Child care stress affects health, work of U.S. healthcare workers during pandemic
Jul 22, 2022
High child care stress was tied to anxiety, depression and burnout as well as retention issues.
Simultaneous flu vaccine, COVID-19 booster safe
Jul 21, 2022
Systemic reactions generally were mild and were slightly more likely among those receiving both vaccines compared with the COVID-19 mRNA booster alone.
Psychological resilience linked to improved walking after hip fracture
Jul 20, 2022
Older adults in the most versus the least resilient group had increases in mean gait speed and walking distance after 16 weeks.
Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose safe for immunocompromised
Jul 18, 2022
Local and systemic reactions were reported less frequently after the fourth dose versus dose 3 of the primary vaccination series.
Addressing social needs may cut hospitalizations
Jul 07, 2022
The findings were for adult Medicaid patients, although the cost savings may not sustain the case management program.
Overall cardiovascular health score less than optimal for U.S. adults
Jun 29, 2022
Significant differences in mean overall CVH scores were based on Life’s Essential 8 by sex, age and racial/ethnic group.
Approach for assessing cardiovascular health enhanced
Jun 29, 2022
Life’s Essential 8 updates many of the metrics from Life’s Simple 7 and adds new metric for sleep duration.
Extreme heat tied to higher all-cause mortality
May 25, 2022
Greater increases in mortality rates were found for older versus younger adults.
USPSTF still advises against COPD screening for asymptomatic adults
May 10, 2022
The findings of a final evidence review were consistent with a 2016 USPSTF recommendation.
Almost 30 percent of COVID-19 patients develop ‘long COVID’
May 02, 2022
Factors independently associated with PASC include hospitalization for COVID-19, having diabetes and higher body mass index.