Mean adjusted cost of inpatient stay for COVID-19 was $11,275 overall
Jan 03, 2024
The cost increased from $10,394 at end of March 2020 to $13,072 at end of March 2022, and it was higher with specific comorbidities.
Many older Americans get care outside of doctor’s office, poll finds
Apr 10, 2024
Most people aged 50 to 80 have embraced “doc-in-a-box” strip mall clinics and urgent care centers as a means of getting prompt medical care, a new poll has found.
Fewer adults eligible for statins with PREVENT equations
Jun 21, 2024
Compared with the pooled cohort equations, the mean estimated 10-year ASCVD risk was lower using the PREVENT equations across all age, sex and racial subgroups, with the largest difference seen for Black...
New federal rule means hospitals need written consent for pelvic, prostate exams
Apr 01, 2024
The HHS also issued a new set of guidelines clarifying a longstanding requirement that hospitals must obtain written informed consent as a condition for being reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid.
FDA warns of accidental overdoses from compounded versions of Ozempic
Jul 30, 2024
(HealthDay News) — People taking compounded versions of Ozempic have been overdosing on the drug, the US Food and Drug Administration warns. These ODs typically are due to miscommunications or miscalculations...
Durable reductions in HbA1c, body weight seen with semaglutide
Oct 04, 2023
The real-world study shows greater reductions in HbA1c and body weight for patients with a proportion of days covered ≥60%.
Heat exposure increases myocardial blood flow
Jun 11, 2024
There was an approximately twofold increase seen from preexposure values with core temperature increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Palliative telecare team aids QOL, health status for chronic conditions
Jan 23, 2024
The findings were for veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure or interstitial lung disease.
2007 to 2019 saw increase in inflation-adjusted healthcare spending
May 29, 2024
From 2007 to 2019, the medical burden increased from 23.5 to 26.4% for low-income families and from 5.4 to 6.5% for higher-income families.
Emergence of psychosis in Alzheimer’s disease linked to elevations in p-tau181
Jul 01, 2024
An increase in plasma p-tau181 levels was seen in patients with incident psychosis over follow-up versus those with psychosis at baseline.