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- [Gilead Submits NDA for Bulevirtide, First Potential HDV Treatment, Backed by Phase 3 MYR301 Data](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/gilead-submits-nda-bulevirtide-hdv-treatment/) - Gilead Sciences submitted an NDA to the FDA for bulevirtide 10 mg to treat chronic hepatitis delta virus, supported by Phase 3 MYR301 data.
- [FDA Extends Review of Reproxalap for Dry Eye Disease to March 16 Amid Clinical Study Requests](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-extends-review-reproxalap-dry-eye-disease/) - The FDA extended its review of Aldeyra's reproxalap for dry eye disease to March 16, 2026, after requesting a clinical study report.
- [FDA Approves Icotyde (icotrokinra) for Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis in Patients 12 and Older](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-approves-icotyde-psoriasis-patients-12-older/) - The FDA approved ICOTYDE (icotrokinra) for treating moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in patients 12 and older weighing at least 40 kg.
- [FDA Clears ET-600 for Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency on February 25 PDUFA Date](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-clears-et-600-arginine-vasopressin-deficiency-pdufa-date/) - Significant strides in pediatric care emerge as the FDA clears ET-600 for arginine vasopressin deficiency—discover what this means for treatment safety and outcomes.
- [Autism in Adults: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/autism-in-adults-presentation-diagnosis-and-management/) - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects an individual’s social interactions and communication.1 In recent decades, the prevalence of ASD has increased from 1 in every 150 children to 1 in every 36.2 While most people with ASD are diagnosed during childhood, individuals with ASD who have subtle symptoms and/or are able
- [Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) earnings Q1 2024](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/johnson-johnson-jnj-earnings-q1-2024/) - An entry sign to the Johnson & Johnson campus shows their logo in Irvine, California on August 28, 2019.Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported first-quarter adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street's expectations as sales in its medical devices business surged.Meanwhile, the company's total revenue for the period was largely
- [Why Opioid Settlement Money Is Paying County Employees’ Salaries](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-opioid-settlement-money-is-paying-county-employees-salaries/) - More than $4.3 billion in opioid settlement money has landed in the hands of city, county and state officials to date — with billions more on the way. But instead of using the cash to add desperately needed treatment, recovery and prevention services, some places are using it to replace existing funding. Local officials say
- [Fighting Cancer and the Common Cold with Garlic ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fighting-cancer-and-the-common-cold-with-garlic/) - Raw garlic is compared to roasted, stir-fried, simmered, and jarred garlic. Garlic lowers blood pressure, regulates cholesterol, and stimulates immunity. I’ve talked before about its effect on heart disease risk factors, but what about immunity? Eating garlic appears to offer the best of both worlds, dampening the overreactive face of the immune system by suppressing
- [Lawsuit Alleges Obamacare Plan-Switching Scheme Targeted Low-Income Consumers](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/lawsuit-alleges-obamacare-plan-switching-scheme-targeted-low-income-consumers/) - A wide-ranging lawsuit filed Friday outlines a moneymaking scheme by which large insurance sales agency call centers enrolled people into Affordable Care Act plans or switched their coverage, all without their permission. According to the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, two such call centers paid tens of thousands
- [‘Good friction:’ Experts share how artificial intelligence works in their office](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/good-friction-experts-share-how-artificial-intelligence-works-in-their-office/) - April 15, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Conservative Justices Stir Trouble for Republican Politicians on Abortion](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/conservative-justices-stir-trouble-for-republican-politicians-on-abortion/) - Abortion opponents have maneuvered in courthouses for years to end access to reproductive health care. In Arizona last week, a win for the anti-abortion camp caused political blowback for Republican candidates in the state and beyond. The reaction echoed the response to an Alabama Supreme Court decision over in vitro fertilization just two months before.
- [California Health Workers May Face Rude Awakening With $25 Minimum Wage Law](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-health-workers-may-face-rude-awakening-with-25-minimum-wage-law/) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly a half-million health workers who stand to benefit from California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage law could be in for a rude awakening if hospitals and other health care providers follow through on potential cuts to hours and benefits. A medical industry challenge to a new minimum wage ordinance in one Southern
- [‘Shorter is better’ message slow to reach pediatrics](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/shorter-is-better-message-slow-to-reach-pediatrics/) - April 15, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Particle Health says dispute with Epic not affecting most customers](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/particle-health-says-dispute-with-epic-not-affecting-most-customers/) - Joos Mind | Photodisc | Getty ImagesParticle Health said on Monday that the "vast majority" of its customers are still receiving records from medical software giant Epic Systems despite an ongoing dispute between the two companies over data-sharing practices.Epic's software supports more than 300 million patient records, and Particle acts like a middleman that helps
- [Más condados prohíben el fluoruro en el agua potable. Cómo afecta a la prevención dental](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mas-condados-prohiben-el-fluoruro-en-el-agua-potable-como-afecta-a-la-prevencion-dental/) - Melba Newsome Regina Barrett, una jubilada de 69 años que vive en Monroe, una pequeña ciudad de Carolina del Norte, al sureste de Charlotte, hace tiempo que no está contenta con el agua del grifo. “Nuestra agua ha estado turbia y burbujeante, y parece lechosa”, dijo Barrett, que culpa al fluoruro, un mineral que comunidades
- [Casi 1 de cada 4 adultos desafiliados de Medicaid siguen sin seguro, indica encuesta](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/casi-1-de-cada-4-adultos-desafiliados-de-medicaid-siguen-sin-seguro-indica-encuesta/) - Casi una cuarta parte de los adultos que fueron dados de baja de Medicaid el año pasado dicen que ahora no tienen seguro, según una encuesta que detalla cómo decenas de millones de estadounidenses lucharon por conservar la cobertura del gobierno para personas de bajos ingresos. Las protecciones que tuvo el programa durante la pandemia,
- [Replacing contaminated sinks did not stop drug-resistant outbreak in pediatric ward](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/replacing-contaminated-sinks-did-not-stop-drug-resistant-outbreak-in-pediatric-ward/) - April 15, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Rural Americans Are Way More Likely To Die Young. Why?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rural-americans-are-way-more-likely-to-die-young-why/) - Three words are commonly repeated to describe rural America and its residents: older, sicker and poorer. Obviously, there’s a lot more going on in the nation’s towns than that tired stereotype suggests. But a new report from the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service gives credence to the “sicker” part of the trope. Rural Americans ages
- [When Rogue Brokers Switch People’s ACA Policies, Tax Surprises Can Follow](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/when-rogue-brokers-switch-peoples-aca-policies-tax-surprises-can-follow/) - Tax season is never fun. But some tax filers this year face an added complication: Their returns are being rejected because they failed to provide information about Affordable Care Act coverage they didn’t even know they had. While the concern about unscrupulous brokers enrolling unsuspecting people in ACA coverage has simmered for years, complaints have
- [Swap Funds or Add Services? Use of Opioid Settlement Cash Sparks Strong Disagreements](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/swap-funds-or-add-services-use-of-opioid-settlement-cash-sparks-strong-disagreements/) - State and local governments are receiving billions of dollars in opioid settlements to address the drug crisis that has ravaged America for decades. But instead of spending the money on new addiction treatment and prevention services they couldn’t afford before, some jurisdictions are using it to replace existing funding and stretch tight budgets. Scott County,
- [How pediatricians can counsel patients and parents on overdose prevention](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-pediatricians-can-counsel-patients-and-parents-on-overdose-prevention/) - April 11, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Multiple biologic treatments safe, effective in children with asthma](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/multiple-biologic-treatments-safe-effective-in-children-with-asthma/) - April 12, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Pfizer RSV vaccine may protect high-risk adults ages 18-59](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pfizer-rsv-vaccine-may-protect-high-risk-adults-ages-18-59/) - Respiratory syncytial virus - viral vaccine under researchHailshadow | Istock | Getty ImagesA vaccine from Pfizer showed the potential to protect adults ages 18 to 59 who are at increased risk of getting severely sick from respiratory syncytial virus in a late stage clinical trial, the company said Tuesday.The initial data suggests that Pfizer's shot,
- [New Research Suggests That Cutting Exposure to Common Chemicals Could Slow Aging](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-research-suggests-that-cutting-exposure-to-common-chemicals-could-slow-aging/) - Researchers at Nagoya University have linked aldehydes, byproducts from alcohol, pollution, and smoke, to premature aging and DNA damage, proposing potential strategies to mitigate aging effects and highlighting the impact of environmental factors on health.Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered that aldehydes are metabolic byproducts associated with premature aging. Published in Nature Cell
- [No link between COVID-19 and asthma in children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/no-link-between-covid-19-and-asthma-in-children/) - April 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [FDA grants emergency use authorization to first mpox PCR home test](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-grants-emergency-use-authorization-to-first-mpox-pcr-home-test/) - April 12, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Weight loss, diabetes drugs not linked to suicidal thoughts: EU probe](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/weight-loss-diabetes-drugs-not-linked-to-suicidal-thoughts-eu-probe/) - Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | ReutersEuropean Union drug regulators found no evidence that highly popular weight loss and diabetes drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic are linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and self-injury, the regulator said Friday. The
- [SHEA Spring explores future of epidemiology, stewardship, more](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/shea-spring-explores-future-of-epidemiology-stewardship-more/) - April 13, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [‘A burgeoning field:’ How clinicians are addressing their patients’ growing social needs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-burgeoning-field-how-clinicians-are-addressing-their-patients-growing-social-needs/) - April 12, 2024 7 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Epic Systems boots Particle Health for unauthorized sharing of data](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/epic-systems-boots-particle-health-for-unauthorized-sharing-of-data/) - The eponymous sign outside Epic headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin.Source: Yiem via Wikipedia CCEpic Systems, the largest provider of software for managing medical records, says a venture-backed startup called Particle Health is using patient data in unauthorized and unethical ways that have nothing to do with treatment.Epic told customers in a notice on Thursday that it
