Dr. Anthony Fauci recovering at home after being hospitalized with West Nile virus
Aug 26, 2024
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped millions of Americans navigate the health challenges of the pandemic, is recovering at home after being hospitalized for a West Nile infection.
Six more deaths in listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meats
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Aug 29, 2024
According to the CDC, “Listeria is especially harmful to people who are pregnant, aged 65 or older, or with weakened immune systems,” the agency said in a news release.
More than half of older adults very concerned about medical costs
Aug 20, 2024
Significant differences were seen by gender and political ideology.
Americans have mixed feelings about AI in healthcare, poll finds
Aug 22, 2024
Most Americans believe artificial intelligence should be used to improve healthcare, but many are still a little queasy over some of the implications of widespread AI use, a poll has found.
Complex interaction seen between social determinants of health, mortality
Aug 07, 2024
A scoring system can help identify individuals at high risk for mortality based on their combination of social determinants of health.
Iron deficiency common, often persistent
Aug 16, 2024
41.9% of patients had resolution within three years of diagnosis, with a median time to resolution of 1.9 years.
CDC presents provisional mortality data for 2023 in the United States
Aug 08, 2024
The number of deaths from COVID-19 was 68.9% lower than in 2022.
FDA starts Phase II of efforts to reduce salt levels in food
Aug 15, 2024
The new targets support reaching a recommended daily sodium intake limit of 2,750 mg per day per person.
Past-month cannabis use increasing among adults with diabetes
Aug 14, 2024
More than half (51.1%) of those with diabetes who used cannabis were aged more than 50 years.
Blood test results can enhance assessment of cancer risk
Aug 09, 2024
In men and women aged 60 years and older the positive predictive value for cancer exceeded the 3% risk threshold used by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for recommending urgent...