Disparities Persist in CVD Mortality, Despite Overall Decline
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Rural counties and counties with a higher percentage of Black residents continue to experience higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality despite overall declines in CVD mortality, according to a study pub…
Learn MoreWorse Care Experiences Reported at For-Profit Hospices
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Caregivers of patients receiving hospice care report worse care experiences at for-profit hospices, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Rebecca Anhang Price, Ph.D., from th…
Learn MoreTexas Judge Set to Rule on Abortion Pill
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Whether women will continue to be able to get a medication abortion using the drug mifepristone in the United States hinges on the impending ruling of a federal judge in Texas.The case will soon be decided by …
Learn MoreBlack Patients With Dementia Are Less Likely to Get Appropriate Meds: Study
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When Black patients struggle with dementia, they are less likely to receive helpful medications than their white peers, a new study warns.Researchers looked at how often patients received one or more of five …
Learn MoreU.S. Pedestrian Deaths Keep Rising
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Pedestrian deaths have surged on U.S. roads in recent years, and they are climbing again.Pedestrian deaths hit a 40-year high in 2021, and numbers for the first half of 2022 were up about 5% over the same per…
Learn MoreFlu Vaccine Effective for 2022/2023 Season
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — During the 2022 to 2023 influenza season, vaccination is effective for reducing the risk for medically attended influenza among children and adults aged younger than 65 years and for symptomatic influenza amon…
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Home Test to Detect Both Flu and COVID-19
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new at-home test will help people struggling with upper respiratory symptoms figure out whether they have COVID-19 or the flu. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lucira under an emergency use aut…
Learn MoreAfter Criticism, FDA Pledges to Revamp Its Tobacco Division
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The heavily criticized U.S. Food and Drug Administration tobacco program promised changes on Friday, including a five-year strategic plan to better outline priorities.”As we enter this era of declining use of…
Learn MoreHow to Recover From Burnout
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Work isn’t always easy, but sometimes it becomes almost unbearable. You might experience a constellation of symptoms, including emotional exhaustion, a reduced sense of personal accomplishment and cynicism, wh…
Learn MoreLa ‘norma de 5 días’ de Nueva Jersey no frenó el uso de opioides
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Aunque muchas políticas sobre los opioides de Nueva Jersey han funcionado para combatir al abuso de los medicamentos, una que limitó la duración de las recetas no tuve el efecto deseado, muestra una n…
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