- [Preoperative antibiotic therapy decreased microbiologic culture yield](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/preoperative-antibiotic-therapy-decreased-microbiologic-culture-yield/) - April 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Children with Autism Have an Earlier Onset of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/children-with-autism-have-an-earlier-onset-of-suicidal-thoughts-and-behaviors/) - Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience suicidality at a younger age than their peers without ASD, according to study results published in JAMA Pediatrics. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors were present among children with ASD who were aged 8 and younger. Individuals with ASD are at a higher risk of experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
- [Breakthrough mpox cases linked to risky sexual behaviors](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/breakthrough-mpox-cases-linked-to-risky-sexual-behaviors/) - April 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Autism Symptoms in Women: Camouflaged or Overlooked?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/autism-symptoms-in-women-camouflaged-or-overlooked/) - As physicians and researchers continue to refine their understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), increasing evidence is shedding light on the distinct manifestation of autism symptoms in women.1 Because of the historical emphasis on the stereotypical presentation of ASD among boys and men, women with ASD have often been overlooked or misdiagnosed due to the
- [California Fails to Adequately Help Blind and Deaf Prisoners, US Judge Rules](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-fails-to-adequately-help-blind-and-deaf-prisoners-us-judge-rules/) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thirty years after prisoners with disabilities sued the state of California and 25 years after a federal court first ordered accommodations, a judge found that state prison and parole officials still are not doing enough to help deaf and blind prisoners — in part because they are not using readily available technology
- [Moderna halts Kenya vaccine plant plans as Covid shot demand plunges](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/moderna-halts-kenya-vaccine-plant-plans-as-covid-shot-demand-plunges/) - A nurse prepares a dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Oltepesi Dispensary in Kajiado, Kenya, on September 9, 2021.Patrick Meinhardt | AFP | Getty ImagesModerna on Thursday said it has paused plans to build a vaccine-manufacturing site in Kenya after a steep drop in demand for its Covid vaccines.The biotech company said it has not
- [As Bans Spread, Fluoride in Drinking Water Divides Communities Across the US](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/as-bans-spread-fluoride-in-drinking-water-divides-communities-across-the-us/) - MONROE, N.C. — Regina Barrett, a 69-year-old retiree who lives in this small North Carolina city southeast of Charlotte, has not been happy with her tap water for a while. “Our water has been cloudy and bubbly and looks milky,” said Barrett, who blames fluoride, a mineral that communities across the nation have for decades
- [Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Dumped From Medicaid Are Now Uninsured, Survey Finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nearly-1-in-4-adults-dumped-from-medicaid-are-now-uninsured-survey-finds/) - Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring last spring. The first national survey of
- [Rise in cases threatens US measles elimination status, CDC says](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rise-in-cases-threatens-us-measles-elimination-status-cdc-says/) - April 11, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [New psychiatric symptoms lower in adolescents receiving isotretinoin than previously shown](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-psychiatric-symptoms-lower-in-adolescents-receiving-isotretinoin-than-previously-shown/) - April 11, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [This consumer microbiome startup is betting profits on an AI tool](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/this-consumer-microbiome-startup-is-betting-profits-on-an-ai-tool/) - A probiotic culture experiment in a laboratory.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesSeed Health has been in the business of microbiome scientific breakthroughs since its founding in 2015, but its biggest success to-date may have been becoming profitable as a bioscience startup. The popularity of the company's original product, DS-01, a daily probiotic and
- [Lose Weight by Eating More in the Morning ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/lose-weight-by-eating-more-in-the-morning/) - A calorie is not a calorie. It isn’t only what you eat, but when you eat. Mice are nocturnal creatures. They eat during the night and sleep during the day. However, if you only feed mice during the day, they gain more weight than if they were fed a similar amount of calories at night.
- [Patients with long COVID ‘should not be discouraged from exercising,’ study suggests](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/patients-with-long-covid-should-not-be-discouraged-from-exercising-study-suggests/) - April 10, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [After Uphill Battle, Company Is Poised for Takeover of Bankrupt California Hospital](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/after-uphill-battle-company-is-poised-for-takeover-of-bankrupt-california-hospital/) - MODESTO, Calif. — When American Advanced Management made a bid for the bankrupt Madera Community Hospital last year, many local officials and others involved in trying to reopen the facility didn’t take the company seriously. The 11-year-old firm, based in Modesto, was already running a handful of small, rural hospitals, but Madera had far larger
- [Arkansas Led the Nation in Measuring Obesity in Kids. Did It Help?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/arkansas-led-the-nation-in-measuring-obesity-in-kids-did-it-help/) - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sixth-grade boys were lining up to be measured in the Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School library. As they took off their shoes and emptied their pockets, they joked about being the tallest. “It’s an advantage,” said one. “You can play basketball,” said another. “A taller dude can get more
- [Studies show ChatGPT provides reliable information on vaccines, STIs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/studies-show-chatgpt-provides-reliable-information-on-vaccines-stis/) - April 10, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Denver and its craft breweries embrace nonalcoholic beer, spirits](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/denver-and-its-craft-breweries-embrace-nonalcoholic-beer-spirits/) - Denver Beer Co.Courtesy: Denver Beer Co.This story is part of CNBC's new quarterly Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have been transformed into business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit that has attracted capital, companies and workers.Alcohol-free beverage options have skyrocketed over the past few years, and that trend has especially picked up in
- [Officials identify a cluster of feline sporotrichosis, transmission to a vet tech](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/officials-identify-a-cluster-of-feline-sporotrichosis-transmission-to-a-vet-tech/) - April 10, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [The NIH Hopes To Make TMJ ‘Bearable.’ It Has a Long Way To Go.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-nih-hopes-to-make-tmj-bearable-it-has-a-long-way-to-go/) - The National Institutes of Health is spending more money than ever to solve the mysteries of TMJ disorders — little-understood ailments that afflict as many as 33 million Americans. Temporomandibular joint disorders, known as TMJ or TMD, cause pain in the jaw and face that can range from discomfort to disabling, with severe symptoms far
- [Médicos de atención primaria asumen tareas de dentista para ayudar a pacientes vulnerables](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicos-de-atencion-primaria-asumen-tareas-de-dentista-para-ayudar-a-pacientes-vulnerables/) - DENVER.- Un lunes reciente, la pediatra Patricia Braun y su equipo atendieron a unos 100 niños en una clínica comunitaria. Administraron vacunas contra la gripe y trataron infecciones de oído. Pero Braun también hizo algo que la mayoría de los médicos de atención primaria no hacen. Revisó las bocas de los pacientes en busca de
- [Corticosteroids do not impact growth velocity in children with eosinophilic esophagitis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/corticosteroids-do-not-impact-growth-velocity-in-children-with-eosinophilic-esophagitis/) - April 09, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Congress Likely to Kick the Can on Covid-Era Telehealth Policies](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/congress-likely-to-kick-the-can-on-covid-era-telehealth-policies/) - Nearly two hours into a Capitol Hill hearing focused on rural health, Rep. Brad Wenstrup emphatically told the committee’s five witnesses: “Hang with us.” Federal lawmakers face a year-end deadline to solidify or scuttle an array of covid-era payment changes for telehealth services that include allowing people to stay in their homes to see a
- [Doctors Take On Dental Duties to Reach Low-Income and Uninsured Patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/doctors-take-on-dental-duties-to-reach-low-income-and-uninsured-patients/) - DENVER — Pediatrician Patricia Braun and her team saw roughly 100 children at a community health clinic on a recent Monday. They gave flu shots and treatments for illnesses like ear infections. But Braun also did something most primary care doctors don’t. She peered inside mouths searching for cavities or she brushed fluoride varnish on
- [J&J cell therapy gains edge over Bristol Myers rival](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/jj-cell-therapy-gains-edge-over-bristol-myers-rival/) - Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThink a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up.Hi folks! Two competing cell therapies from Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson both got good news from the Food and Drug Administration on Friday. But J&J's drug is walking away with
- [Not all practices in place to prevent SSIs are necessary or evidence based](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/not-all-practices-in-place-to-prevent-ssis-are-necessary-or-evidence-based/) - April 09, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Autism Checklist for First Diagnostic Evaluation](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/autism-checklist-for-first-diagnostic-evaluation/) - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder characterized by ongoing problems with social communication, social interaction, and restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests, and activities.1,2 While an experienced clinician can reliably identify ASD in children as young as age 2 years, many children do not receive the diagnosis until they are much older, which delays effective
- [Autism Statistics & The Prevalence of Autism](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/autism-statistics-the-prevalence-of-autism/) - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication/interaction and restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests, and activities that cause significant impairment in functioning.1,2 The terminology and diagnostic criteria of ASD have changed several times since the disorder was first described in 1943, which has made it challenging to standardize research and
- [European ID conference gets a new name](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/european-id-conference-gets-a-new-name/) - April 09, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Google partners with Bayer on new AI product for radiologists](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/google-partners-with-bayer-on-new-ai-product-for-radiologists/) - Google Cloud and the German health-care company Bayer on Tuesday announced they are building an artificial intelligence-powered platform that aims to help radiologists diagnose patients and work through cases more quickly. The platform's generative AI flags anomalies within images for radiologists to look at, and it can also pull up relevant information from that patient's medical
