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COVID-19 Risk in Assisted Living Similar to Nursing Homes - Assisted living communities with more minority residents have more COVID-19 cases
Release Date: October 05, 2020
Acute Kidney Injury Ups Risk for Death in COVID-19 Patients - Findings Based on Large Study of Hospitalized Patients in New York City Early in the Pandemic
Release Date: October 02, 2020
Heavy Sugar-Sweetened Drink Intake Decreasing Overall in U.S. - Heavy SSB Intake up for Adults ≥60 Years; No Change Seen for Those Age 40 to 59 Years, Non-Mexican Hispanics
Release Date: September 28, 2020
Teens' Mental Illness Treatment May Not Follow Guidelines - Ariance in Treatment Occurs Within and Across Zip Codes, Suggesting Non-Supply-Side Variables
Release Date: September 25, 2020
Cognition-Enhancing Supplements May Contain Unapproved Drugs - Five Unapproved Pharmaceutical Drugs ID'd in Supplements Marketed to Improve Memory, Cognition
Release Date: September 23, 2020
Guidelines Updated for Managing Dyslipidemia to Cut CVD Risk - Moderate-Dose Statin Therapy Recommended for Patients With 10-Year Cvd Risk ≥12 Percent
Release Date: September 21, 2020
United First U.S. Airline to Offer COVID-19 Testing for Passengers - Rapid Test at Airport Provides Results in About 20 Minutes and Will Cost $250
Release Date: September 18, 2020
Chinese Company Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Available in U.S. in Early 2021 - If It Passes Final Round of Human Tests, Sinovac Will Apply to the FDA to Sell Coronavac Vaccine
Release Date: September 16, 2020
Children's Routine Care Plummets During Pandemic - Immunizations Increased Since May, but Huge Jump Needed to Make up for Missed Vaccinations Since the Spring
Release Date: September 14, 2020
FDA Requiring Labeling Changes to Benzodiazepine Prescribing Information - Update to Boxed Warning Must Include Risks for Abuse, Misuse, Addiction, Physical Dependence, Withdrawal Reaction
Release Date: September 11, 2020
Considerable Adverse Outcomes Reported for Young Adults With COVID-19 - Young Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 Have Substantial Rate of Adverse Outcomes; 2.7 Percent Died
Release Date: September 09, 2020
Poverty-Stricken Adults More Likely to be Calcium-, Vitamin D-Deficient - Data Suggest That Nutrient Deficiencies Affect Osteoporosis Risk More for Poverty-Stricken Men Versus Women
Release Date: September 07, 2020
Few High-Grade Soft Tissue Sarcoma Patients Receive Chemo - Percentage of STS Patients Receiving Chemo Driven by Factors Such as Tumor Size, Income, Facility Type
Release Date: September 04, 2020
Weight Gain Pattern Early in Life May Affect Later Lung Function - Children With Early Accelerated BMI Gain Have Higher Lung Function at Age 7 Years
Release Date: September 02, 2020
Early Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis May Slow Heart Disease - RA Treatment Response Does Not Appear to Impact Improvement in Vascular Stiffness
Release Date: August 28, 2020
Financial Strain Tied to Higher Risk for Suicide Attempts - Variables of Debt, Housing Instability, Unemployment, Low Income Together Increase Risk 20-Fold
Release Date: August 26, 2020
USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Screening Elders for Hearing Loss - Evidence Insufficient for Assessing Benefits and Harms of Screening in Older Adults Without Symptoms
Release Date: August 24, 2020
Insurer, Insured Costs for HIV PrEP Rising in the United States - 2014 to 2018 Saw Increase in Estimated Third-Party, Out-Of-Pocket Payments per 30 TDF-FTC Tablets
Release Date: August 21, 2020
Increase Seen in Hydroxychloroquine Rx by Nonroutine Specialists - New Rx Increased 80-Fold Among Specialists Who Do Not Typically Prescribe These Medications
Release Date: August 19, 2020