Hematology
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....
Sleep Disorders Common Among Employees in Hospital System
FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Sleep disorders are common among employees at a teaching hospital system and are associated with occupational burnout, according to a research letter published online Oct. 30 in JAMA Network Open. Matthew D. Weaver, Ph.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues examined the prevalence of sleep...
New Rule Requires Health Plans to Disclose Costs Up Front
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — To make health care costs more transparent, the Trump administration will now require insurance companies to disclose actual prices for common tests and procedures, the Associated Press reported. The new regulations on insurers are designed to empower patients to become better consumers of health care and to help...
FBI Says U.S. Health Care System Under Ransomware Threat
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Government agencies are warning that cyberattacks on the U.S. health care system designed to lock up hospital information systems are occurring, the Associated Press reported Thursday. These attacks come at a time of rising cases of COVID-19 and could hurt patient care. In a warning issued Wednesday, the...
Decrease Seen in Non-COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations at Peak
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There was a decrease in the frequency of hospitalizations for non-COVID-19-related conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the caseloads of common medical emergencies, according to two research letters published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Saul Blecker, M.D., from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in...
Decrease Seen in Non-COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations at Peak
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There was a decrease in the frequency of hospitalizations for non-COVID-19-related conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the caseloads of common medical emergencies, according to two research letters published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Saul Blecker, M.D., from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in...
Quality of Life Varies With Breast Cancer Surgery Type
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Young breast cancer survivors who undergo more extensive surgery have worse body image, sexual health, and anxiety compared with women undergoing less extensive surgery, according to a study recently published in JAMA Surgery. Shoshana M. Rosenberg, Sc.D., from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and colleagues evaluated the...
Breast Cancer Surgery Feasible for Most Fit Older Women
FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The majority of older women can tolerate surgery for operable breast cancer, according to a study presented at the European Breast Cancer Conference, held virtually from Oct. 2 to 3. Lynda Wyld, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., from University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, and colleagues analyzed data from 3,416...
Convalescent Plasma Has Limited Benefit for Moderate COVID-19
FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with moderate COVID-19, convalescent plasma does not reduce progression to severe COVID-19 or mortality, according to a study published online Oct. 22 in The BMJ. Anup Agarwal, M.B.B.S., from the Indian Council of Medical Research in New Delhi, and colleagues conducted an open-label, parallel arm, phase...
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