- [Becerra Joins the Fray Over Reproductive Rights](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/becerra-joins-the-fray-over-reproductive-rights/) - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is racking up frequent-flier miles as he hopscotches the country to highlight health issues the White House hopes will become pivotal for voters this year — none more so than reproductive rights. “No woman today should fear [not having] access to the care that she needs. President Biden
- [Circadian Rhythms and Our Health and Weight ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/circadian-rhythms-and-our-health-and-weight/) - Given the power of chronotherapy—how the same dose of the same drugs taken at a different time of day can have such different effects—it’s no surprise that chronoprevention approaches, like meal timing, can also make a difference. The 2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded for “elucidating molecular mechanisms of the circadian clock,” our internal
- [After Public Push, CMS Curbs Health Insurance Agents’ Access to Consumer SSNs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/after-public-push-cms-curbs-health-insurance-agents-access-to-consumer-ssns/) - Until last week, the system that is used to enroll people in federal Affordable Care Act insurance plans inadvertently allowed access by insurance brokers to consumers’ full Social Security numbers, information brokers don’t need. That raised concerns about the potential for misuse. The access to policyholders’ personal information was one of the problems cited in
- [City-Country Mortality Gap Widens Amid Persistent Holes in Rural Health Care Access](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/city-country-mortality-gap-widens-amid-persistent-holes-in-rural-health-care-access/) - Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez In Matthew Roach’s two years as vital statistics manager for the Arizona Department of Health Services, and 10 years previously in its epidemiology program, he has witnessed a trend in mortality rates that has rural health experts worried. As Roach tracked the health of Arizona residents, the gap between mortality rates of
- [Readers Speak Up About Women's Health Issues, From Reproductive Care to Drinking](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/readers-speak-up-about-womens-health-issues-from-reproductive-care-to-drinking/) - Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Many readers responded to our data-driven coverage of how ethical and religious directives issued by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops affect care options at Catholic and Catholic-affiliated hospitals in the
- [CDC advises states to make bird flu plan](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cdc-advises-states-to-make-bird-flu-plan/) - April 08, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Record funding propels Denver-Boulder's life sciences market](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/record-funding-propels-denver-boulders-life-sciences-market/) - This story is part of CNBC's quarterly Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have transformed into business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit that has attracted capital, companies and employees.The Denver-Boulder region is rapidly emerging as a major hub for the life sciences industry, attracting companies that develop cutting-edge medical treatments and technologies.Life sciences
- [FDA approves first two-drug pill for HIV in adolescents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-approves-first-two-drug-pill-for-hiv-in-adolescents/) - David W. Rosenthal, DO, PhD The FDA approval of Dovato (dolutegravir/lamivudine) for adolescents living with HIV provides another tool in the toolbox to effectively treat HIV in adolescents aged 12 years and up. Currently, there are only a few one-pill, once-a-day HIV treatment options for this age group, and this approval expands those options because
- [Cada vez mueren más menores por sobredosis. ¿Podrían los pediatras ayudar más?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cada-vez-mueren-mas-menores-por-sobredosis-podrian-los-pediatras-ayudar-mas/) - Un joven de 17 años, con el pelo rubio desgreñado, se subió a la balanza del Centro de Salud Familiar Tri-River de Uxbridge, en Massachusetts. Después que lo pesaran, caminó hacia un consultorio decorado con calcomanías de planetas y personajes de dibujos animados. Una enfermera le tomó la presión arterial. Un pediatra le preguntó por
- [El tipo de alimentación está vinculado a tasas más altas de preeclampsia en latinas](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/el-tipo-de-alimentacion-esta-vinculado-a-tasas-mas-altas-de-preeclampsia-en-latinas/) - Para las latinas embarazadas, la elección de los alimentos podría reducir el riesgo de preeclampsia, un tipo especialmente peligroso de hipertensión. Un nuevo estudio muestra que es más probable que una dieta basada en preferencias alimentarias culturales, en lugar de las guías oficiales, ayude a prevenir esta enfermedad. Investigadores de la Escuela de Medicina Keck
- [Suicide now second leading cause of death among NCAA athletes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/suicide-now-second-leading-cause-of-death-among-ncaa-athletes/) - April 08, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Rising Complaints of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concern](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rising-complaints-of-unauthorized-obamacare-plan-switching-and-sign-ups-trigger-concern/) - Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches for Affordable Care Act policyholders, say consumers, agents, nonprofit enrollee assistance groups, and other insurance experts. “We think it’s urgent and it requires a lot more attention and resources,” said Jennifer Sullivan, director of
- [Ten Doctors on FDA Panel Reviewing Abbott Heart Device Had Financial Ties With Company](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ten-doctors-on-fda-panel-reviewing-abbott-heart-device-had-financial-ties-with-company/) - When the FDA recently convened a committee of advisers to assess a cardiac device made by Abbott, the agency didn’t disclose that most of them had received payments from the company or conducted research it had funded — information readily available in a federal database. One member of the FDA advisory committee was linked to
- [Moderna says new Covid vaccine showed positive late-stage data](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/moderna-says-new-covid-vaccine-showed-positive-late-stage-data/) - A nurse fills a syringe with Moderna Covid-19 vaccine.Fred Tanneau | Afp | Getty ImagesModerna on Tuesday said a new version of its Covid vaccine triggered a stronger immune response against the virus than its current shot in a late-stage trial. The results come as Moderna competes with rival Pfizer for more share of the Covid
- [Live worm found in patient’s eye](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/live-worm-found-in-patients-eye/) - April 05, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Sleep study links irregular sleep, late bedtimes to worse grades in high school](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/sleep-study-links-irregular-sleep-late-bedtimes-to-worse-grades-in-high-school/) - April 05, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Prenosis says AI tool for sepsis approved by FDA](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prenosis-says-ai-tool-for-sepsis-approved-by-fda/) - The health technology company Prenosis on Wednesday announced its artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tool for sepsis is the first to receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Sepsis occurs when the body has an extreme response to an infection, and it is often deadly. More than 350,000 adults with sepsis die during hospitalization or are
- [Twenty-one hallmarks to professionalize you and your practice](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/twenty-one-hallmarks-to-professionalize-you-and-your-practice/) - April 05, 2024 5 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Most patients with norovirus had just one health care encounter, study finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/most-patients-with-norovirus-had-just-one-health-care-encounter-study-finds/) - April 05, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Danone CEO downplays threat of weight loss drugs on food producers](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/danone-ceo-downplays-threat-of-weight-loss-drugs-on-food-producers/) - Pots of Activia yoghurt, manufactured by Danone SA, sit on display.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe CEO of French consumer goods giant Danone downplayed the threat of obesity drugs on its food business, arguing that consumers were likely to turn to healthy products as part of their new weight loss regime.Antoine de Saint-Affrique said that surging demand
- [Hooked on ID with Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hooked-on-id-with-keith-s-kaye-md-mph/) - April 06, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Journalists Assess the Risks of Bird Flu and the Impacts of Medicaid ‘Unwinding’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/journalists-assess-the-risks-of-bird-flu-and-the-impacts-of-medicaid-unwinding/) - KFF Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed bird flu on CBS News’ “CBS Mornings” on April 2. Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS Mornings” El Tímpano reporter Jasmine Aguilera, who has been reporting in collaboration with KFF Health News and California Healthline, discussed how Hispanic communities are affected
- [Mpox vaccine now available at pharmacies, physician offices](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mpox-vaccine-now-available-at-pharmacies-physician-offices/) - April 05, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Teladoc CEO departs the company after stock's 95% fall from 2021 highs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/teladoc-ceo-departs-the-company-after-stocks-95-fall-from-2021-highs/) - Jason Gorevic, CEO, TeladocScott Mlyn | CNBCTeladoc Health on Friday announced the sudden departure of CEO Jason Gorevic, who is leaving his role as head of the company effective immediately, according to a release.The company's board of directors has temporarily appointed Mala Murthy, chief financial officer, as Gorevic's replacement and hired an executive search firm
- [FDA approves at-home rapid test for influenza, COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-approves-at-home-rapid-test-for-influenza-covid-19/) - April 05, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [As Republicans Wrestle With IVF, the Biden Administration Expands Benefits](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/as-republicans-wrestle-with-ivf-the-biden-administration-expands-benefits/) - While Republican lawmakers try to walk a fine line on in vitro fertilization — expressing support for the popular procedure, even as some of their supporters argue life begins at conception — the federal government expanded fertility benefits for millions of workers this year, including up to $25,000 a year for IVF. Many employers have
- [A Clinician’s Guide to Dizziness: the Triage-TiTrATE Model](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-clinicians-guide-to-dizziness-the-triage-titrate-model/) - Introduction Dizziness is a common complaint among patients seeking care. The dizzy patient is frequently seen in a primary care setting and emergency department visits, accounting for up to 5% of those types of encounters.1,2 Over their lifespan, close to 35% of the adult population can present to a health care provider for a complaint of
- ['Good old basics of infection control' critical when C. auris emerges](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/good-old-basics-of-infection-control-critical-when-c-auris-emerges/) - April 02, 2024 7 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for Medicare Enrollees](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-is-right-about-35-insulin-cap-but-exaggerates-prior-costs-for-medicare-enrollees/) - Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries “was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month.” President Joe Biden, in a March 22 speech The cost of insulin in the United States has risen considerably in recent years, with some estimates finding that Americans have paid around 10 times as
