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Policymakers may need to focus on increasing telehealth use by rural older adults, analysis suggests

About one in six doctor's office visits by older Americans no longer takes place in an actual doctor's office, but rather online or over the phone, a new analysis of telehealth visits billed to Medicare in the past two years finds.

15 Oct 2021

Medicaid expansion helped save lives of young adults who experienced a traumatic injury

Young adults who experience a traumatic injury are now more likely to have insurance coverage and access to rehabilitation if they live in a state that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), new study findings show.

15 Oct 2021

Eligible fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England can take a cheaper lateral flow test

Eligible fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England from countries not on the red list can take a lateral flow test on or before day 2 of their arrival from October 24, rather than PCR tests - cutting the cost of tests in time for travelers returning from half term breaks.

14 Oct 2021

Uppsala Health Summit focuses on pathways to lifelong mental wellbeing

Increasing mental ill health is one of the most urgent public health challenges in the world. The global meeting Uppsala Health Summit, to be held online on 18-21 October, will discuss which preventive measures societies should deploy to better address this troubling trend.

14 Oct 2021

UQ research center aims to reduce the number of stillbirths

More than 2,100 babies are stillborn in Australia every year – a statistic that hasn't changed in nearly 30 years.

14 Oct 2021

Brief interventions delivered in doctors' offices can lead to reductions in drinking

A new systematic review and meta-analysis has found that alcohol-targeted brief interventions (short, structured, one-to-one conversations about drinking designed to motivate changes in risky behavior) delivered in doctors' offices and similar medical settings can produce small but useful reductions in drinking.

14 Oct 2021

$2.6 million grant to help develop first online certificate programs for clinical engineering

Clinical engineers can help fill a crucial role in today's heath care industry by providing the technical expertise needed to manage the health care technology, such as X-rays, CT scans and MRIs, that clinicians use to help make life-saving decisions for their patients.

14 Oct 2021

Race Disparity Unit wins a Research Excellence Award from ONS

Following their work to identify and tackle the health disparities caused by COVID-19, the Race Disparity Unit, part of the government's Equality Hub, has been awarded a Research Excellence Award by the Office for National Statistics.

14 Oct 2021

New blueprint published for improving NHS patients' access to GP appointments

The NHS, working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care, has today published a blueprint for improving access to GP appointments for patients alongside supporting GPs and their teams.

14 Oct 2021

Covid testing, turnaround times are still uneven this far into pandemic

In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.

14 Oct 2021

Q&A: How will California’s new 988 mental health line actually work?

In September 2020, Congress passed bipartisan legislation creating a three-digit national suicide hotline: 988. Think of it as an alternative to 911 for mental health emergencies.

14 Oct 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The politics of vaccine mandates

Should covid vaccines be mandated? The answer to that question has become predictably partisan, as with almost everything else associated with the pandemic.

14 Oct 2021

Aspirin use daily by healthy adults could be harmful

Scientists determine if the daily use of aspirin prolongs a healthy life span that is defined as being free from dementia and physical disability.

14 Oct 2021

Improving COVID-19 vaccinations through contact-tracing apps

In our latest interview, News-Medical spoke to Dr. Mark Penney about how we can improve COVID-19 vaccinations through contact-tracing apps.

14 Oct 2021

COVID-19 linked to newborn complications

A recent study discusses whether pregnant women with the COVID-19 are at a higher risk for poor outcomes for themselves and their babies.

13 Oct 2021

Study to assess the impact of a multi-component intervention in reducing racial health disparities

In an unprecedented effort to address the harmful effects of structural racism on health, 60 predominantly Black neighborhoods in Philadelphia will be part of an ambitious study to assess the impact of a multi-component intervention addressing both environmental and economic injustice on health and well-being, led by Penn Medicine researchers Eugenia C. South, MD, MHSP, and Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD.

13 Oct 2021

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Policymakers may need to focus on increasing telehealth use by rural older adults, analysis suggests

Medicaid expansion helped save lives of young adults who experienced a traumatic injury

Eligible fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England can take a cheaper lateral flow test

Uppsala Health Summit focuses on pathways to lifelong mental wellbeing

UQ research center aims to reduce the number of stillbirths

Brief interventions delivered in doctors' offices can lead to reductions in drinking

$2.6 million grant to help develop first online certificate programs for clinical engineering

Race Disparity Unit wins a Research Excellence Award from ONS

New blueprint published for improving NHS patients' access to GP appointments

Covid testing, turnaround times are still uneven this far into pandemic

Q&A: How will California’s new 988 mental health line actually work?

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The politics of vaccine mandates

Aspirin use daily by healthy adults could be harmful

Improving COVID-19 vaccinations through contact-tracing apps

COVID-19 linked to newborn complications

Study to assess the impact of a multi-component intervention in reducing racial health disparities

Penn Medicine and Siemens Healthineers provide free breast cancer screenings for underserved women

NIH funds new research ideas that address health disparities and advance health equity

Unique sound from wind farms may cause more sleep disruption than other noise sources

‘Risky’ medicines should be stopped before patients leave hospital, researchers say

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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