IPHA receives state grant to support community health workers
The Illinois Public Health Association has received a multi-year state grant to create a campaign to support and promote community health workers.
35 Illinois hospitals receive A grades in latest Leapfrog rankings
Thirty-five of 111 Illinois hospitals studied by the Leapfrog Group received top marks on patient safety, according to a report released Thursday.
White House: 70% Of Americans 30 Or Older Have Received Coronavirus Vaccine
More than 70% of Americans age 30 or older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the White House said, even as President Joe Biden is set to fall short of reaching his goal of giving a shot to the same percentage of all American adults by Independence Day. The Biden administration is releasing […]
Semaglutide Reduced Inflammatory Biomarkers in HIV Patients With Lipohypertrophy
DENVER — People with HIV who received semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) had reduced levels of several inflammatory biomarkers associated with cardiovascular disease, a randomized controlled trial showed. After 32 weeks, interleukin (IL)-6 levels decreased by 18.8%, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels decreased by 39.9%, and soluble CD163 levels decreased by 12.3% with the GLP-1 receptor agonist, […]
In TNBC, Pathologic Complete Response May Vary by Race/Ethnicity
Among patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the odds of achieving pathologic complete response (pCR) and improved overall survival (OS) may vary by race/ethnicity, according to results from a retrospective cohort study. Compared with white women, Black women with TNBC were less likely to achieve pCR (OR 0.89, 95% CI 0.83-0.95, […]
Potentially Protective Agent Shows Benefit in Niemann-Pick Type C
Patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C who received N-acetyl-L-leucine (NALL), an agent that potentially ameliorates lysosomal and metabolic dysfunction, showed reduced neurologic signs and symptoms after 3 months, a phase III crossover trial found. After 12 weeks of treatment, the mean change from baseline in scores on the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of […]
Inequitable Treatment Persists Across Pediatric Specialties, Review Shows
Children in racial and ethnic minority groups received poorer healthcare services compared with white kids, a review of quantitative studies showed. Inequitable treatment persisted across pediatric specialties, including neonatology, primary care, emergency medicine, inpatient and critical care, surgery, developmental disabilities, mental health care, endocrinology, and palliative care, reported Nia Heard-Garris, MD, of Northwestern University’s Feinberg […]
Overdose Death Notices Plus Guidance Sink Opioid Prescribing
Physicians who received a letter from a medical examiner about a patient’s fatal overdose — along with suggested guidance for future visits for pain — prescribed fewer opioids, according to a cluster randomized controlled trial. Doctors who received the death notice plus guidance had a drop in weekly morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) pre- to post-intervention […]
Very Young Children in HIV Treatment More Likely to Die
Children younger than age 5 years with HIV who received antiretroviral treatment (ART) died globally at percentages two to nine times higher than older children, a CDC study found. Among children receiving ART for HIV through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), 4.9% of those under age 1 and 2.5% of those […]
ACOG PAC Donated Over $1M to Anti-Abortion Legislators
Anti-abortion politicians have received more than $1 million in funding from the political action committee (PAC) of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), researchers found. The premier professional organization for ob/gyns in the U.S with more than 60,000 members, ACOG runs Ob-GynPAC, which gave over $3.3 million to federal legislators according to publicly […]