OBGYN & Women’s Health
Machine Learning Models Can Predict Gestational Diabetes
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Machine learning (ML) models are highly accurate for predicting gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in early pregnancy in a Chinese population, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Yan-Ting Wu, Ph.D., from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and colleagues extracted...
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...
Postpartum Trajectory Differs by Race After Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There are significant racial differences in postpartum blood pressure trajectories in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in JAMA Network Open. Alisse Hauspurg, M.D., from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and colleagues assessed the racial differences in blood...
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,...
USDA, HHS Update Dietary Guidelines for Americans
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, published jointly by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS), updated recommendations are presented for healthy dietary patterns that promote health and prevent disease. Based on current scientific and medical knowledge, the report provides four guidelines that...
Ongoing Exposure to Stressors Harms Health
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Chronic exposure to stressors leads to an erosion of health, as measured by allostatic load, which is particularly severe among foreign-born Black and Latino individuals, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Brent A. Langellier, Ph.D., from Drexel University in...
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...
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