Omicron-Targeted COVID Vaccine Approved in UK – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 A COVID-19 booster that’s targeted to the Omicron variant will be available soon — and it’s already been approved in Britain. The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was the first to give the go-ahead for the vaccine that was designed to fight both the original COVID […]
Opinion | ‘An Unreasonable Amount of Work That’s Expected to Be Done’: What We Heard This Week
“There’s kind of an unreasonable amount of work that’s expected to be done.” — Justin Porter, MD, of the University of Chicago, on his simulation study that found primary care doctors would need nearly 27 hours a day to do all the work they’re expected to do. “They think about lack of sexual activity on […]
Opinion | ‘One of the Things That Just Breaks a Nurse’s Heart’: What We Heard This Week
“That’s one of the things that just breaks a nurse’s heart.” — Beth Ulrich, EdD, RN, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, after most registered nurses said in a recent survey their unit was short-staffed more than half the time. “That’s a ray of hope.” — Wes Ely, MD, of Vanderbilt […]
House Committee Advances Bill to Streamline Prior Authorization
WASHINGTON — In a moment of comity that’s becoming increasingly rare in Congress, the House Ways & Means Committee voted unanimously by voice vote to send to the House floor a bill to improve prior authorization procedures in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. “This kind of opportunity has become all too rare, and I hope that […]
Companies Could Face Hurdles Covering Abortion Travel Costs
After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies. But the companies gave scant […]
Opinion | ‘Well Vanilla Didn’t Work; We’ll Try French Vanilla’: What We Heard This Week
“That’s sort of going, ‘Well vanilla didn’t work; we’ll try French vanilla.’” — Gary Sachs, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, on the benefits of adjunctive cariprazine (Vraylar) for patients who have failed on multiple first-line antidepressants. “Here we are, waking up in yet another scenario where we have, in this case, children that […]
11 Reasons Being Calm Is Making You Anxious
Nobody likes being anxious … right? If that’s true, then why do we sometimes feel so unsettled — weird, even — when life is calm or everything feels settled? This can feel like your heart racing when you’re lying in bed or your thoughts spiraling when watching TV. Or, it might be a tendency to […]
Hormonal changes during menopause are directly related to decline in cardiovascular health
Levels of bad cholesterol rise during menopause, and 10% of this increase is due to shifts in sex hormones. That’s the finding of research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the ESC. Women usually undergo menopause at the age of 48 to 52 years, leading to a decline in […]
8 Things Therapists Personally Do When They Feel Powerless
Feeling powerless is a desperate, overwhelming sensation, yet one that’s very much embedded in the human experience ― especially lately. Many are facing this crippling, paralyzing reaction, thanks to war, the pandemic, attacks on women’s rights and so many more events seemingly out of our control. This emotion can affect anyone, including the therapists who […]
What Is the 3-3-3 Rule for Anxiety?
Young children and anxiety Parenting a young child can be tough. The 3-3-3 rule is a mindfulness technique that’s simple enough for young children and it asks them to name three things they can see, identify three sounds they can hear, and move three different parts of their bodies. Parenting a young child can be […]