- [Dietary Choices Are Linked to Higher Rates of Preeclampsia Among Latinas](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/dietary-choices-are-linked-to-higher-rates-of-preeclampsia-among-latinas/) - For pregnant Latinas, food choices could reduce the risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous type of high blood pressure, and a diet based on cultural food preferences, rather than on U.S. government benchmarks, is more likely to help ward off the illness, a new study shows. Researchers at the USC Keck School of Medicine found that
- [Many CVS drug plans will cover OTC birth control pill Opill at no cost](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/many-cvs-drug-plans-will-cover-otc-birth-control-pill-opill-at-no-cost/) - In this photo illustration, a package of Opill is displayed on March 22, 2024 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesCVS Health on Thursday said its drug plans will cover the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S. at no cost for many health plan sponsors, a decision that could open the door
- [More Kids Are Dying of Drug Overdoses. Could Pediatricians Do More to Help?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/more-kids-are-dying-of-drug-overdoses-could-pediatricians-do-more-to-help/) - A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. After he was weighed, he headed for an exam room decorated with decals of planets and cartoon characters. A nurse checked his blood pressure. A pediatrician asked about school, home life, and his friendships. This seemed
- [What to know about the increase in invasive meningococcal disease](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-to-know-about-the-increase-in-invasive-meningococcal-disease/) - April 04, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [FDA approves antibiotic to treat three bacterial infections](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-approves-antibiotic-to-treat-three-bacterial-infections/) - April 04, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Drug similar to Ozempic slowed Parkinson's disease in small trial](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/drug-similar-to-ozempic-slowed-parkinsons-disease-in-small-trial/) - The coronal view of a human brain of a patient suffering from Parkinson's diseaseSherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab | Getty ImagesA highly popular class of drugs for diabetes and obesity is showing early potential to help patients with Parkinson's disease, too. An older diabetes treatment called lixisenatide helped slow the progression of motor disability after 12 months
- [Milk Hormones and Female Infertility ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/milk-hormones-and-female-infertility/) - Dairy consumption is associated with years of advanced ovarian aging, thought to be due to the steroid hormones or endocrine-disrupting chemicals in cow’s milk. When it comes to the amount of steroid hormones we are exposed to in the food supply, dairy “milk products supply about 60–80% of ingested female sex steroids.” I’ve talked about
- [The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-horrors-of-tmj-chronic-pain-metal-jaws-and-futile-treatments/) - A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw. Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily, turning screws that protruded from her neck. A third in New York had bone from her rib and fat from her
- [Unauthorized Sign-Ups Cast Shadow on Obamacare’s Record Enrollment](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/unauthorized-sign-ups-cast-shadow-on-obamacares-record-enrollment/) - The Biden administration faces what looks like a growing problem for the federal Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange: disreputable insurance brokers enrolling people who don’t need coverage or switching them to new plans without their authorization. It happened to Michael Debriae, a restaurant server who lives in Charlotte. Unbeknownst to him, an agent in Florida
- [Feds Join Ranks of Employers with Generous Fertility Benefits](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/feds-join-ranks-of-employers-with-generous-fertility-benefits/) - Michelle Andrews Companies have increasingly offered generous fertility benefits to attract and keep top-notch workers. Now, the federal government is getting in on the act. Starting this year, federal employees can choose plans that cover several fertility services, including up to $25,000 annually for in vitro fertilization procedures and up to three artificial insemination cycles
- [End of Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households Threatens Telehealth Access](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/end-of-internet-subsidies-for-low-income-households-threatens-telehealth-access/) - For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week’s worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands. It’s also how much she spent on her monthly internet bill before the federal Affordable Connectivity Program stepped in and covered her payments. “When you have low income and you are living on disability and your daughter’s
- [What to know about bird flu in cattle, and the human case in Texas](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-to-know-about-bird-flu-in-cattle-and-the-human-case-in-texas/) - April 03, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Updated COVID-19 shots lower hospitalization risk in immunocompromised people by a third](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/updated-covid-19-shots-lower-hospitalization-risk-in-immunocompromised-people-by-a-third/) - April 03, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Weight loss, diabetes drug ad spending tops $1 billion](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/weight-loss-diabetes-drug-ad-spending-tops-1-billion/) - Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | ReutersThink a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up.Good afternoon! Drugmakers spent big on advertisements for weight loss and diabetes treatments last year as they wrestled
- [The GOP Keeps Pushing Medicaid Work Requirements, Despite Setbacks](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-gop-keeps-pushing-medicaid-work-requirements-despite-setbacks/) - Work requirements in Medicaid expansion programs are back on the agenda in many statehouses — despite their lackluster track record. In Mississippi, the idea has momentum from GOP lawmakers advancing legislation to expand Medicaid. In Kansas, the Democratic governor proposed work requirements to try to soften Republican opposition to expansion. (She’s had little luck, so
- [SARS-CoV-2 within 10 weeks after embryo transfer does not impact IVF/ICSI treatment](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/sars-cov-2-within-10-weeks-after-embryo-transfer-does-not-impact-ivf-icsi-treatment/) - April 03, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Vigpoder for Oral Solution Now Available for Refractory CPS, Infantile Spasms](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vigpoder-for-oral-solution-now-available-for-refractory-cps-infantile-spasms/) - Vigpoder (vigabatrin) for oral solution has been made available by Pyros Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of: Refractory complex partial seizures as adjunctive therapy in patients 2 years of age and older who have inadequately responded to several alternative treatments and for whom the potential benefits outweigh the risk of vision loss; it is not indicated
- [La deuda médica afecta a gran parte de EE.UU., pero en especial a inmigrantes en Colorado  ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/la-deuda-medica-afecta-a-gran-parte-de-ee-uu-pero-en-especial-a-inmigrantes-en-colorado/) - DENVER, Colorado. — En febrero, la hija adolescente de Norma Brambila le escribió una carta que ahora lleva en su cartera. Es un dibujo de una rosa y una nota alentadora que anima a su mamá a “seguir luchando” contra su enfermedad, y que le recuerda que algún día se reunirá con su familia en
- [Attacks on Emergency Room Workers Prompt Debate Over Tougher Penalties](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/attacks-on-emergency-room-workers-prompt-debate-over-tougher-penalties/) - Patients hurl verbal abuse at Michelle Ravera every day in the emergency room. Physical violence is less common, she said, but has become a growing threat. Ravera, an ER nurse at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, recalled an incident in which an agitated patient wanted to leave. “Without any warning he just reached up, grabbed
- [Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medical-debt-affects-much-of-america-but-colorado-immigrants-are-hit-especially-hard/) - Rae Ellen Bichell and Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline DENVER — In February, Norma Brambila’s teenage daughter wrote her a letter she now carries in her purse. It is a drawing of a rose, and a note encouraging Brambila to “keep fighting” her sickness and reminding her she’d someday join her family in heaven. About This
- [Are long-acting injectables the future?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/are-long-acting-injectables-the-future/) - April 02, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [From Miami to Melbourne, a quiet revolution is underway](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/from-miami-to-melbourne-a-quiet-revolution-is-underway/) - Firefighters work on the zone of a forest fire in the hills in Quilpue comune, Valparaiso region, Chile on February 3, 2024.Javier Torres | Afp | Getty ImagesA quiet revolution is underway to address a widely underestimated climate challenge: extreme heat.Local authorities have appointed several chief heat officers (CHOs) in cities worldwide in recent years
- [Study uncovers ‘alarming’ rate of suicidal thoughts, behaviors in young children with autism](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/study-uncovers-alarming-rate-of-suicidal-thoughts-behaviors-in-young-children-with-autism/) - April 02, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Health insurer stocks slide as Medicare Advantage rates disappoint](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/health-insurer-stocks-slide-as-medicare-advantage-rates-disappoint/) - Signage is displayed on a Humana Inc. office building in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Humana is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 6.Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of U.S. health insurers fell Tuesday after the Biden administration didn't boost payments for private Medicare plans as much as the
- [Risk for post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 down among patients with SARDs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/risk-for-post-acute-sequelae-of-covid-19-down-among-patients-with-sards/) - April 02, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/aca-plans-are-being-switched-without-enrollees-ok/) - Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without their express permission, potentially leaving them unable to see their doctors or fill prescriptions. Some face large IRS bills for back taxes. Share Your Story Do you have experience with ACA plan-switching
- [Skip Breakfast to Lose Weight? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/skip-breakfast-to-lose-weight/) - Breakthroughs in the field of chronobiology—the study of our circadian rhythms—help solve the mystery of the missing morning calories in breakfast studies. Where did this whole “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” concept come from? “The Father of Public Relations,” Edward Bernays, infamous for his “Torches of Freedom” campaign to get women
- [California Universities Are Required to Offer Abortion Pills. Many Just Don't Mention It.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-universities-are-required-to-offer-abortion-pills-many-just-dont-mention-it/) - Jackie Fortiér, LAist and Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, LAist When Deanna Gomez found out she was pregnant in September 2023, she felt the timing couldn’t have been worse. The college senior at California State University-San Bernardino worked 60 hours a week at two jobs. She used birth control. Motherhood was not in the plan. Not yet. “I
- [Track Opioid Settlement Payouts — To the Cent — In Your Community](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/track-opioid-settlement-payouts-to-the-cent-in-your-community/) - State and local governments are receiving billions of dollars in settlements from companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were accused of fueling the opioid crisis. More than a dozen companies will pay the money over nearly two decades. As of late February 2024, more than $4.3 billion had landed in government coffers.
