~40 Percent of incident heart failure diagnoses occur in acute care
Jul 27, 2021
Forty-six percent of those with diagnoses in acute care had potential heart failure symptoms in the previous six months.
Fatal drug overdoses quadrupled from 1999 to 2020
Sep 19, 2023
The highest rate increases were seen in white and Native American or Alaskan Native individuals and in the Midwest and nonmetro areas.
Philadelphia becomes first U.S. city to bring back indoor mask mandate
Apr 12, 2022
Philadelphia has an automatic indoor mask mandate that kicks in whenever cases in the city rise to a “Level 2.”
Being in good shape tied to fewer mental health Rx
Sep 11, 2023
There was not an association noted between a reduced risk for medication use for adults aged 65 or more years.
Diabetes tied to higher use of hospital bed-days for many conditions
Aug 07, 2023
With increasing age, the all-cause hospital bed-day rate increased in controls but showed a J-shaped relationship in people with type 2 diabetes.
Sugar-sweetened beverage intake linked to mortality, CVD in T2D
Apr 20, 2023
An increased hazard ratio was noted for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality for higher sugar-sweetened beverage intake.
Liver cancer in top five causes of cancer deaths in 90 countries
Oct 13, 2022
The number of people in whom liver cancer is diagnosed is predicted to rise substantially by 2040.
Parkinson’s disease mortality up in U.S. from 1999 to 2019
Oct 28, 2021
Increases were seen across all age groups, both sexes, various racial/ethnic groups, and different urban/rural classifications.
Nearly 200,000 COVID-19 home tests recalled over false positives
Oct 06, 2021
The problem with the Ellume rapid antigen tests was caused by variations in the quality of one of the raw materials used in the products.
Herpes zoster linked to increased risk for cardiovascular disease events
Dec 02, 2022
The long-term risks for stroke and coronary heart disease increased for individuals with a history of herpes zoster versus those with no history of herpes zoster.