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Healthcare affordability crisis in the U.S. reaches a new high

The inability to pay for healthcare in the U.S. has reached a new high, with more than one-third of Americans (35%), or an estimated 91 million people, reporting that they could not access quality healthcare if they needed it today, according to the latest West Health-Gallup Healthcare Affordability Index.

2 Apr 2025

Ethical hurdles of integrating telemedicine in sexual medicine

The perspective article titled"Ethical perspective on telemedicine usage in sexual medicine: A friend or a foe?", was published on January 27, 2025.

2 Apr 2025

Machine learning models predict dementia risk among American Indian/Alaska Native adults

Machine learning algorithms utilizing electronic health records can effectively predict two-year dementia risk among American Indian/Alaska Native adults aged 65 years and older, according to a University of California, Irvine-led study.

2 Apr 2025

UTA researchers focus on enhancing health and quality of life for all ages

Genevieve Graaf spent years as a mental health social worker specializing in children and youth with complex behavioral health needs.

2 Apr 2025

Misuse of nitrous oxide linked to rising deaths and hospitalizations

Despite a recent Food and Drug Administration warning against inhaling nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, deaths due to misusing the substance are on the rise in the United States.

2 Apr 2025

Survey reveals high rate of NHS-related harm in Great Britain

Almost one in ten people in Great Britain experienced healthcare-related harm due to care or treatment they received from the National Health Service (NHS) or difficulties accessing care in the last three years, show the findings of a large population survey published in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety.

2 Apr 2025

National Walking Day encourages movement for better health

Sedentary behavior has become a national health crisis, with 1 in 4 U.S. adults sitting for more than eight hours a day, increasing their risk for heart disease, stroke, and mental health challenges, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2 Apr 2025

Older adults experience less muscle soreness after exercise

Older adults experience less muscle soreness following exercise according to research which overturns the widespread belief that aging muscles are less resilient.

2 Apr 2025

Smartwatches provide a more accurate picture of people's daily drinking habits than current methods

Alcohol harm costs NHS England £3.5 billion annually, with 70 people dying every day from alcohol-related causes in the UK.

2 Apr 2025

AI predicts bacterial resistance to antibiotics with high accuracy

An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant.

2 Apr 2025

Weekend exercise can offer the same health benefits as daily workouts

Being physically active for one to two days a week, often called a "weekend warrior," may provide comparable health and life-prolonging benefits as smaller doses of daily physical activity if the physical effort is moderate to vigorous and totals 150 minutes a week in line with recommended guidelines for weekly physical activity, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

2 Apr 2025

How much will that surgery cost? 🤷 Hospital prices remain largely unhelpful.

It's a holy grail of health care: forcing the industry to reveal prices negotiated between health plans and hospitals — information that had long been treated as a trade secret.

2 Apr 2025

WHO releases first reports on shortages in fungal disease treatments and diagnostics

The World Health Organization (WHO) today published its first-ever reports addressing the critical lack of medicines and diagnostic tools for invasive fungal diseases, showing the urgent need for innovative research and development (R&D) to close these gaps.

2 Apr 2025

New AI system enhances nurse-driven patient monitoring and saves lives

An AI tool that analyzes nurses' data and notes detected when patients in the hospital were deteriorating nearly two days earlier than traditional methods and reduced the risk of death by over 35%, found a year-long clinical trial of more than 60,000 patients led by researchers at Columbia University.

2 Apr 2025

Football proven to prevent and treat lifestyle diseases

Danish researchers, in collaboration with the Danish Football Association, have released a White Paper that describes football as an effective recipe in the prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases.

2 Apr 2025

Hit hard by opioid crisis, Black patients further hurt by barriers to care

Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of opioid overdose in 2023, fluttered in the humid breeze last August in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day on the city’s predominantly Black west side.

2 Apr 2025

Bedfont® Scientific Limited highlights FeNO testing’s role in childhood asthma for World Health Day 2025

As the world prepares to observe World Health Day on April 7th, 2025, Bedfont® Scientific Limited highlights the importance of early and accurate asthma diagnosis with its innovative NObreath® Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) device.

From NObreath 2 Apr 2025

Pandemic disruptions linked to lower TB diagnoses in prisons worldwide

A new study found that reported diagnoses for tuberculosis were consistently lower than expected throughout the pandemic, even though incarceration rates remained largely consistent and TB detection among the general population managed to reverse after an early-pandemic decline.

1 Apr 2025

Rural communities face higher rates of heart disease and risk factors

A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) uncovered higher rates of heart disease and worse heart health affecting adults living in rural communities compared to urban areas and the factors that likely drive these differences.

1 Apr 2025

Survey shows increased awareness of alcohol’s cancer risks

Public awareness of the link between drinking alcohol and an elevated risk of cancer has grown since last fall, with more than half of Americans now saying that regularly consuming alcohol increases your chances of later developing cancer, according to a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.

1 Apr 2025