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Community-wide health care initiative launched to reduce breast cancer disparities in the Houston area

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the launch of Texas Health Equity Alliance for Breast Cancer (THEAL), a community-wide health care initiative to reduce breast cancer disparities in the Houston area, particularly for Black women.

5 Oct 2023

Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients

Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in March when she got surprising news from her Medicare Advantage plan: It would no longer pay for her care because she was well enough to go home.

5 Oct 2023

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': An encore: 3 HHS secretaries reveal what the job is really like

This week, while KFF Health News' "What the Health?" takes a break, here’s an encore of a favorite episode this year: Host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner leads a rare conversation with the current and two former secretaries of Health and Human Services.

5 Oct 2023

AI model combines imaging and patient data to improve chest X-ray diagnosis

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model combines imaging information with clinical patient data to improve diagnostic performance on chest X-rays, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

4 Oct 2023

Study finds increase in mental health spending for children, adolescents since the beginning of pandemic

Spending on mental health services for children and adolescents has risen by more than one-quarter since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing to rise even as the use of telehealth plateaued, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

4 Oct 2023

Social Security chief orders broad review of benefit overpayments

The federal agency that oversees Social Security announced today that it will review the way it handles "overpayments" - money it sends beneficiaries that it later determines they weren't entitled to receive.

4 Oct 2023

Independent physician practices more resilient during COVID-19, study finds

Large health systems are acquiring smaller physician practices at what some consider an alarming rate, leaving fewer independent practices.

4 Oct 2023

Australia's Long COVID response falling behind global standards, research finds

New research by RMIT University and Northern Health has examined Australia's Long COVID services, guidelines and public health information, compared with international standards.

4 Oct 2023

New workflow could significantly reduce wait time for urgent palliative radiation therapy

Using previously taken diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scans in place of CT simulation scans to plan simple palliative radiation treatments can substantially reduce the time some people spend waiting for urgent treatment, improving the patient experience, a new study suggests.

4 Oct 2023

Study links high and low levels of "good" cholesterol with dementia risk

Having either high or low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, or "good" cholesterol, is tied to a small increased risk of dementia in older adults, according to a study published in the October 4, 2023, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

4 Oct 2023

What mobile clinics in dollar general parking lots say about health care in rural America

On a hot July morning, customers at the Dollar General along a two-lane highway northwest of Nashville didn't seem to notice signs of the chain store’s foray into mobile health care, particularly in rural America.

4 Oct 2023

ACC Quality Summit highlights the value of accreditation and NCDR services to enhance health care quality

The 2023 American College of Cardiology (ACC) Quality Summit kicks off on October 11-13 in Orlando, Florida, putting the spotlight on the value of ACC Accreditation and NCDR services to enhance health care quality.

3 Oct 2023

Study can improve understanding of what causes Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

New findings may take scientists a step closer to understanding what causes SUDEP - Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy - a rare but fatal complication of epilepsy.

3 Oct 2023

Pharmacists can play key role in boosting HPV vaccination rates

HPV, or human papillomavirus, is the most common sexually transmitted infection. It is also the leading cause of cervical cancer.

3 Oct 2023

Genomic testing rates soar for Black patients with prostate cancer after introduction of precision medicine navigators

The presence of a clinical navigator to act as a liaison between people with prostate cancer and the health care system greatly increases the likelihood that patients, especially Black patients, will receive advanced testing that can help predict the severity of their disease and guide treatment, a new study suggests.

3 Oct 2023

Liquid biopsies can accurately detect residual disease in patients with cervical cancer, study confirms

Two liquid biopsy tests that look for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the blood accurately identified patients with a high risk of cervical cancer recurrence after the completion of chemoradiation, a new study confirms.

3 Oct 2023

Stereotactic radiation therapy offers new hope for older adults with inoperable kidney cancer

Older adults diagnosed with kidney tumors that are not suitable for surgery may benefit from targeted, high-dose radiation, a new study from Australian and Dutch researchers suggests.

3 Oct 2023

Shorter course of radiation therapy just as effective for intermediate risk prostate cancer, study shows

People with intermediate risk, localized prostate cancer can be treated as effectively using fewer and higher doses of radiation therapy delivered over five treatment sessions as they can with lower doses delivered over several weeks, a new phase III randomized trial suggests.

3 Oct 2023

Postpartum individuals more likely to have medical debt, study finds

For some families, the year after childbirth may not only mean loads of diapers but stacks of unpaid medical bills as well.

29 Sep 2023

Racial disparities in survival rates among patients with multiple myeloma and diabetes

Patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow, who also have diabetes have a reduced overall survival when compared to those without diabetes.

29 Sep 2023

Health Care News and Research

Community-wide health care initiative launched to reduce breast cancer disparities in the Houston area

Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': An encore: 3 HHS secretaries reveal what the job is really like

AI model combines imaging and patient data to improve chest X-ray diagnosis

Study finds increase in mental health spending for children, adolescents since the beginning of pandemic

Social Security chief orders broad review of benefit overpayments

Independent physician practices more resilient during COVID-19, study finds

Australia's Long COVID response falling behind global standards, research finds

New workflow could significantly reduce wait time for urgent palliative radiation therapy

Study links high and low levels of "good" cholesterol with dementia risk

What mobile clinics in dollar general parking lots say about health care in rural America

ACC Quality Summit highlights the value of accreditation and NCDR services to enhance health care quality

Study can improve understanding of what causes Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

Pharmacists can play key role in boosting HPV vaccination rates

Genomic testing rates soar for Black patients with prostate cancer after introduction of precision medicine navigators

Liquid biopsies can accurately detect residual disease in patients with cervical cancer, study confirms

Stereotactic radiation therapy offers new hope for older adults with inoperable kidney cancer

Shorter course of radiation therapy just as effective for intermediate risk prostate cancer, study shows

Postpartum individuals more likely to have medical debt, study finds

Racial disparities in survival rates among patients with multiple myeloma and diabetes

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