Gastroenterology
ACA's Reach Surges With 200,000 New Signups, More States Involved
TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created by President Joe Biden. That response shows that people who lost insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic are in desperate need of coverage, according...
ACA's Reach Surges With 200,000 New Signups, More States Involved
TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created by President Joe Biden. That response shows that people who lost insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic are in desperate need of coverage, according...
ACA's Reach Surges With 200,000 New Signups, More States Involved
TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created by President Joe Biden. That response shows that people who lost insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic are in desperate need of coverage, according...
Poor Sleep, Burnout Increase COVID-19 Risk in Health Care Workers
TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Sleep problems and a high level of burnout are associated with increased odds of COVID-19 among health care workers (HCWs), according to a study published online March 22 in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health. Hyunju Kim, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in...
Many Older Adults Unaware of Potential Side Effects for New Rx
MONDAY, March 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Physicians should spend more time explaining side effects of medications to older patients than discussing dosage information, according to a study published online Feb. 5 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Timothy Ho, from the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles,...
Pooled Analysis Shows Men Have Higher Mortality Than Women
MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Men have higher mortality than women, with considerable variation seen in the effect size across countries, according to a study published online March 15 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association. Yu-Tzu Wu, Ph.D., from King’s College London, and colleagues used a two-step individual participant data...
One in Five Health Care Workers Reports Mental Health Conditions
THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Globally, among health care workers, there has been a high prevalence of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a review published online March 10 in PLOS ONE. Yufei Li, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and colleagues conducted...
Good Response Seen With HealthCare.gov Reopening
WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance in the first two weeks after HealthCare.gov was reopened for a three-month special enrollment period, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The reopening is part of President Joe Biden’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and...
New Algorithm Can Predict Advanced Liver Disease
WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A model that uses routine primary care data can predict the risk for advanced liver disease, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in BMJ Open. Theresa Hydes, Ph.D., from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, and colleagues developed and validated an algorithm (CIRRhosis Using...
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