MoreASA: Stem Cell Transplant Improves Vasculopathy in Sickle Cell Patients
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For adults with sickle cell disease (SCD), hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) seems to improve or prevent development of vasculopathies, according to a study presented at the American Stroke Assoc…
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THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For adults with sickle cell disease (SCD), hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) seems to improve or prevent development of vasculopathies, according to a study presented at the American Stroke Assoc…
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New injected drug could fight severe COVID. PEG-lambda cuts in half the risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, a clinical trial has shown. Read moreCommon plastics chemical could raise diabetes risk in women. Researchers found that certain women expo…
Learn MoreLos hispanos y negros de EE. UU. en diálisis tienen un riesgo más alto de infecciones peligrosas
MARTES, 7 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los pacientes con enfermedad renal que reciben diálisis tienen 100 veces más probabilidades de contraer una infección sanguínea peligrosa que las personas que no reciben el tratamiento, y este riesgo se…
Learn MoreGenetic, Environmental Prenatal Risk Factors Play Role in Early Atopic Dermatitis
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Genetic and environmental prenatal risk factors play a role in early childhood atopic dermatitis (AD), according to a review published online Jan. 27 in the Annals of Dermatology.Hong Cui, M.D., Ph.D., from …
Learn MoreHigh-Intensity MRI Can ID Local Recurrence for Musculoskeletal STS
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) used at high intensity can detect clinically occult local recurrences (LRs) for musculoskeletal soft-tissue sarcoma (STS), according to a systematic review published online J…
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) used at high intensity can detect clinically occult local recurrences (LRs) for musculoskeletal soft-tissue sarcoma (STS), according to a systematic review published online J…
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Big changes are coming to health care after pandemic emergencies expire. People will soon have to pay part or all the cost of COVID tests, treatments and vaccines, and as many as 15 million people will likely lose their Medicaid coverage. Read moreAme…
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