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Big Health Care Disparities Persist Across the U.S., New Report Finds
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – Deep-seated racial and ethnic disparities persist in health care across the United States, even in states considered the most progressive, a new report shows. For example,...
Report Finds High Levels of Pesticides in 20% of Fruits, Veggies
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – Nearly 20% of fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables that Americans eat contain concerning levels of pesticides, a new report finds. Pesticides posed significant...
Urine Test Might Help Men Skip Prostate Biopsies
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – When prostate cancer strikes, one question is paramount: Is it aggressive and requiring immediate treatment, or slow-growing and worthy of monitoring only? Right now, an...
Ending Specialized Follow-Up Feasible in Asymptomatic, Low-Risk Leukemia
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – For select patients with asymptomatic, lower-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia, ending specialized follow-up (sFU) is feasible and safe, according to a study published in...
Weight-Related Bullying Increases With More Screen Time, Social Media Use
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – Among an international sample of adolescents, there is an association of increased screen time hours and social media use with weight-related bullying, according to a...
Pediatric Prescription-Opioid Overdose Visits to ED Increased in 2020
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – There was a substantial increase in pediatric prescription-opioid overdose emergency department visits from 2019 to 2020 in the United States, according to a study...
PCPs Provide Most of the Care Related to Life's Essential 8
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – Primary care is the dominant source of care for Life's Essential 8 (LE8), according to a research letter published online March 25 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality ...
H. Pylori Testing Feasible for People in Community Settings
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – Community Helicobacter pylori (HP) testing in high-risk individuals is technically feasible, according to a study published online April 3 in Clinical Gastroenterology and ...
Rising Number of Americans Sent to ERs Last Year During Heat Waves
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – As climate change threatens another long hot summer for Americans, new data shows last summer's record-breaking temperatures sent a rising number of people to emergency...
U.S. to Partner With 50 Countries to Prevent Future Pandemics
TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 – The Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it will work with 50 nations worldwide to try to prevent global pandemics such as COVID-19, which brought the world to a...
Placenta Plays Role in Gestational Diabetes, Study Suggests
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – The placenta could be one reason why some women develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, a new study finds. A deficit in the way the placenta expresses the gene for...
Mouse Study Shows Microplastics Migrating From Gut to Other Organs
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – Microplastics could be migrating from the digestive tract into the kidneys, livers and brains of human beings, a new mouse study suggests. Lab mice exposed to...
Use of CT Angiogram on the Rise for Headache, Dizziness in Emergency Department
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – There was a 67.4 percent increase in head and neck computed tomography angiography (CTA) ordering for emergency department patients presenting for headache or dizziness...
Subclassification Can Tailor Surveillance for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – Subclassification of individuals at high risk for pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PC) can enable the development of surveillance approaches better tailored to risk, according...
Rapid Transitions Seen From Neutral to Negative Emotional States in PTSD
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) undergo rapid transitions between neutral and negative emotional states, which are intensified by emotional numbing...
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