January 8, 2021
Affordable Care Act Reduced Income Inequality in United States
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has reduced income inequality, with a larger decrease in states that expanded Medicaid, according to a study published in the January issue of Health Affairs. Matthew Buettgens, Ph.D., from the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., and colleagues simulated the impact of the ACA...
Vaccine Rollout Slows as Many Health Care Workers Balk at Shots
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is meeting resistance as many health care workers are refusing shots, the Associated Press reported Friday. It is occurring in nursing homes and to some degree in hospitals, with employees expressing fears of side effects. Some facilities are seeing as much as 80 percent...
Laws Promoting Flu Shot for Hospital Workers Can Cut Deaths
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — State laws promoting hospital worker vaccination against influenza may be effective for reducing monthly pneumonia and influenza mortality rates, especially among the elderly, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Mariana Carrera, Ph.D., from Montana State University in Bozeman, and colleagues...
Many Dialysis Patients Report Proficiency in Mobile Health
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most dialysis patients have access to internet-capable devices and report intermediate or advanced mobile health proficiency, according to a study published in the Dec. 31 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Wael F. Hussein, M.D., from Satellite Healthcare Inc. in San Jose, California,...
Review Confirms Interarm SBP Difference, Mortality Link
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The associations between interarm differences in systolic blood pressure and all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cardiovascular disease have been confirmed in a review published online Dec. 21 in Hypertension. Christopher E. Clark, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., from the University of Exeter Medical School in the United Kingdom, and colleagues...