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Pandemic-Era Tax Credits Made Healthcare More Affordable, But They're Set to Expire
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 – In a success story for Americans seeking affordable healthcare coverage, tax credits put in place during the pandemic helped millions gain health insurance, a new report...
Cervical Spine Injury Prediction Rule in Children Can Guide Imaging Use
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 – A cervical spine injury prediction rule can assist physicians in determining which children should undergo imaging on arrival to the emergency department after blunt trauma,...
USPSTF: Refer Children With High BMI to Behavioral Interventions
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 – The U.S Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians refer children aged 6 years or older with a high body mass index (BMI) to comprehensive intensive...
Pet Bearded Dragons Pose Salmonella Danger, CDC Warns
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 – Lizards called bearded dragons may not breathe fire, but they can be a source of one nasty infection: Salmonella. So warned the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Getting Your Exercise in Nature May Bring Added Benefits
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 – Exercising in natural surroundings – a jog through a park, a bicycle ride along a trail – could be more beneficial than working out indoors, a new review suggests. However,...
Few Receive Meds for Opioid Use Disorder After Nonfatal Overdose
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 – In the 12 months after a nonfatal overdose, few Medicare beneficiaries receive medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) or fill a naloxone prescription, according to a...
2008 to 2021 Saw Increase in Prevalence of Chronic HTN in Pregnancy
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 – For pregnant individuals, the prevalence of chronic hypertension more than doubled between 2008 and 2021, according to a study published online June 17 in Hypertension....
Positive Family Relationships May Protect Against Pain in Older Adults
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – Family support may protect against pain incidence and persistence among aging African Americans, according to a study published online May 20 in the Journals of Gerontology ...
Swimming 'Microbots' Could Speed Meds to Lung Tumors, Early Study Suggests
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – Scientists have developed microscopic robots capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver chemotherapy directly to lung cancer cells. In early testing, these...
New Form of Psychotherapy Might Help Ease Chronic Pain
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – A new form of psychotherapy appears to work even better at treating chronic pain in older adults than gold-standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a new study finds....
Just 1 in 20 Animal Studies Yield Treatments That Make it to Humans
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – Animal studies are often considered a first step in finding new drugs and treatments for human diseases, but a new review has discovered that precious few actually produce...
First Responders With More Debris Exposure Have Higher Risk of Early Dementia
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – More severe exposure to dust or debris among World Trade Center (WTC) responders is significantly associated with a higher risk of dementia at
1990 to 2019 Saw Increase in Life Expectancy in Seniors With T1DM
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – From 1990 to 2019, there was an increase in life expectancy in older people with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), according to a study published online June 12 in The BMJ....
Second Tumors Are Rare After Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – Second tumors are rarely seen after chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, according to a study published in the June 13 issue of the New England Journal of...
FDA Tells Vaccine Makers to Target New COVID Variant for Fall
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – COVID vaccine makers will be advised to update their shots to target the KP.2 variant, an offshoot of the JN.1 variant that spread widely last winter, the U.S. Food and Drug...
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