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…
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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department use in British Columbia
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study showing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies used to manage the virus on emergency department (ED) visits in British Columbia…
Many big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with civilian teams—not police
Ambulances are parked in Denver on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. The city’s STAR program uses clinicians and EMTs or paramedics to respond to nonviolent mental health crises, instead of police.…
Will having a baby leave you broke?
The Swiss maternity leave model helped reduce the declining fertility rate and improve work-life balance. Credit: Shutterstock Increasing the rate of paid maternity leave, so it is tied to prior…
How do people really feel about electronic health records?
Karola Marky (left) and Rebecca Panskus interviewed people about the electronic patient record.© RUB, MarquardThe image may only be used in the context of the press release “How do people…
How abortion ban exemptions play out in a post-‘Roe’ world
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain This pregnancy felt different. After the heartache of more than a dozen miscarriages, Anya Cook was 16 weeks along. She and husband Derick Cook spent a…
Survival similar for Black, White prostate cancer patients in clinical trial setting
For metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC), overall survival and progression-free survival are similar for Black and White patients receiving first- or second-generation androgen receptor pathway inhibitors within a clinical trial,…
Children and adolescents in food-insecure homes had more mental health visits
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Children and adolescents living in food-insecure households had a 55% higher frequency of physician visits for mental health reasons than those with adequate food supplies, according…
Analysis shows two in three cosmetic surgery injections in the UK are not administered by doctors
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain According to an analysis of the UK’s cosmetic injectables industry by University College London researchers, 68% of cosmetic practitioners who are administering injections such as Botox…
A plan to cut Montana’s Medicaid waiting list was met with bipartisan cheers. Then a veto
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Montana state Sen. Becky Beard thought she’d found a fix for a shortage of assisted living care options for Montanans who can’t afford to pay for…
