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Study finds highlight the potential for lowering rehabilitation utilization for colorectal patients

The first months of the COVID pandemic had a profound effect on hospital discharge practices and use patterns for patients with colorectal disease, according to findings presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2022.

17 Oct 2022

Surgical patients who use telemedicine more likely to show up for clinic visits

Surgical patients who use telehealth services are much more likely to show up for their initial clinic visit or follow-up appointment during the post-surgery period than those who rely on in-person visits only.

17 Oct 2022

Heart Foundation's new report takes aim at Australia’s concerning prevalence of high-cholesterol

A new report on Australia’s heart health to be released today takes aim at Australia’s concerning prevalence of high-cholesterol, a leading risk factor for heart attack that is estimated to be affecting 6.5 million adult Australians.

14 Oct 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Finally fixing the ‘family glitch’

The Biden administration this week issued regulations aimed at fixing the Affordable Care Act's "family glitch," which has prevented families that can't afford their employer insurance from getting subsidized coverage from the insurance marketplaces.

13 Oct 2022

‘Separate and unequal’: Critics say Newsom’s pricey Medicaid reforms leave most patients behind

It wasn't exactly an emergency, but Michael Reed, a security guard who lives in Watts, had back pain and ran out of his blood pressure medication.

12 Oct 2022

BMI: The mismeasure of weight and the mistreatment of obesity

People who seek medical treatment for obesity or an eating disorder do so with the hope their health plan will pay for part of it. But whether it's covered often comes down to a measure invented almost 200 years ago by a Belgian mathematician as part of his quest to use statistics to define the "average man."

12 Oct 2022

Abortion bans are motivating midterm voters, poll shows

Half of voters say the Supreme Court's decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion has made them more motivated to vote in next month's midterm elections, with enthusiasm growing especially among Democrats and those living in states with abortion bans, according to a new poll from KFF.

12 Oct 2022

West Health-Gallup report: 44% of Americans give poor or failing grades to the U.S. healthcare system

Nearly half the country (44%), or about 114 million Americans, give poor (30%) or failing (14%) grades to the U.S. healthcare system, percentages that climb higher and grow even more negative when it comes to affordability and health equity, according to a new report from West Health and Gallup, the polling organization.

6 Oct 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Looking ahead to the lame-duck session

When the lame-duck Congress returns to Washington after Election Day, it will face a long list of health items needing attention before the end of the year, including setting overall spending for health programs and averting a series of Medicare payment cuts to health care providers.

6 Oct 2022

$80,000 and 5 ER visits: An ectopic pregnancy takes a toll despite NY’s liberal abortion law

When Sara Laub's period was late, the New York City resident shrugged it off. She'd used an intrauterine device, or IUD, for three years and knew her odds of getting pregnant were extremely slim. But after 10 days had passed, Laub, 28, took a home test in early July and got unwelcome news: She was pregnant.

5 Oct 2022

Medicare eligibility associated with improvements in healthcare access among low-income adults

Medicare eligibility and enrollment are associated with decreases in the percentage of low-income adults who delay or avoid medical care due to costs, as well as in the percentage who worry about or have problems paying medical bills, according to a new study publishing on October 4th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Rishi Wadhera, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, USA, and colleagues.

5 Oct 2022

Viagra and Cialis may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia, NIH DREAM study shows

Results from the National Institutes of Health's Drug Repurposing for Effective Alzheimer's Medicines (DREAM) study show that sildenafil (Viagra) and tadalafil (Cialis) may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia.

4 Oct 2022

Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

After 11 days in a St. Paul, Minnesota, skilled nursing facility recuperating from a fall, Paula Christopherson, 97, was told by her insurer that she should return home.

4 Oct 2022

New data validates the benefits of Daxor's BVA-100 blood test for heart failure patients

Daxor Corporation, the global leader in blood volume measurement technology, today announces new data validating the benefits of the Company's BVA-100 blood test for heart failure patients. Data were presented at the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2022 – which brought together the world's leading experts in heart failure from September 30th thru October 3rd, 2022, in Washington, DC.

3 Oct 2022

Study analyzes the benefits and harms of prior authorization policies for Medicare

A new study published in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association analyzes the benefits and harms of prior authorization (PA) policies for Medicare and the impact these policies have on patients and clinicians.

3 Oct 2022

Ophthalmologists may be able to safely cut back on having anesthesiologists during cataract surgery

Ophthalmologists may be able to safely cut back on having anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists routinely at bedside during cataract surgery, which accounts for more than two million surgeries per year in the U.S., according to a study publishing Oct. 3 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

3 Oct 2022

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Study finds highlight the potential for lowering rehabilitation utilization for colorectal patients

Surgical patients who use telemedicine more likely to show up for clinic visits

Heart Foundation's new report takes aim at Australia’s concerning prevalence of high-cholesterol

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Finally fixing the ‘family glitch’

‘Separate and unequal’: Critics say Newsom’s pricey Medicaid reforms leave most patients behind

BMI: The mismeasure of weight and the mistreatment of obesity

Abortion bans are motivating midterm voters, poll shows

West Health-Gallup report: 44% of Americans give poor or failing grades to the U.S. healthcare system

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Looking ahead to the lame-duck session

$80,000 and 5 ER visits: An ectopic pregnancy takes a toll despite NY’s liberal abortion law

Medicare eligibility associated with improvements in healthcare access among low-income adults

Viagra and Cialis may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia, NIH DREAM study shows

Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

New data validates the benefits of Daxor's BVA-100 blood test for heart failure patients

Study analyzes the benefits and harms of prior authorization policies for Medicare

Ophthalmologists may be able to safely cut back on having anesthesiologists during cataract surgery

Study: Fewer Black, Hispanic and Asian patients qualify for treatments that slow Alzheimer's progression

Severe sleep apnea diagnosis panics reporter until he finds a simple, no-cost solution

Researchers compare end-of-life care in persons with and without dementia

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: On government spending, Congress decides not to decide

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