OBGYN & Women’s Health
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...
ENDO: Once-Weekly Basal Insulin Fc Promising for T2DM
TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), once-weekly, long-acting, basal insulin Fc (BIF) is noninferior to insulin degludec for glycemic control, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Society, held virtually from March 20 to 23. Juan Pablo Frias, M.D., Ph.D., from...
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,...
ENDO: Rates of Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis Low in the US
FRIDAY, March 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An analysis of U.S. claims data from a private insurance database indicates that many patients who are eligible for drug therapy of osteoporosis are not receiving prescriptions for bone-directed medications, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Society, held virtually from March 20...
Fitness Trackers Can Help Obese Lose Weight
THURSDAY, March 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Health wearable devices are effective intervention tools/strategies for reducing body weight and body mass index (BMI) in individuals with overweight/obesity and chronic comorbidities, according to a review published online March 17 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Daniel J. McDonough, from University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and...
Life Expectancy Down for Those Without a College Degree
THURSDAY, March 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Between 1990 and 2018, the U.S. adult life expectancy gap widened between those with and without a college degree but narrowed based on race, according to a study published in the March 16 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Anne Case, Ph.D., and Angus...
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