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Study highlights the urgent need for a higher level of care for nursing home residents with AD

The quality of care for nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias is best when they are in the majority, but most facilities also accommodate a heterogeneous population, where specialized staff training is limited, according to a study led by the University of California, Irvine.

7 Jun 2023

New insight from patients on what helps or hinders medication-assisted opioid use disorder treatment

Patients would be more willing to enter medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder if existing stigmas were reduced and more accessible payment support was readily available, a West Virginia University study finds.

6 Jun 2023

American Indian and Alaska Native men less likely to be screened for prostate cancer, study shows

New research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that American Indian and Alaska Native men are less likely to be screened for prostate cancer compared to other racial/ethnic groups.

5 Jun 2023

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can't hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from plane crashes?

5 Jun 2023

Do veterans with COVID-19 experience similar outcomes when hospitalized in Veterans Health Administration hospitals vs. community hospitals?

Researchers compared COVID-19-related deaths and re-admission rates in VHA vs. community hospitals.

2 Jun 2023

The debt ceiling deal takes a bite out of health programs. It could have been much worse.

Policy analysts, Democrats, and Republicans dissatisfied with the deal agree: Federal health programs have dodged a budgetary bullet in the Washington showdown over raising the nation's debt ceiling.

1 Jun 2023

More states OK postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond two months

How a medical recoding may limit cancer patients’ options for breast reconstruction

The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons, and members of Congress have protested would limit women's options for reconstructive surgery.

31 May 2023

Many people living in the ‘diabetes belt’ are plagued with medical debt

Delores Lowery remembers vividly the day in 2016 when she was working in a weaving plant near her home in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and the world around her seemed to go dim.

30 May 2023

Health outcomes and costs remain the same for patients treated by allopathic or osteopathic physicians

New UCLA-led research suggests that patient mortality rates, readmissions, length of stay, and health care spending were virtually identical for elderly hospitalized patients who were treated by physicians with Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degrees.

29 May 2023

This panel will decide whose medicine to make affordable. Its choice will be tricky.

Catherine Reitzel's multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies on a drug for a blood-clotting disorder that runs $10,000 for a three-day supply. And Mariana Marquez-Farmer would likely die within days without her monthly $300 vial of insulin.

25 May 2023

He returned to the US for his daughter’s wedding. He left with a $42,000 hospital bill.

Last June, Jay Comfort flew to the United States from his home in Switzerland to attend his only daughter's wedding. But the week before the ceremony — on a Friday evening — Comfort said he found himself in "excruciating pain."

23 May 2023

Tailored revascularization strategies can help improve outcomes for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia

New analysis of chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) treatment outcomes was presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2023 Scientific Sessions.

19 May 2023

Largest chronic limb-threatening ischemia study provides insights for developing better process measures

Data from a cohort of one million patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) were presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2023 Scientific Sessions.

19 May 2023

Are US prescription drug prices 10 times those of other nations? Only sometimes

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), whether in Congress or as a presidential candidate, has always taken strong positions against the high cost of prescription drugs.

19 May 2023

Remote work: An underestimated benefit for family caregivers

For Aida Beltré, working remotely during the pandemic came as a relief.

19 May 2023

The abortion pill goes back to court

The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone remains in jeopardy, as an appellate court panel during a hearing this week sounded sympathetic to a lower court’s ruling that the FDA should not have approved the drug more than two decades ago.

18 May 2023

Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina

Until recently, Jonathon Murray relied on Medicaid to pay for treatments for multiple health conditions, including chronic insomnia. Murray, a 20-year-old restaurant worker from the college town of Brookings, South Dakota, said that without his medication, he would stay awake for several nights in a row.

18 May 2023

A covid test Medicare scam may be a trial run for further fraud

Medicare coverage for at-home covid-19 tests ended last week, but the scams spawned by the temporary pandemic benefit could have lingering consequences for seniors.

18 May 2023

Liquid chemical exposure associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease

Two years of heavy exposure to TCE, a liquid chemical that lingers in the air, water and soil, may increase the risk of Parkinson's disease by 70%.

16 May 2023

Medicare News and Research

Study highlights the urgent need for a higher level of care for nursing home residents with AD

New insight from patients on what helps or hinders medication-assisted opioid use disorder treatment

American Indian and Alaska Native men less likely to be screened for prostate cancer, study shows

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

Do veterans with COVID-19 experience similar outcomes when hospitalized in Veterans Health Administration hospitals vs. community hospitals?

The debt ceiling deal takes a bite out of health programs. It could have been much worse.

More states OK postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond two months

How a medical recoding may limit cancer patients’ options for breast reconstruction

Many people living in the ‘diabetes belt’ are plagued with medical debt

Health outcomes and costs remain the same for patients treated by allopathic or osteopathic physicians

This panel will decide whose medicine to make affordable. Its choice will be tricky.

He returned to the US for his daughter’s wedding. He left with a $42,000 hospital bill.

Tailored revascularization strategies can help improve outcomes for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia

Largest chronic limb-threatening ischemia study provides insights for developing better process measures

Are US prescription drug prices 10 times those of other nations? Only sometimes

Remote work: An underestimated benefit for family caregivers

The abortion pill goes back to court

Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina

A covid test Medicare scam may be a trial run for further fraud

Liquid chemical exposure associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease

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