Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States experience higher rates of chronic disease and premature death compared to their white counterparts. For example, Black…
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When a quick telehealth visit yields multiple surprises beyond a big bill
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In September 2022, Elyse Greenblatt of Queens, New York, returned home from a trip to Rwanda with a rather unwelcome-back gift: persistent congestion. She felt a…
Why some California hospitals are still struggling after COVID-19
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The COVID-19 pandemic hammered California hospitals by disrupting their operations and pounding their finances. Nearly four years after the onset of the pandemic, profit margins for…
Study claims surfing creates $1 trillion wave for global economy by improving mental health
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research led by Griffith University on Australia’s Gold Coast and Andrés Bello University in Chile, has shown that surfing contributes about US$1 trillion a year…
Medicaid ‘unwinding’ breeds chaos in states
by Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News, Katheryn Houghton, Brett Kelman, Samantha Liss, KFF Health News Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than two dozen people lined up outside a state public…
When Oregon decriminalized drugs, overdoses went up. Will that happen with Australia’s recent legislation?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new bill came into effect in the ACT at the weekend decriminalizing personal possession of common illegal drugs. The bill decriminalizes the possession of small…
County-level structural racism may affect mortality rates in people with kidney failure
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new analysis indicates that county-level structural racism is a significant determinant of death among individuals with kidney failure. The research will be presented at ASN…
Expanding pharmacists’ role for patients with hypertension could prevent 15 million heart attacks and save $1.1 trillion
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain If pharmacists had a larger role in prescribing medications to control blood pressure, they could prevent more than 15 million heart attacks, nearly 8 million strokes…
Albania tries to halt flight of young doctors
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Seeking to stem the flight of its young doctors, Albania has brought in a law to make recent medical graduates work in their home country for…
It’s as safe to get your prescription from a nurse practitioner as from a doctor
Nurse practitioners are just as good as primary care doctors at avoiding potentially harmful prescriptions for older patients—but both need to do better, a large, new study suggests. Nurse practitioners…
