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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...
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...
Drug Makers Raise Prices on 500 Prescription Drugs
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With the new year comes another round of prescription drug price hikes, CBS News reported Tuesday. The data come from 46brooklyn Research, a nonprofit company that aims to improve access to drug pricing information. AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and other major pharmaceutical companies are raising their...
U.S. Health Care Spending Increased 4.6 Percent in 2019
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent in 2019, which was a similar rate of growth as that seen in 2018, according to a report published online Dec. 16 in Health Affairs. Anne B. Martin, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore,...
Factors ID'd for Mortality in Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19
MONDAY, Jan. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For nursing home residents with COVID-19, the odds of 30-day mortality are increased with older age, male sex, and impaired cognitive and physical function, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Orestis A. Panagiotou, M.D., Ph.D., from the Brown University School of Public...
Inequities Seen in Accessing Telemedicine During COVID-19
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During the COVID-19 pandemic period, there have been inequities in accessing telemedicine, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Lauren A. Eberly, M.D., M.P.H., from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues examined whether inequities are present in telemedicine...
Privileged White U.S. Citizens Have Better Health Outcomes
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Privileged White U.S. citizens have better health outcomes than average U.S. citizens for several health outcomes, but health outcomes are not always better than those in other developed countries, according to a study published online Dec. 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., from the...
CDC: Life Expectancy for U.S. Population Increased in 2019
TUESDAY, Dec. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Life expectancy for the U.S. population increased in 2019, while the rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 2018 to 2019, according to two December data briefs published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Kenneth D. Kochanek, from the National...
Effect of Siponimod on Cognition in MS Patients Explored
THURSDAY, Dec. 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Some cognitive tests but not others suggest siponimod may speed cognitive processing in patients with secondary progressive (SP) multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online Dec. 16 in Neurology. Ralph H.B. Benedict, Ph.D., from the University at Buffalo in New York, and colleagues conducted secondary analyses...
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