- [More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/more-patients-are-losing-their-doctors-and-trust-in-the-primary-care-system/) - First, her favorite doctor in Providence, Rhode Island, retired. Then her other doctor at a health center a few miles away left the practice. Now, Piedad Fred has developed a new chronic condition: distrust in the American medical system. “I don’t know,” she said, her eyes filling with tears. “To go to a doctor that
- [Maternal RSV vaccine candidate effective but upped risk for preterm birth](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/maternal-rsv-vaccine-candidate-effective-but-upped-risk-for-preterm-birth/) - April 01, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Autism Acceptance Month: The History and Impact](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/autism-acceptance-month-the-history-and-impact/) - April is Autism Acceptance Month, formerly known as Autism Awareness Month. Autism Acceptance Month is meant to highlight the issues affecting people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families, educate the public on support services, and celebrate and destigmatize the perspectives of those living with ASD.¹ According to the Centers for Disease Control and
- [Drugmakers are capping inhaler prices at $35](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/drugmakers-are-capping-inhaler-prices-at-35/) - A woman using an inhaler. BSIP | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesThink a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up.Good afternoon! Inhalers will soon get a whole lot cheaper for some Americans. Three of the world's largest inhaler makers have agreed to cap the out-of-pocket price of their
- [Vaccines do not increase risk for lupus, meta-analysis finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vaccines-do-not-increase-risk-for-lupus-meta-analysis-finds/) - April 01, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Adolescentes podrían ir al psicólogo sin tener el permiso de sus padres](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/adolescentes-podrian-ir-al-psicologo-sin-tener-el-permiso-de-sus-padres/) - Cuando estaba en noveno grado, Fiona Lu cayó en una depresión. Tenía problemas para adaptarse a su nueva escuela en Orange County, California, y se sentía tan aislada y agotada que lloraba todas las mañanas. Lu quería recibir ayuda, pero su plan de Medi-Cal no cubría la terapia a menos que tuviera el permiso de
- [Mujeres están bebiendo hasta enfermarse. A la administración le preocupa el costo de la atención](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mujeres-estan-bebiendo-hasta-enfermarse-a-la-administracion-le-preocupa-el-costo-de-la-atencion/) - Una mañana de hace casi 10 años Karla Adkins se miró en el espejo retrovisor de su auto y advirtió que el blanco de sus ojos se había vuelto amarillo. En ese entonces tenía 36 y trabajaba como médica de enlace para un sistema hospitalario de la costa de Carolina del Sur ayudando a fortalecer
- [Adultos mayores, agotados por tener que organizar tanta atención médica](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/adultos-mayores-agotados-por-tener-que-organizar-tanta-atencion-medica/) - En enero, Susanne Gilliam, de 67 años, estaba yendo a recoger el correo afuera de su casa cuando se cayó al resbalar sobre una capa de hielo negro. Sintió una punzada de dolor en la rodilla y el tobillo de la pierna izquierda. Después de llamar a su marido por teléfono, logró regresar a su
- [For-Profit Companies Open Psychiatric Hospitals in Areas Clamoring for Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/for-profit-companies-open-psychiatric-hospitals-in-areas-clamoring-for-care/) - GRINNELL, Iowa — A for-profit company has proposed turning a boarded-up former nursing home here into a psychiatric hospital, joining a national trend toward having such hospitals owned by investors instead of by state governments or nonprofit health systems. The companies see a business opportunity in the shortage of inpatient beds for people with severe
- [Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hospitals-cash-in-on-a-private-equity-backed-trend-concierge-physician-care/) - Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000 or more for easier access to their doctors. It’s a trend that began decades ago with physician practices. Thousands of doctors have shifted to the concierge model, in which they can increase their income while
- [Viking Therapeutics weight loss pill shows positive study results](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/viking-therapeutics-weight-loss-pill-shows-positive-study-results/) - Alexey Krukovsky | Istock | Getty ImagesViking Therapeutics shares closed more than 15% higher on Tuesday after the company said its experimental weight loss pill showed positive results in a small study and will enter the next stage of development later this year.The study results add to the excitement around the drugmaker's prospects in the
- [New Research Indicates That Popular Diabetes Drug Could Impact Brain Development During Pregnancy](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-research-indicates-that-popular-diabetes-drug-could-impact-brain-development-during-pregnancy/) - Research indicates that metformin, while beneficial for pregnant animals, might not positively affect their offspring, underscoring the complexity of managing gestational diabetes risks and the importance of pursuing preventive strategies.As cases of gestational diabetes and metabolic disorders increase during pregnancy, the prescription of metformin has become more common. Despite understanding that this oral antidiabetic medication
- [GI illness outbreak, deaths linked to consumption of undercooked morel mushrooms](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/gi-illness-outbreak-deaths-linked-to-consumption-of-undercooked-morel-mushrooms/) - March 27, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [FDA approves Merck drug sotatercept for rare, deadly lung condition](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-approves-merck-drug-sotatercept-for-rare-deadly-lung-condition/) - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a drug from Merck designed to treat a progressive and life-threatening lung condition in a win for both the drugmaker and for patients suffering from the rare disease.The agency greenlighted the therapy, which will be marketed as Winrevair, for adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension. The decision is
- [Less than half of surveyed facilities report performing C. auris screening](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/less-than-half-of-surveyed-facilities-report-performing-c-auris-screening/) - March 27, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Industry payment distributions may be skewed by 0.1% of physician earners](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/industry-payment-distributions-may-be-skewed-by-0-1-of-physician-earners/) - March 28, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Tardigrade Proteins Slow Aging in Human Cells](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/tardigrade-proteins-slow-aging-in-human-cells/) - Researchers have discovered that proteins from tardigrades, known for surviving extreme conditions, can slow molecular processes in human cells, offering promising applications in aging research and cell storage. This finding paves the way for developing new technologies to enhance human health and treat diseases.Researchers at the University of Wyoming have advanced our understanding of how
- [Altimmune weight loss drug minimized muscle mass loss in trial](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/altimmune-weight-loss-drug-minimized-muscle-mass-loss-in-trial/) - Daniel Grill | Tetra Images | Getty ImagesAltimmune on Wednesday said its experimental drug helped patients shed weight but also minimized the loss of muscle mass in a midstage trial, a finding that could set it apart in a potentially crowded market.Altimmune is one of several smaller biotech companies that are pushing to compete directly
- [IDSA issues updated diagnostic guidelines for COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/idsa-issues-updated-diagnostic-guidelines-for-covid-19/) - March 29, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Journalists Dig Into Measles, Abortion Access, and Medicaid Expansion](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/journalists-dig-into-measles-abortion-access-and-medicaid-expansion/) - Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health, discussed the 2024 U.S. measles outbreak on WAMU’s “A1” on March 26. Click here to hear Gounder on “A1.” KFF Health News former senior editor Andy Miller discussed Medicaid expansion on the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” on March 22. Click here to hear
- [Tests can confuse recent MMR vaccination as measles infection, report advises](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/tests-can-confuse-recent-mmr-vaccination-as-measles-infection-report-advises/) - March 29, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Novo Nordisk's Ozempic can be made for less than $5 a month: study](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/novo-nordisks-ozempic-can-be-made-for-less-than-5-a-month-study/) - A box of Ozempic and contents sit on a table in Dudley, North Tyneside, Britain, October 31, 2023. Lee Smith | ReutersThe blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic could be manufactured for less than $5 a month, even as Novo Nordisk charges close to $1,000 per month for the injection in the U.S. before insurance, a study released
- [Moderna announces positive interim results for next-generation COVID-19 vaccine](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/moderna-announces-positive-interim-results-for-next-generation-covid-19-vaccine/) - March 29, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Autism Spectrum Tests for Children and Adults: A Nurse Practitioner Explains](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/autism-spectrum-tests-for-children-and-adults-a-nurse-practitioner-explains/) - The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has steadily risen over the years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) in 2023, approximately 1 in 36 children receive an ASD diagnosis by the age of 8, which is an increase from 1 in 44 children in 2018.1 Early detection of ASD allows
- [Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/your-doctor-or-your-insurer-little-known-rules-may-ease-the-choice-in-medicare-advantage/) - Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate New York couple learned that this year they could keep either their private, Medicare Advantage insurance plan — or their doctors at Saratoga Hospital. The Albany Medical Center system, which includes their hospital, is leaving the Klions’ Humana plan —
- [CDC data show TB case counts increased in US since COVID-19 pandemic](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cdc-data-show-tb-case-counts-increased-in-us-since-covid-19-pandemic/) - March 28, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-physician-travels-to-south-asia-seeking-enduring-lessons-from-the-eradication-of-smallpox/) - Smallpox was certified eradicated in 1980, but I first learned about the disease’s twisty, storied history in 1996 while interning at the World Health Organization. As a college student in the 1990s, I was fascinated by the sheer magnitude of what it took to wipe a human disease from the earth for the first time.
- [UnitedHealth Group paid over $3 billion to providers since cyberattack](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/unitedhealth-group-paid-over-3-billion-to-providers-since-cyberattack/) - In this photo illustration the UnitedHealth Group logo displayed on a smartphone screen. Sheldon Cooper | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesUnitedHealth Group has paid out an additional $1 billion to providers that have been impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack since last week, bringing the total amount of funds advanced to more than $3.3
- [NIH picks Kathleen M. Neuzil, MD, MPH, to lead Fogarty International Center](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nih-picks-kathleen-m-neuzil-md-mph-to-lead-fogarty-international-center/) - March 28, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [FDA extends Vemlidy approval for chronic hepatitis B to children as young as 6 years](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-extends-vemlidy-approval-for-chronic-hepatitis-b-to-children-as-young-as-6-years/) - March 28, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Walgreens (WBA) earnings Q2 2024](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/walgreens-wba-earnings-q2-2024/) - A person rides past a Walgreens truck, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2021. Andrew Kelly | ReutersWalgreens on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter sales that beat Wall Street's expectations, but lowered the high end of its full-year adjusted earnings outlook in part due to a "challenging" retail
- [Daily Dozen–Inspired Recipes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/daily-dozen-inspired-recipes/) - Dr. Greger developed the Daily Dozen using the best available balance of evidence from scientific nutrition research. Rather than being a meal plan or diet in itself, the Daily Dozen is a checklist to inspire you to include some of the healthiest of healthy foods in your everyday routine and encourage you to design more
- [A State-Sanctioned Hospital Monopoly Raises Concerns](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-state-sanctioned-hospital-monopoly-raises-concerns/) - The Federal Trade Commission has long argued that competition makes the economy better. But some states have stopped the agency from blocking hospital mergers that create local or regional monopolies, and the results have been messy. Two dozen states have at some point passed controversial legislation waiving anti-monopoly laws, allowing rival hospitals to merge and replacing competition
- [California Is Expanding Insurance Access for Teenagers Seeking Therapy on Their Own](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-is-expanding-insurance-access-for-teenagers-seeking-therapy-on-their-own/) - When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her new high school in Orange County, California, and felt so isolated and exhausted that she cried every morning. Lu wanted to get help, but her Medi-Cal plan wouldn’t cover therapy unless she had permission from a parent
- [More Women Are Drinking Themselves Sick. The Biden Administration Is Concerned.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/more-women-are-drinking-themselves-sick-the-biden-administration-is-concerned/) - When Karla Adkins looked in the rearview mirror of her car one morning nearly 10 years ago, she noticed the whites of her eyes had turned yellow. She was 36 at the time and working as a physician liaison for a hospital system on the South Carolina coast, where she helped build relationships among doctors.
