Sickle Cell Plagues Many Black Americans, But There’s Hope for Better Treatments
Latest MedicineNet News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) It’s been more than six months since Brandy Compton last landed in a hospital emergency room. That’s an amazing medical achievement, brought about by scientific breakthroughs that have been unfortunately overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic, experts say. Compton, 31, […]
Is Politics Creating a ‘Mortality Gap’ for Americans?
Latest MedicineNet News WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) The sharp political divide in the United States may also be creating a widening gap in death rates between those on opposing sides, new research suggests. For the study, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston analyzed death rates and federal and state election […]
Is Telemedicine Closing the ‘Race Gap’ in Primary Care?
Latest MedicineNet News FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) Here’s one way in which the pandemic did not exacerbate health care disparities: A new study shows that telemedicine has closed the gap in access to primary care between Black and non-Black Americans. The use of telemedicine boomed during the pandemic, so University of Pennsylvania researchers […]
AHA News: For 27 Years, Organ Donation Has Been Boosted by ‘The Nicholas Effect’
Latest MedicineNet News TUESDAY, April 19, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Nicholas Green should’ve turned 35 this year. Instead, a random act of violence claimed his life while he was on vacation with his family in Italy more than 27 years ago. The story captivated a worldwide audience. So did what happened next. Nicholas’ organs […]
AHA News: Connecting Health, Pollution and Fairness – That’s Environmental Justice
Latest MedicineNet News WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) In the beginning, the idea of environmental justice didn’t have a name. It didn’t have much support, either. A few years after the first Earth Day, a young sociologist named Robert Bullard gathered data for a 1979 lawsuit, filed by his then-wife, about a […]
Pandemic Is Leaving U.S. With Shortage of Long-Term Health Care Workers
Latest MedicineNet News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) The pandemic has worsened longstanding staffing shortages at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Now, a new study shows that high employee turnover rates have yet to improve. Researchers found that after initial workforce losses in the early phase […]
Out-of-State Residents Can Now Seek Medical Aid in Dying in Oregon
Latest MedicineNet News TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) Oregon will no longer require terminally ill patients to be residents of the state to use its law allowing physician aid in dying. A lawsuit that challenged the residency requirement as unconstitutional was settled Monday, with the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Medical Board agreeing […]
AHA News: The Legacy of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Heart Surgery Pioneer
Latest MedicineNet News WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) In July 1893, James Cornish was admitted to Chicago’s Provident Hospital with a knife wound to his chest, stemming from a barroom brawl. He needed surgery, but medical professionals at the time believed operating on the heart was too dangerous. That was about to […]
Crowdfunding for Medical Costs Almost Always Fails
Latest MedicineNet News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) You have almost certainly seen the pleas while scrolling through social media: Called crowdfunding, folks try to raise money to pay for their sick loved one’s mounting medical bills. But new research shows these grassroots campaigns rarely raise enough money to […]
Calif. Universal Health Care System Bill Faces Monday Deadline
Latest MedicineNet News MONDAY, Jan. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) California lawmakers must vote by Monday on whether to keep a bill to create a universal health care system moving forward. Monday, Jan. 31, is the last chance for California Democrats in the Assembly to keep the bill alive this year. That bill is separate from […]