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Weather disasters increase emergency department visits and mortality among Medicare beneficiaries

Mass General Brigham study reveals that ED visits and death are heightened weeks after major climate-driven extreme weather events – highlighting the long-lasting impacts these events may have on health and infrastructure.

4 Mar 2024

Is posttraumatic epilepsy associated with long-term dementia risk?

The associations between post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) and the risk of dementia.

29 Feb 2024

Social factors may be linked to access to stroke treatment

For people with stroke, social factors such as education, neighborhood and employment, may be linked to whether they receive treatment with clot-busting drugs according to a preliminary study released today, February 28, 2024, that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 76th Annual Meeting taking place April 13–18, 2024, in person in Denver and online.

28 Feb 2024

High hospital readmission rates found among older Americans after major surgery

A new Yale study finds an increased risk of hospital readmission for older Americans within 180 days of undergoing major surgery - a risk that is particularly acute for individuals who are frail or have dementia.

28 Feb 2024

AGA publishes white paper on the future of IBD care in the United States

Today, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published a white paper on the future of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care in the United States.

28 Feb 2024

Say that again: Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults, but necessary

It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, who was 94 when he died in 2022, he'd wait for his dad to find his hearing aids and put them in before they started talking.

28 Feb 2024

An Arm and a Leg: Wait, is Insulin cheaper now?

Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture insulin made headlines last year when they voluntarily agreed to provide discount cards that lower the monthly cost of insulin for many people to $35.

28 Feb 2024

Pesticide use in farming linked to Parkinson's disease in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains

Pesticides and herbicides used in farming have been linked to Parkinson's disease in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region of the country, according to a preliminary study released today, February 27, 2024, that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 76th Annual Meeting taking place April 13–18, 2024, in person in Denver and online.

27 Feb 2024

DiaCarta partners with OncoAssure for prostate cancer test commercialization

DiaCarta, Inc., a pioneer in molecular diagnostic test development for cancer and infectious diseases, based in California, today announced that it has established a strategic collaboration with OncoAssure Ltd, an Irish medical diagnostics company headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin.

27 Feb 2024

Without Medicare Part B’s shield, patient’s family owes $81,000 for a single air-ambulance flight

Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what she spent on medical care, said her daughter, Alicia Wieberg. "She was the kind of person who didn't go to the doctor for anything."

27 Feb 2024

How did COVID-19 impact cancer incidence trends in the US?

Cancer rate patterns from March to December 2020.

23 Feb 2024

Harvard study links PM2.5 air pollution to increased risk of cardiovascular hospitalization in seniors

Chronic exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) may increase seniors' risk of hospitalization for a variety of cardiovascular conditions, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

22 Feb 2024

Major study of 59 million Americans finds fine particulate matter from air pollution increases heart disease risks

Relationships between air pollution and the probability of first-time hospitalization for CVD.

22 Feb 2024

Fine particulate matter exposure linked to increased hospital admissions for major diseases

Short and long term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is linked to an increased risk of hospital admission for major heart and lung diseases, find two large US studies, published by The BMJ today.

21 Feb 2024

In California, faceoff between major insurer and health system shows hazards of consolidation

For weeks, more than half a million Anthem Blue Cross enrollees who receive health care from the University of California were held in suspense.

19 Feb 2024

Transforming Cancer Care: Aventa Genomics and the Future of Genomic Testing

In this interview, Chris Roberts of Aventa Genomics highlights the groundbreaking Aventa FusionPlus test, detailing its superior ability to detect gene fusions in cancer diagnostics and its pivotal role in advancing personalized oncology treatments.

From Aventa Genomics 16 Feb 2024

City of Hope cures oldest person of blood cancer and achieves HIV remission

City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, treated the oldest person to be cured of a blood cancer and then achieve remission for HIV after receiving a blood stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation.

15 Feb 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Biden wins early court test for Medicare drug negotiations

A federal judge in Texas has turned back the first challenge to the nascent Medicare prescription-drug negotiation program.

15 Feb 2024

Early detection may help Kentucky tamp down its lung cancer crisis

Anthony Stumbo's heart sank after the doctor shared his mother's chest X-ray.

15 Feb 2024

Le Bonheur's risk-based innovation program reduces health care use related to asthma

Le Bonheur's risk-based innovation program Changing High-Risk Asthma in Memphis through Partnership (CHAMP) significantly decreased health care use related to asthma by targeting barriers to asthma care, according to research published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

14 Feb 2024

Medicare News and Research

Weather disasters increase emergency department visits and mortality among Medicare beneficiaries

Is posttraumatic epilepsy associated with long-term dementia risk?

Social factors may be linked to access to stroke treatment

High hospital readmission rates found among older Americans after major surgery

AGA publishes white paper on the future of IBD care in the United States

Say that again: Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults, but necessary

An Arm and a Leg: Wait, is Insulin cheaper now?

Pesticide use in farming linked to Parkinson's disease in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains

DiaCarta partners with OncoAssure for prostate cancer test commercialization

Without Medicare Part B’s shield, patient’s family owes $81,000 for a single air-ambulance flight

How did COVID-19 impact cancer incidence trends in the US?

Harvard study links PM2.5 air pollution to increased risk of cardiovascular hospitalization in seniors

Major study of 59 million Americans finds fine particulate matter from air pollution increases heart disease risks

Fine particulate matter exposure linked to increased hospital admissions for major diseases

In California, faceoff between major insurer and health system shows hazards of consolidation

Transforming Cancer Care: Aventa Genomics and the Future of Genomic Testing

City of Hope cures oldest person of blood cancer and achieves HIV remission

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Biden wins early court test for Medicare drug negotiations

Early detection may help Kentucky tamp down its lung cancer crisis

Le Bonheur's risk-based innovation program reduces health care use related to asthma

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Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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