- [Invasion worsened mental health for Ukrainian adolescents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/invasion-worsened-mental-health-for-ukrainian-adolescents/) - March 27, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Asking patients in ED about flu shot improves uptake](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/asking-patients-in-ed-about-flu-shot-improves-uptake/) - March 27, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Moderna moves three vaccines into final stage trials](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/moderna-moves-three-vaccines-into-final-stage-trials/) - Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesModerna has more to offer beyond its Covid vaccine.The biotech company Wednesday announced positive clinical trial data on three experimental vaccines against other viruses. The company is moving those shots to final stage studies, it said.The update brings Moderna a step closer to having multiple products on the market,
- [Emergency Physicians Decry Surprise Air-Ambulance Bills](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/emergency-physicians-decry-surprise-air-ambulance-bills/) - Emergency room doctors say insurers are increasingly declining to cover costly air-ambulance rides for critically ill patients, claiming they aren’t medically necessary. And the National Association of EMS Physicians says the No Surprises Act, enacted in 2022, is partly to blame. The law protects patients from many out-of-network medical bills by requiring insurers and providers
- [Cough absent in most TB cases](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cough-absent-in-most-tb-cases/) - March 27, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [As AI Eye Exams Prove Their Worth, Lessons for Future Tech Emerge](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/as-ai-eye-exams-prove-their-worth-lessons-for-future-tech-emerge/) - Christian Espinoza, director of a Southern California drug-treatment provider, recently began employing a powerful new assistant: an artificial intelligence algorithm that can perform eye exams with pictures taken by a retinal camera. It makes quick diagnoses, without a doctor present. His clinics, Tarzana Treatment Centers, are among the early adopters of an AI-based system that
- [The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-burden-of-getting-medical-care-can-exhaust-older-patients/) - Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on a patch of black ice. Pain shot through her left knee and ankle. After summoning her husband on her phone, with difficulty she made it back to the house. And then began the run-around that
- [Programas de inteligencia artificial diagnostican retinopatía diabética en minutos](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/programas-de-inteligencia-artificial-diagnostican-retinopatia-diabetica-en-minutos/) - Christian Espinoza, director de operaciones de una red de clínicas de tratamiento del sur de California, comenzó recientemente a emplear un nuevo asistente poderoso: un algoritmo de inteligencia artificial (IA) que puede realizar exámenes de la vista con imágenes tomadas por una cámara retinal. Realiza diagnósticos rápidos, sin la presencia de un médico. Sus clínicas,
- [Are Branched-Chain Amino Acids Good for Us? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/are-branched-chain-amino-acids-good-for-us/) - I discuss why we may not want to exceed the recommended intake of protein. Diabetes isn’t just about the amount of body fat, but also the distribution of body fat. At 0:26 in my video Are BCAA (Branched-Chain Amino Acids) Healthy?, you can view cross-sections of thighs from two different patients using MRI. In the
- [Puerto Rico declares public health emergency after spike in dengue cases](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/puerto-rico-declares-public-health-emergency-after-spike-in-dengue-cases/) - March 26, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [This State Isn’t Waiting for Biden To Negotiate Drug Prices](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/this-state-isnt-waiting-for-biden-to-negotiate-drug-prices/) - As the federal government negotiates with drugmakers to lower the price of 10 expensive drugs for Medicare patients, impatient legislators in some states are trying to go even further. Leading the pack is Colorado, where a new Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board is set to recommend an “upper payment limit” for drugs it deems unaffordable. In late
- [First NASH liver disease drug is here, more coming](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/first-nash-liver-disease-drug-is-here-more-coming/) - 3D Illustration of a human liver organ.magicmine | iStock | Getty ImagesThink a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up.Good morning! Millions of Americans with a common and potentially life-threatening form of liver disease will soon have access to the first-ever treatment for the condition. In a
- [Overdosing on Chemo: A Common Gene Test Could Save Hundreds of Lives Each Year](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/overdosing-on-chemo-a-common-gene-test-could-save-hundreds-of-lives-each-year/) - One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died in excruciating pain from the very drug meant to prolong her life. Rosen, a 70-year-old retired schoolteacher, passed her final days in anguish, enduring severe diarrhea and nausea and terrible sores in her mouth
- [Adults commonly misdiagnosed with pneumonia, study shows](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/adults-commonly-misdiagnosed-with-pneumonia-study-shows/) - March 25, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Annual COVID-19 vaccine campaign with second dose reduces disease burden, costs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/annual-covid-19-vaccine-campaign-with-second-dose-reduces-disease-burden-costs/) - March 25, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [At Stake in Mifepristone Case: Abortion, FDA’s Authority, and Return to 1873 Obscenity Law](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/at-stake-in-mifepristone-case-abortion-fdas-authority-and-return-to-1873-obscenity-law/) - Lawyers from the conservative Christian group that won the case to overturn Roe v. Wade are returning to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in pursuit of an urgent priority: shutting down access to abortion pills for women across the country. The case challenges the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone, a prescription-only drug approved in 2000
- [Amgen aims to enter weight loss drug market with a new approach](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/amgen-aims-to-enter-weight-loss-drug-market-with-a-new-approach/) - The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters on May 17, 2023 in Thousand Oaks, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesAmgen is taking a new approach as it tries to stand out in a crowded field of drugmakers racing to develop the next blockbuster weight loss drug.The biotech company is testing an injectable treatment that helps
- [After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/after-appalachian-hospitals-merged-into-a-monopoly-their-ers-slowed-to-a-crawl/) - Brett Kelman and Samantha Liss In the small Appalachian city of Bristol, Virginia, City Council member Neal Osborne left a meeting on the morning of Jan. 3 and rushed himself to the hospital. Osborne, 36, has Type 1 diabetes. His insulin pump had malfunctioned, and without a steady supply of this essential hormone, Osborne’s blood
- [A Paramedic Was Skeptical About This Rx for Stopping Repeat Opioid Overdoses. Then He Saw It Help.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-paramedic-was-skeptical-about-this-rx-for-stopping-repeat-opioid-overdoses-then-he-saw-it-help/) - OCALA, Fla. — Fire Capt. Jesse Blaire steered his SUV through the mobile home park until he spotted the little beige house with white trim and radioed to let dispatchers know he’d arrived. There, Shawnice Slaughter waited on the steps, wiping sleep from her eyes. “Good morning, Shawnice,” Blaire said. “How are you feeling today?”
- [A Mom’s $97,000 Question: How Was Her Baby’s Air-Ambulance Ride Not Medically Necessary?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-moms-97000-question-how-was-her-babys-air-ambulance-ride-not-medically-necessary/) - Sara England was putting together Ghostbusters costumes for Halloween when she noticed her baby wasn’t doing well. Her 3-month-old son, Amari Vaca, had undergone open-heart surgery two months before, so she called his cardiologist, who recommended getting him checked out. England assigned Amari’s grandparents to trick-or-treat duty with his three older siblings and headed to
- [Nvidia's AI ambitions in medicine and health care are becoming clear](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nvidias-ai-ambitions-in-medicine-and-health-care-are-becoming-clear/) - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address during the Nvidia GTC Conference at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2024.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesLast week, Nvidia announced deals with Johnson & Johnson for use of generative AI in surgery, and with GE Healthcare to improve medical imaging. The health care developments
- [Neuralink shows video of patient chess player involving brain implant](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/neuralink-shows-video-of-patient-chess-player-involving-brain-implant/) - Elon Musk's startup Neuralink streamed a live video on Wednesday that showed a patient using the company's brain implant to move a mouse and play chess on a computer.Noland Arbaugh, 29, is the first human patient to ever get implanted with Neuralink's device. The company is developing a brain-computer interface, or a BCI, that aims
- [Lawmakers reauthorize PEPFAR for 1 year as part of spending package](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/lawmakers-reauthorize-pepfar-for-1-year-as-part-of-spending-package/) - March 22, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Natural Ingredient Found in Coffee Could Keep Your Muscles Young](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/natural-ingredient-found-in-coffee-could-keep-your-muscles-young/) - By National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine March 23, 2024A groundbreaking study found that trigonelline, found in coffee and fenugreek, boosts muscle health in aging by improving NAD+ levels and mitochondrial function, offering new strategies for healthy aging and disease prevention.A research consortium led by Nestlé Research in Switzerland and the
- [What to know about the new pediatric guidance for COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-to-know-about-the-new-pediatric-guidance-for-covid-19/) - March 22, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [How much people are willing to spend](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-much-people-are-willing-to-spend/) - Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | ReutersDemand for weight loss drugs is booming in the U.S. despite their limited insurance coverage and roughly $1,000 monthly price tags before discounts. But some patients are willing to pay more out of pocket for those
- [Journalists Track Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis and Put Catholic Hospitals Under the Scope](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/journalists-track-efforts-to-curb-the-opioid-crisis-and-put-catholic-hospitals-under-the-scope/) - KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed her experiences reporting on addiction and offers advice to journalists starting on this beat for the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s “The Treat Addiction Save Lives Podcast” on March 18. She also discussed the spending questions surfacing as $1 billion flows into Massachusetts to fight opioids on
- [Benefits of routine COVID-19 testing depend on circulating variant virulence](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/benefits-of-routine-covid-19-testing-depend-on-circulating-variant-virulence/) - March 22, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [FDA authorizes emergency use of pemivibart for COVID-19 prevention](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-authorizes-emergency-use-of-pemivibart-for-covid-19-prevention/) - March 22, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Los hirieron en el desfile del Super Bowl: un mes después se sienten olvidados](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/los-hirieron-en-el-desfile-del-super-bowl-un-mes-despues-se-sienten-olvidados/) - Este año, Jason Barton no quería ir al desfile del Super Bowl. La noche anterior le dijo a un compañero de trabajo que estaba preocupado por que ocurriera un tiroteo masivo. Pero era San Valentín, su esposa es fanática de los Kansas City Chiefs y él no podía permitirse pagar las entradas a los partidos,
- [Falling fertility rates pose major challenges for the global economy](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/falling-fertility-rates-pose-major-challenges-for-the-global-economy/) - Terry Vine | Getty ImagesFalling fertility rates are set to spark a transformational demographic shift over the next 25 years, with major implications for the global economy, according to a new study.By 2050, three-quarters of countries are forecast to fall below the population replacement birth rate of 2.1 babies per female, research published Wednesday in
