Diabetes
Online Program, Population Health Management Combo Aids Weight Loss
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Combining population health management with an online program can aid primary care patients in achieving small, but statistically significant weight loss at 12 months, according to a study published in the Nov. 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Heather J. Baer, Sc.D., from the...
Metformin Recalled Due to Contamination With Carcinogen
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A cancer-causing compound in the drug metformin has resulted in the recall of two lots of the drug. Kansas City-based Nostrum Laboratories Inc., said Monday that it is voluntarily recalling its metformin HCl extended release tablets, USP 750 mg, according to a notice from the U.S. Food and...
American Society of Nephrology, Oct. 22-25
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology was held virtually this year from Oct. 22 to 25 and attracted participants from around the world, including nephrology specialists, researchers, scientists, and other health care professionals. The conference featured presentations focusing on the latest advances in the management...
17.1 Percent of U.S. Adults on Special Diets in 2015 to 2018
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — On any given day, 17.1 percent of U.S. adults aged 20 years and older were on a special diet in 2015 to 2018, according to a November data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Bryan Stierman, M.D., M.P.H.,...
Infectious Diseases Society of America, Oct. 21-25
The annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America was held virtually this year from Oct. 21 to 25 and attracted participants from around the world, including scientists, physicians, and other health care professionals. The conference featured education courses and comprehensive educational programs that focused on the latest advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and...
AMA: Pandemic Having Negative Financial Impact on Physician Practices
MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Medical practices have been economically stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with roughly a one-third average drop in revenue, according to a survey released by the American Medical Association (AMA). The AMA asked 3,500 physicians to respond to a 40-question online survey from mid-July through August 2020. All respondents...
Americans Get Easier Access to Their Medical Records
MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Free, electronic access to notes written about them by their doctors will become available to millions of Americans on Monday. That is when many health systems will open up their records under a new federal transparency measure. The final deadline for doing so is next April, the Associated...
Health Care Workers, Families Account for One in Six COVID-19 Admissions
FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Health care workers and their households account for 17.2 percent of COVID-19 admissions in the working-age population, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in The BMJ. Anoop S.V. Shah, M.D., from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues examined the risk for hospital...
Telehealth Visits Up in First Quarter of 2020 Versus 2019
FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During the first quarter of 2020, there was a 50 percent increase in the number of telehealth visits compared with the same period in 2019, according to research published in the Oct. 30 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report....
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