Antelope’s fate shrouded by social, political forces: The story of South Africa’s oribi mirrors conservation issues for other iconic species
If only it were as simple as finding more grassland for an antelope. The story of efforts to conserve the endangered oribi in South Africa represent a diaspora of issues as varied as the people who live there. On its surface, like many threatened species, you have conflict between a need for habitat and private […]
Health Insider FDA approves the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV AP via Scripps News Group
The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, maker Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday. It’s the first step in an anticipated global rollout that could protect millions – although it’s unclear how many in the U.S. and abroad will get access to the powerful new option. While a vaccine to prevent HIV […]
Report: Illinois sees ‘historic’ numbers of abortion patients three years after fall of Roe
The demand for abortion services in Illinois has only grown in the three years since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, according to a report released Wednesday by Planned Parenthood of Illinois.
‘Study drugs’ set the stage for other drug use and mental health decline
Taking “study drugs” like Adderall without a diagnosis is not only dangerous in itself, but can lead to other drug use and a decline in mental health, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medications are frequently used illicitly by college students as a study […]
Opinion | ‘You Can Create Some Scary Sounding Headlines’: What We Heard This Week
“If you only report on the nurses leaving, and don’t account for those who are coming in, you can create some scary sounding headlines.” — David Auerbach, PhD, of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, on the rebound of the registered nurse workforce following a pandemic slump. “It’s still the reality to the patient, and to […]
Senators Discuss Making Medicare’s Relaxed Telehealth Rules Permanent
It’s the rare Senate hearing when the only disagreements occur not between senators, but between panelists themselves. Yet that’s what happened at Tuesday’s Senate Finance Healthcare Subcommittee hearing on making particular telehealth rules permanent for the Medicare program. The senators present all agreed on one thing: the current flexible rules for telehealth — such as […]
7 Sneaky Phone Habits That Could Be Signs Of Anxiety
Tim Robberts via Getty Images Your cellphone can not only fuel your anxiety, but certain cellphone habits could be a manifestation of your anxiety. Your cellphone can tell you a lot — the weather, your plans for the weekend, the latest news. Therapists say it can also clue you into how you’re feeling. Specifically, certain […]
Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios Win Some Hard-Fought Ground
For nearly 2 decades, only one state — California — governed the number of patients assigned to a hospital nurse. Recently, Oregon became the second. Advocates of nurse-to-patient ratios are hopeful other states will follow. The primary barrier? Hospitals. Hospital groups and some nurse executives say ratios are a one-size-fits-all response to a dynamic system. […]
Surveillance Still Not an Option for Many With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism
Only a narrow pool of outpatients with acute subsegmental pulmonary embolism (PE) may be candidates for structured surveillance without anticoagulation based on current guideline restrictions, a retrospective study found. At one large integrated health system, only one person out of 229 low-risk adults received structured surveillance for subsegmental PE — a “remarkably low” 0.4% over […]
Sublingual Vaccine Shows Promise in Women With Recurrent UTIs
CHICAGO — A sublingual vaccine not only reduced the risk of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women, it also appeared to enable a significant number of these women to be completely UTI-free, according to a North American study. Among 67 women with three or more UTIs per year, 40.6% of those receiving a 3-month […]