- [En California, la cobertura de salud ampliada a inmigrantes choca con las revisiones de Medicaid](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/en-california-la-cobertura-de-salud-ampliada-a-inmigrantes-choca-con-las-revisiones-de-medicaid/) - OAKLAND, California – El Medi-Cal llegó a Antonio Abundis cuando el conserje más lo necesitaba. Poco después que Abundis pasara de tener cobertura limitada a una cobertura completa en 2022, bajo la expansión del Medi-Cal de California para adultos mayores sin papeles, fue diagnosticado con leucemia, un tipo de cáncer que afecta las células de
- [Increased same-day discharge for minimally invasive hysterectomy during COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/increased-same-day-discharge-for-minimally-invasive-hysterectomy-during-covid-19/) - March 20, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Who Diagnoses Autism? Expert Views From Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/who-diagnoses-autism-expert-views-from-neurology-psychiatry-and-psychology/) - Based on the latest data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1 in 36 (~2.7%) children in the United States are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).1 Over the last few years, the increase in clinical ASD diagnoses has led some researchers to attribute this rise to mis- and overdiagnoses of
- [California’s Expanded Health Coverage for Immigrants Collides With Medicaid Reviews](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/californias-expanded-health-coverage-for-immigrants-collides-with-medicaid-reviews/) - OAKLAND, Calif. — Medi-Cal health coverage kicked in for Antonio Abundis just when the custodian needed it most. Shortly after Abundis transitioned from limited to full-scope coverage in 2022 under California’s expansion of Medi-Cal to older residents without legal immigration status, he was diagnosed with leukemia, a cancer affecting the blood cells. The soft-spoken father
- [Virus that causes COVID-19 can damage heart even if heart tissue not directly affected](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/virus-that-causes-covid-19-can-damage-heart-even-if-heart-tissue-not-directly-affected/) - March 20, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Medicare can cover weight loss drugs if used for added health benefit](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicare-can-cover-weight-loss-drugs-if-used-for-added-health-benefit/) - Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | ReutersMedicare can start covering certain weight loss drugs for the first time — as long as they are approved for an added health benefit, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday.That opens the
- [Move to Protect California’s Indoor Workers From Heat Upended by Cost Questions](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/move-to-protect-californias-indoor-workers-from-heat-upended-by-cost-questions/) - SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration unexpectedly yanked its support from a sweeping proposal that would have protected millions of California’s indoor workers from dangerous heat, saying it can’t endorse it without knowing the projected costs to the state. But the board that oversees worker safety immediately defied the administration Thursday by unanimously approving new
- [Lower oxygenation target linked to more days without life support in COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/lower-oxygenation-target-linked-to-more-days-without-life-support-in-covid-19/) - March 21, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Social Security Chief Testifies in Senate About Plans to Stop ‘Clawback Cruelty’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/social-security-chief-testifies-in-senate-about-plans-to-stop-clawback-cruelty/) - The new chief of the Social Security Administration outlined for senators Wednesday a plan to tackle overpayments and clawbacks, which affect millions of beneficiaries and, he said, have caused “grave injustices” and left people “in dire financial straits.” As a joint investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group television stations reported in September,
- [Rapid Rise in Syphilis Hits Native Americans Hardest](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rapid-rise-in-syphilis-hits-native-americans-hardest/) - From her base in Gallup, New Mexico, Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who crisscross the sprawling Navajo Nation searching for patients who have tested positive for or been exposed to a disease once nearly eradicated in the U.S.: syphilis. Infection rates in this region of the Southwest — the 27,000-square-mile reservation
- [The Efficacy of Weight-Loss Supplements ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-efficacy-of-weight-loss-supplements/) - Are there any safe and effective dietary supplements for weight loss? In a previous discussion, I noted that an investigation found that four out of five bottles of commercial herbal supplements bought at major U.S. retailers—GNC, Walgreens, Target, and Walmart—didn’t contain any of the herbs listed on their labels, instead “often containing little more than
- [Biden Said Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Cut the Deficit by $160B. That's Years Away.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-said-medicare-drug-price-negotiations-cut-the-deficit-by-160b-thats-years-away/) - Amy Sherman, PolitiFact We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to Big Pharma. President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address, March 7, 2024 President Joe Biden has been making his case for reelection to voters by telling them he is
- [Pooled saliva testing catches asymptomatic cases of congenital CMV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pooled-saliva-testing-catches-asymptomatic-cases-of-congenital-cmv/) - March 21, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [We're buying more of this health-care company amid an overdone sell-off](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/were-buying-more-of-this-health-care-company-amid-an-overdone-sell-off/) - Shortly after the opening bell, we will be buying 140 shares of Abbott Laboratories at roughly $112. Following the trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 700 shares of ABT, increasing our weighting in the portfolio to 2.42% from 1.95%. We are buying more Abbott Laboratories into its recent weakness as we continue to believe
- [Sitios de telesalud prometen una cura para la “menopausia masculina” a pesar de prohibiciones](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/sitios-de-telesalud-prometen-una-cura-para-la-menopausia-masculina-a-pesar-de-prohibiciones/) - Durante el boom de la telemedicina por la pandemia de covid-19, surgieron tiendas online que promocionaban la testosterona como remedio para las afecciones masculinas relacionadas con la edad, a pesar de las normas de la Administración de Drogas y Alimentos (FDA) emitidas hace años que restringen este tipo de publicidad sobre “testosterona baja”. En anuncios
- [Telehealth Sites Promise Cure for ‘Male Menopause’ Despite FDA Ban on Off-Label Ads](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/telehealth-sites-promise-cure-for-male-menopause-despite-fda-ban-on-off-label-ads/) - Online stores sprang up during the covid-19 pandemic’s telehealth boom touting testosterone as a cure-all for men’s age-related illnesses — despite FDA rules issued years ago restricting such “low testosterone” advertising. In ads on Google, Facebook, and elsewhere, testosterone telemedicine websites may promise a quick fix for sluggishness and low libido in men. But evidence
- [AI could help improve hospital infection prevention](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ai-could-help-improve-hospital-infection-prevention/) - March 20, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [safety issues with China-made syringes more widespread than initially known](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/safety-issues-with-china-made-syringes-more-widespread-than-initially-known/) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health has warned that Chinese-made plastic syringes that are distributed in the U.S. have "more widespread" quality control issues than were previously known.In a safety communication Tuesday, the FDA said it found three Chinese syringe manufacturers were in violation of its regulations.CNBC has been
- [‘Go back to basics’ — remind patients how to prevent norovirus](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/go-back-to-basics-remind-patients-how-to-prevent-norovirus/) - March 20, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [A Battle Between Drugmakers and Insurers Hits Patients in the Wallet](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-battle-between-drugmakers-and-insurers-hits-patients-in-the-wallet/) - There’s a long-running battle between insurers and drugmakers over financial assistance programs that purport to help patients afford expensive drugs. And lately, insurers have been losing ground as lawmakers, regulators and courts weigh in. The issue is whether coupons and other copay aid many patients get from drugmakers should count toward annual insurance deductibles and
- [Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/georgias-medicaid-work-requirements-costing-taxpayers-millions-despite-low-enrollment/) - Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least $26 million so far, with more than 90% going toward administrative and consulting costs rather than medical care for low-income people. Kemp’s Georgia Pathways to Coverage offers government health insurance to people
- [Needle Pain Is a Big Problem for Kids. One California Doctor Has a Plan.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/needle-pain-is-a-big-problem-for-kids-one-california-doctor-has-a-plan/) - Almost all new parents go through it: the distress of hearing their child scream at the doctor’s office. They endure the emotional torture of having to hold their child down as the clinician sticks them with one vaccine after another. “The first shots he got, I probably cried more than he did,” said Remy Anthes,
- [Pediatricians feel unprepared to address opioid use disorder](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pediatricians-feel-unprepared-to-address-opioid-use-disorder/) - March 18, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Nvidia stomps the bears. Jim Cramer on struggling stocks Starbucks, Abbott](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nvidia-stomps-the-bears-jim-cramer-on-struggling-stocks-starbucks-abbott/) - Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We're no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Markets rebound as Nvidia goes green:
- [A medida que más estados desautorizan el diagnóstico de “delirio excitado”, grupos policiales retroceden](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-medida-que-mas-estados-desautorizan-el-diagnostico-de-delirio-excitado-grupos-policiales-retroceden/) - Luego de año crucial en el movimiento para desechar el término “delirio excitado”, en varios estados hay un impulso para prohibir el diagnóstico médico desacreditado en los certificados de defunción, la capacitación policial, los informes de incidentes policiales y el testimonio en los tribunales civiles. En enero, California se convirtió en el primer estado en
- [CDC outlines six steps hospitals can take to address burnout](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cdc-outlines-six-steps-hospitals-can-take-to-address-burnout/) - March 19, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [The Safety of Weight-Loss Supplements ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-safety-of-weight-loss-supplements/) - Only 2 out of 12 supplement companies were found to have weight-loss products that were even accurately labeled. According to a national survey, one-third of adults who have made serious attempts at weight loss have tried using dietary supplements, for which Americans spend billions of dollars every year. Most people mistakenly thought that over-the-counter appetite
- [Most adolescents with asthma have access to digital technology](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/most-adolescents-with-asthma-have-access-to-digital-technology/) - March 19, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Under Fire for Massive Health System Hack, Biden Team Leans on Insurers](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/under-fire-for-massive-health-system-hack-biden-team-leans-on-insurers/) - The Biden administration has hit on a strategy to deal with the massive, industry-paralyzing cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group unit: pressuring insurers to fix it. Federal officials have been in constant conversation with senior leaders at UnitedHealth and across the industry, including at a Monday meeting where Department of Health and Human Services and White
- [Amid Mental Health Staffing Crunch, Medi-Cal Patients Help One Another](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/amid-mental-health-staffing-crunch-medi-cal-patients-help-one-another/) - VALLEJO, Calif. — Three people gathered in a classroom on a recent rainy afternoon listened intently as Derrick Cordero urged them to turn their negative feelings around. “What I’m hearing is that you’re a self-starter,” he told one participant, who had taken up gardening but yearned for a community with which to share the hobby.
