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When mental illness leads to dropped charges, patients often go without stabilizing care

For seven years, Timothy Jay Fowler rotated between jail, forced psychiatric hospitalization, and freedom.

4 Aug 2022

A California man’s ‘painful and terrifying’ road to a monkeypox diagnosis

Two days after Kevin Kwong flew home to California from New York, his hands itched so badly, the pain jolted him from sleep. He thought the problem was eczema.

4 Aug 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Her bill for a prenatal test felt like a ‘bait-and-switch’ scheme

Can a health care company make enough people mad about its billing practices that its business is hurt? For one genetic testing company, maybe.

3 Aug 2022

They lost Medicaid when paperwork was sent to an empty field, signaling the mess to come

Three years ago, Mason Lester, a rambunctious toddler, tumbled off his family's porch and broke his wrist. His mother, nine months pregnant, rushed him to a nearby hospital, where she made a confounding discovery: Their health insurance had vanished.

3 Aug 2022

Music festivals embrace overdose reversal drugs, but fentanyl testing kits remain taboo

A 26-year-old was found dead at his campsite during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in 2019. The toxicology report linked his death to a grim trend that has only worsened since.

3 Aug 2022

Study suggests an approach for promoting more equitable interpersonal treatment

Coaching patients to voice their concerns about their medical care and advocate for themselves can offset physicians' racial bias so it doesn't lead to inferior experiences for Black patients, a University of Michigan-led analysis found.

3 Aug 2022

Speaking to the doctor about mental health condition gets easier over time, survey finds

Today NPS MedicineWise released survey results about young Australians with mental health issues. Almost half (47%) were uncomfortable speaking to their doctor about it when first diagnosed.

3 Aug 2022

Integrated community care approach can offer solution to struggling rheumatology services, experts say

As patients wait up to a decade for the diagnosis of life-impacting rheumatic conditions, experts argue that ingrained pressures facing NHS rheumatology services can, and should, be eased with an integrated community care/secondary care approach, rather than a reliance on secondary care alone.

3 Aug 2022

Sustained low wages associated with accelerated memory decline later in life

Sustained low wages are associated with significantly faster memory decline, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

2 Aug 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic led to sustained decreases in smoking

Being a smoker makes it more likely for a person to have severe COVID-19 symptoms, require hospitalization or die, which may explain a sharp decrease in smoking behavior among the Danish population during the pandemic, according to new research.

2 Aug 2022

Recommendations for a voluntary Long COVID Registry could support service improvements

Recommendations for a voluntary Long COVID patient registry or similar mechanism to monitor the condition in Wales over the long-term offer could support service improvement and offer insight for other future patient registries and health policy decisions, according to the authors of a paper published today by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

2 Aug 2022

Socioeconomic deprivation associated with increased dementia risk and faster memory decline

Socioeconomic deprivation, including neighborhood disadvantages and persistent low wages, are associated with higher dementia risk, lower cognitive performance and faster memory decline, according to several studies reported today at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2022 in San Diego and virtually.

2 Aug 2022

17 recommendations for better communication with study participants affected by early stopping of clinical trials

Participants in clinical trials can feel abandoned and adrift when their studies end early and they are the last to be informed, or they hear about it first from news or social media.

2 Aug 2022

Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of ending ‘Roe,’ but it’s not a top voting issue

Barely a month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade's federal guarantee of access to abortion, two-thirds of Americans said they disapprove of the court's decision and 6 in 10 said they want their states to make abortion legal, a new poll finds.

2 Aug 2022

Study sheds light on the role of blood pressure self-monitoring in diabetes management

JMIR Publications recently published "Blood Pressure Monitoring as a Digital Health Tool for Improving Diabetes Clinical Outcomes: Retrospective Real-world Study" in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), which reported that there is a lack of understanding of the association between blood glucose (BG) and blood pressure (BP) levels when using digital health tools.

2 Aug 2022

Validating the accuracy of Cloud DX Vitaliti continuous vital signs monitor

JMIR Publications recently published "Continuous Noninvasive Remote Automated Blood Pressure Monitoring With Novel Wearable Technology: A Preliminary Validation Study" in JMIR mHealth and uHealth which reported that the aim of the study was to validate the accuracy of Cloud DX Vitaliti continuous vital signs monitor (CVSM) continuous noninvasive blood pressure (cNIBP) measurements in postsurgical patients.

2 Aug 2022

Study aims to ascertain how COVID-19 and vitamin D misinformation was presented on YouTube

JMIR Publications recently published "COVID-19 and Vitamin D Misinformation on YouTube: Content Analysis" in JMIR Infodemiology, which reported that although social media platforms, such as YouTube, can be an inexpensive and effective method of sharing accurate health information, inaccurate and misleading information shared on YouTube can be dangerous for viewers.

2 Aug 2022

Qualitative study aims to explore patients' perceptions of a teledermatology service

JMIR Publications recently published "Patients' Experiences of Telemedicine for Their Skin Problems: Qualitative Study" in JMIR Dermatology which reported that this qualitative study aimed to explore patients' perceptions of a teledermatology service linking public primary care clinics to the national specialist dermatology clinic in Singapore.

2 Aug 2022

Lyme disease remains a growing public health concern in the United States, says FAIR Health study

Lyme disease has experienced notable growth in the United States over the past 15 years and, as a result, has become an illness of increasing national concern. From 2007 to 2021, private insurance claim lines with Lyme disease diagnoses rose 357 percent in rural areas and 65 percent in urban areas. These and other findings on this tick-borne, bacterial illness were captured in an infographic just released by FAIR Health. The national, independent organization used its database of over 36 billion privately billed healthcare claims to conduct its 15-year analysis of Lyme disease; this analysis builds upon a previous FAIR Health infographic that studied 10 years of Lyme disease data.

2 Aug 2022

Mobile app-based program substantially improves cardiac rehabilitation participation

JMIR Publications recently published "The Impact of a Mobile App on Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Understanding Barriers to Success: Comparative Cohort Study" in JMIR Cardio which evaluated the impact on cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation rates associated with the addition of the option of mobile app–based CR for patients declining conventional CR.

2 Aug 2022

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When mental illness leads to dropped charges, patients often go without stabilizing care

A California man’s ‘painful and terrifying’ road to a monkeypox diagnosis

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Her bill for a prenatal test felt like a ‘bait-and-switch’ scheme

They lost Medicaid when paperwork was sent to an empty field, signaling the mess to come

Music festivals embrace overdose reversal drugs, but fentanyl testing kits remain taboo

Study suggests an approach for promoting more equitable interpersonal treatment

Speaking to the doctor about mental health condition gets easier over time, survey finds

Integrated community care approach can offer solution to struggling rheumatology services, experts say

Sustained low wages associated with accelerated memory decline later in life

The COVID-19 pandemic led to sustained decreases in smoking

Recommendations for a voluntary Long COVID Registry could support service improvements

Socioeconomic deprivation associated with increased dementia risk and faster memory decline

17 recommendations for better communication with study participants affected by early stopping of clinical trials

Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of ending ‘Roe,’ but it’s not a top voting issue

Study sheds light on the role of blood pressure self-monitoring in diabetes management

Validating the accuracy of Cloud DX Vitaliti continuous vital signs monitor

Study aims to ascertain how COVID-19 and vitamin D misinformation was presented on YouTube

Qualitative study aims to explore patients' perceptions of a teledermatology service

Lyme disease remains a growing public health concern in the United States, says FAIR Health study

Mobile app-based program substantially improves cardiac rehabilitation participation

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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