Hematology
Sexual-Minority Medical Students Have Higher Burnout
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Medical students in sexual-minority groups report increased symptoms of burnout regardless of their perceived experiences of mistreatment, according to a study published online Feb. 2 in JAMA Network Open. Elizabeth A. Samuels, M.D., from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues surveyed U.S. medical students graduating in...
Study Looks at T2DM, Metformin Use, and Breast Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The risks for breast cancer in women with type 2 diabetes (T2D) may be influenced by long-term metformin use, according to a study published online Jan. 28 in the Annals of Oncology. Yong-Moon Mark Park, M.D., Ph.D., from the National Institutes of Health in Research Triangle Park, North...
Artificial Light at Night Tied to Thyroid Cancer Risk
MONDAY, Feb. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to artificial light at night (LAN) is positively associated with thyroid cancer risk, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in Cancer. Dong Zhang, Ph.D., from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, and colleagues examined the association between LAN and thyroid cancer...
Residential Segregation May Worsen NSCLC Outcomes for Black Patients
Black patients are more likely to present with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and are less likely to receive surgery at higher residential segregation levels, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, held virtually from Jan. 29 to 31. Chandler Annesi, from the Boston University School...
Racial Disparities Seen in Excess Mortality Early in Pandemic
THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Adjusted excess all-cause mortality in April 2020 varied by race/ethnicity and by state, according to a study published in the February issue of Health Affairs. Maria Polyakova, Ph.D., from Stanford University in California, and colleagues examined geographic variation in excess all-cause mortality by race and ethnicity during COVID-19....
About Four in 10 U.S. Adults Skipped Medical Care During Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than four in 10 U.S. adults report forgoing medical care early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in JAMA Network Open. Kelly E. Anderson, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues used data from 1,337 participants in the second wave...
Telemedicine Use Increased Considerably During COVID-19
MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Telemedicine use increased considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic, with lower use in communities with higher rates of poverty, according to a study published in the February issue of Health Affairs. Sadiq Y. Patel, Ph.D., from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues examined variation in total outpatient visits...
U.S. Drug Prices 256 Percent Higher Than in 32 OECD Countries
THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In 2018, prices for drugs in the United States were 256 percent higher than those in 32 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) comparison countries, according to a report published online Jan. 28 by the RAND Corporation. Andrew W. Mulcahy, Ph.D., from the RAND Corporation in Santa...
Biden Signs Orders to Expand Health Care Access
THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order to reopen enrollment in Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces and also signed other health-related orders. Those orders include protecting reproductive rights, expanding access to abortion, and overturning the Trump administration’s restrictions on the use of taxpayer dollars...
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