Home BP Monitoring Can Cut Burden of CVD, Health Care Costs
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Home blood pressure monitoring can reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease and reduce health care costs, according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.Yan Li, Ph.D…
Learn MoreDiscordance Seen in Self-Reported, Actual Comorbidities in Native American Adults
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is discordance between the prevalence of self-reported comorbidities and measured cardiometabolic risk factors among Native American adults, according to a study published online July 6 in PLOS Global H…
Learn MoreLatinos With Advanced Degrees Underrepresented in Health Care Workforce
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Latinos remain underrepresented in U.S. health professions that require advanced degrees, according to a study published in the July issue of Health Affairs.Indira Ghandi Islas, M.P.H., from the Congressional…
Learn MoreSafety Videos Might Make Kids More Careful Around Guns, Study Suggests
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Shootings are the leading cause of death among U.S. children, surpassing even car crashes. But a new study suggests there may be a sensible way to reduce those firearm tragedies.Researchers found that kids wh…
Learn MoreRedlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In areas where Black Americans have been historically affected by discriminatory housing practices, there is higher heart failure risk, according to new research.Researchers studying more than 2.3 million U.S…
Learn MorePatient Aggression Toward Medical Receptionists Is Common
MONDAY, July 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patient aggression toward general practice reception staff is a serious workplace safety concern, according to a review published online July 6 in Family Medicine and Community Health.Fiona Willer, Ph.D., from…
Learn MorePatient-Reported Racism Tied to Mistrust, Worse Patient-Clinician Communication
MONDAY, July 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Epistemic injustice is the most common manifestation of racism experienced by Black patients with serious illness and is associated with worsened mistrust and negative patient-clinician communication outcomes,…
Learn MoreOne in Five Adults Say Their Workplace Is Toxic, Harming Mental Health
MONDAY, July 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Nearly one in five U.S. adults say their workplace is toxic, according to the results of an American Psychological Association survey.The 2023 Work in America Survey, conducted online (April 17 to April 27, 20…
Learn MoreFDA Approves New Drug to Protect Against RSV in Infants
MONDAY, July 17, 2023 (HealthDay Now) — Parents now have a new long-acting drug to protect their children against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common infection that hospitalizes as many as 3 percent of children younger than 1 year in the Unit…
Learn MoreFDA Approves New Drug to Protect Against RSV in Infants
MONDAY, July 17, 2023 (HealthDay Now) — Parents now have a new long-acting drug to protect their children against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common germ that hospitalizes as many as 3% of children under the age of 1 in the United States eac…
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