Medically tailored meals could avert hospitalizations, yield savings
Oct 26, 2022
Implementation of medically tailored meals potentially could avert 1.6 million hospitalizations and yield net savings of $13.6 billion per year.
Recall of charcuterie meat expanded amid ongoing Salmonella outbreak
Jan 19, 2024
Cases of Salmonella now have been recorded in 22 states; no deaths have been reported.
American Stroke Association, Feb. 7-9
Feb 20, 2024
The conference featured presentations that emphasized basic, clinical and translational medicine and provided insight into the prevention, management and treatment of stroke.
AAN: Stroke prevalence stable overall from 1999 to 2018
Apr 25, 2023
The prevalence of stroke was stable overall and by racial and ethnic and age group, but an increase was seen among men.
Cancer death rates continuing to decline for adults, children
Oct 31, 2022
The incidence remained stable among men and increased among women during 2014 to 2018.
More than one-quarter of US adults have heard of MyPlate
Nov 29, 2022
The percentages were higher for women than men, decreased with age and increased with education.
Small changes in bone mineral density can reduce hip fracture risk
Sep 08, 2023
Small improvements in femoral neck BMD coincided with a significant reduction in the incidence of hip fracture in men and women.
Women have about 12-year delay in onset of atherosclerosis
May 11, 2023
Women with the highest atherosclerotic burden have a higher risk for MACE than men, especially postmenopausal women.
CDC: Salmonella risk prompts recall of Sam’s Club charcuterie meats
Jan 05, 2024
Ohio seems to be the epicenter of the Salmonella outbreak, with 11 cases diagnosed there.
Man dies in first fatal case of Alaskapox
Feb 14, 2024
The Alaska Section of Epidemiology said the patient was “an elderly man from the Kenai Peninsula with a history of drug-induced immunosuppression” due to cancer treatments.