Seventy percent of patients surveyed said they are either “bothered” or "really bothered" when tobacco companies make money from an inhaler, medication, or other devices that treat their lung conditions.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has now come into effect, with the latest update going online Feb 11, 2022.
Women receiving one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a single menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day, compared to unvaccinated women, an NIH-funded study reports.
An enzyme called protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A) appears to be a major driver of preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication characterized by the development of high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine.
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The average cost of a COVID-19 hospitalization in 2020 was about $42,200 per patient. So will the unvaccinated be responsible for more of the cost of treatment or insurance premiums?
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The CDC will launch a new center designed to advance the use of forecasting and outbreak analytics in public health decision making.
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has endorsed COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, citing waning protection against SARS-CoV-2 over time for those immunized.
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In a sample of over 400 older adults in Argentina who had recovered from COVID-19, more than 60% displayed some degree of cognitive impairment, according to research at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
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Bioengineers are developing a medication delivery method using nanoparticles coated in a cell membrane that’s been genetically engineered to look for and bind to inflamed lung cells.
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A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society reveals how socioeconomic factors partially explain the increased odds that Black and Hispanic Americans have of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2.
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For patients with cystic fibrosis, airway clearance physical therapy appointments have moved online and at-home lung function testing has become commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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One-in-five healthcare workers has experienced depression, anxiety, and/or PTSD during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new systematic review of 65 studies.
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COVID-19 pandemic deaths in 2020 have reduced Americans’ life expectancy by 1.13 years overall, but 2.10 years in Black Americans and 3.05 years in Latino Americans.
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Among a slate of executive orders on the first day of his administration, President Joe Biden signed an executive order for the United States to rejoin the World Health Organization.
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NIH researchers connected frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with the genetic mutation normally understood to cause Huntington’s disease.
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