When Hannah, a California marketing professional, showed up at her local emergency room in March 2023 for a pregnancy-related complication, she wasn’t prepared for what happened next. “I arrived at…
Tag: Health informatics
Sobering data from a global decade-long study
Credit: CC0 Public Domain With New York’s declared state of emergency following flash flooding, there is increasing concern such events will become more common globally. Now a study led by…
Elevated temperatures and climate change may contribute to rising drug and alcohol disorders
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hospital visits from alcohol- and substance-related disorders are driven by elevated temperatures and could be further affected by rising temperatures due to climate change, according to…
Cost of living crisis set to cut UK lives short and significantly widen wealth-health gap
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The proportion of people dying before their time (under the age of 75) is set to rise by nearly 6.5%—30 extra deaths/100,000 of the population annually—with…
Newer diabetes treatments are understudied in Black populations and may be less beneficial
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research analyzing the effects of two drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes indicates a consistent lack of cardiovascular and renal benefits in Black populations.…
Job strain combined with high efforts and low reward found to double men’s heart disease risk
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Men who say they have stressful jobs and also feel they exert high efforts for low reward had double the risk of heart disease compared to…
Women less likely than men to be given CPR in public places, research finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Bystanders are less likely to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to women than men, particularly if the emergency takes place in a public area, according to research…
Overdose deaths from fentanyl laced stimulants have risen 50-fold since 2010
A simplified schema of the four waves of the US overdose mortality crisis. Waves 1 and 2 include deaths involving commonly prescribed opioids, and heroin, respectively, but excluding fentanyl co-involved…
Researchers develop automated measure of sleep studies to determine severity of obstructive sleep apnea
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Mount Sinai researchers have developed a novel, automated measure of analyzing sleep studies to determine the severity and risk of mortality in patients with obstructive sleep…
Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?
In this photo provided by the American Academy of Dermatology, Dr. Adam Friedman, a dermatologist, teaches AAD Pathways Career Prep students about common dermatologic procedures like biopsies and sutures during…