- [How National Political Ambition Could Fuel, or Fail, Initiatives to Protect Abortion Rights in States](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-national-political-ambition-could-fuel-or-fail-initiatives-to-protect-abortion-rights-in-states/) - ST. LOUIS — In early February, abortion rights supporters gathered to change Missouri history at the Pageant — a storied club where rock ’n’ roll revolutionary Chuck Berry often had played: They launched a signature-gathering campaign to put a constitutional amendment to voters this year to legalize abortion in the state. “We have fought long
- [UnitedHealth paid more than $2 billion to providers after cyberattack](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/unitedhealth-paid-more-than-2-billion-to-providers-after-cyberattack/) - UnitedHealth Group Inc. headquarters stands in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.Mike Bradley | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUnitedHealth Group said Monday that it's paid out more than $2 billion to help health-care providers who have been affected by the cyberattack on subsidiary Change Healthcare."We continue to make significant progress in restoring the services impacted by this cyberattack," UnitedHealth
- [EHR-based intervention increases PrEP initiation among some primary care patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ehr-based-intervention-increases-prep-initiation-among-some-primary-care-patients/) - March 18, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Cuando tu cobertura de salud dentro de la red… simplemente se esfuma](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cuando-tu-cobertura-de-salud-dentro-de-la-red-simplemente-se-esfuma/) - Sarah Feldman, de 35 años, recibió las primeras cartas amenazantes del Centro Médico Mount Sinai en noviembre pasado. El sistema hospitalario de Nueva York le advirtió que tenía problemas para negociar un acuerdo de precios con UnitedHealthcare, que incluye los planes de salud de Oxford, la aseguradora de Feldman. “Estamos trabajando de buena fe con
- [It's not too late to buy Abbott stock after Friday selloff](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/its-not-too-late-to-buy-abbott-stock-after-friday-selloff/) - Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here's a recap of Monday's key moments. U.S. stocks jumped Monday as the Nasdaq and S & P 500 attempts to recover from back-to-back weekly losses. Major gains were seen in tech stocks to start the new
- [As More States Target Disavowed ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis, Police Groups Push Back](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/as-more-states-target-disavowed-excited-delirium-diagnosis-police-groups-push-back/) - Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in several states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony. In January, California became the first state to prohibit the medical term from many official proceedings. Now,
- [Covid and Medicare Payments Spark Remote Patient Monitoring Boom](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-and-medicare-payments-spark-remote-patient-monitoring-boom/) - Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on the bathroom scale, and uses a cuff to take his blood pressure. The devices send those measurements electronically to his doctor in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and a health technology company based in New York, to help him control his high blood pressure.
- [Weight loss ETFs may sit out obesity drug mania, experts say](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/weight-loss-etfs-may-sit-out-obesity-drug-mania-experts-say/) - There may be a stronger case to invest in single stocks over exchange-traded funds in the weight loss space.Amplify ETFs and Roundhill Investments each filed a prospectus last week to launch funds focused on weight loss companies, a move that Strategas ETF and technical strategist Todd Sohn believes hinges on the performance of two dominant
- [Wegovy heart health approval won't mean broad insurance coverage yet](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/wegovy-heart-health-approval-wont-mean-broad-insurance-coverage-yet/) - Victoria Klesty | ReutersIn the U.S., Wegovy is no longer just for weight loss.The blockbuster drug — one of a handful of weight loss treatments to skyrocket in popularity over the last year — is now approved in the U.S. for heart health, too. But that may not translate to wider insurance coverage of the weekly
- [MIS-C cases increased last fall, study finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mis-c-cases-increased-last-fall-study-finds/) - March 15, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Ambient clinical documentation steals the show](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ambient-clinical-documentation-steals-the-show/) - Attendees at HIMSS in Orlando, Florida 2024.Courtesy of HIMSSThe hottest new technology for doctors promises to bring back an age-old health-care practice: face-to-face conversations with patients.As more than 30,000 health and tech professionals gathered among the palm trees at the HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida, this week, ambient clinical documentation was the talk of the
- [Hospital-onset bacteremia, fungemia common among patients with UTI](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hospital-onset-bacteremia-fungemia-common-among-patients-with-uti/) - March 15, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [National HIV self-testing program finds high demand, many testing for first time](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/national-hiv-self-testing-program-finds-high-demand-many-testing-for-first-time/) - March 15, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [WeightWatchers CEO just sent a memo to employees as stock crashes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/weightwatchers-ceo-just-sent-a-memo-to-employees-as-stock-crashes/) - Sima Sistani, CEO, WW International, August 16, 2023.Scott Mlyn | CNBCWeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani has sent an internal memo to employees attempting to reassure them that the financial position of the company is solid and its new clinical business related to the threat of GLP-1 weight loss drugs is growing faster than expected.The memo, shared
- [Compassion Fatigue: What to Do When Care Becomes Overwhelming](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/compassion-fatigue-what-to-do-when-care-becomes-overwhelming/) - In the demanding and emotionally-charged field of health care, physicians often find themselves at the forefront of providing care and support to patients and their loved ones. While empathy and compassion are essential qualities in this profession, the constant exposure to suffering and the pressure to deliver optimal care can take a toll on the
- [Joe Biden’s Skittish Support for Abortion Rights](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/joe-bidens-skittish-support-for-abortion-rights/) - President Biden spent much of his State of the Union speech last week talking about two subjects central to his reelection campaign while seemingly trying not to name them. One was Donald Trump, or as Biden called him, “my predecessor.” The other was abortion. It’s hardly news that Biden, an 81-year-old devout Catholic, is uncomfortable
- [How Your In-Network Health Coverage Can Vanish Before You Know It](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-your-in-network-health-coverage-can-vanish-before-you-know-it/) - Sarah Feldman, 35, received the first ominous letters from Mount Sinai Medical last November. The New York hospital system warned it was having trouble negotiating a pricing agreement with UnitedHealthcare, which includes Oxford Health Plans, Feldman’s insurer. “We are working in good faith with Oxford to reach a new fair agreement,” the letter said, continuing
- [A New Orleans Neighborhood Confronts the Racist Legacy of a Toxic Stretch of Highway](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-new-orleans-neighborhood-confronts-the-racist-legacy-of-a-toxic-stretch-of-highway/) - Aside from a few discarded hypodermic needles on the ground, the Hunter’s Field Playground in New Orleans looks almost untouched. It’s been open more than nine years, but the brightly painted red and yellow slides and monkey bars are still sleek and shiny, and the padded rubber tiles feel springy underfoot. For people who live
- [When Copay Assistance Backfires on Patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/when-copay-assistance-backfires-on-patients/) - In early 2019, Jennifer Hepworth and her husband were stunned by a large bill they unexpectedly received for their daughter’s prescription cystic fibrosis medication. Their payment had risen to $3,500 from the usual $30 for a month’s supply. That must be a mistake, she told the pharmacy. But it wasn’t. It turned out that the
- [HIV study demonstrates potential of long-acting ART in Africa](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hiv-study-demonstrates-potential-of-long-acting-art-in-africa/) - March 14, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [FDA approves NASH liver disease drug from Madrigal Pharmaceuticals](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-approves-nash-liver-disease-drug-from-madrigal-pharmaceuticals/) - In this photo illustration, the Madrigal Pharmaceuticals logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first-ever treatment for a common and potentially deadly form of liver disease that affects millions worldwide.The FDA's decision means Madrigal Pharmaceuticals has succeeded in
- [Significant number of US teens report delta-8 THC use](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/significant-number-of-us-teens-report-delta-8-thc-use/) - March 14, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [The Pros of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-pros-of-garlic-powder-for-heart-disease/) - See what a penny a day’s worth of garlic powder can do. In ancient Greece, “the Art of Medicine was divided into three parts”: cures through diet, cures through drugs, and cures through surgery. Garlic, Hippocrates wrote, was one such medicinal food, but that was to treat a nonexistent entity called “displacement of the womb,”
- [Montana, an Island of Abortion Access, Preps for Consequential Elections and Court Decisions](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/montana-an-island-of-abortion-access-preps-for-consequential-elections-and-court-decisions/) - A years-long battle over abortion access in a sprawling and sparsely populated region of the U.S. may come to a head this year in the courts and at the ballot box. Challenges to several state laws designed to chip away at abortion access are pending in Montana courts. Meanwhile, abortion rights advocates are pushing a
- [Eli Lilly taps Amazon Pharmacy to help deliver Zepbound, other drugs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/eli-lilly-taps-amazon-pharmacy-to-help-deliver-zepbound-other-drugs/) - Close-up of a hand holding a cellphone displaying the Amazon Pharmacy system, Lafayette, California, September 15, 2021. Smith Collection | Gado | Getty ImagesEli Lilly on Wednesday said Amazon Pharmacy will help send certain prescription drugs, including the red-hot weight loss treatment Zepbound, to patients' homes through the drugmaker's new direct-to-consumer program. Starting Wednesday, Amazon Pharmacy can
- [They Were Injured at the Super Bowl Parade. A Month Later, They Feel Forgotten.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/they-were-injured-at-the-super-bowl-parade-a-month-later-they-feel-forgotten/) - Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR KFF Health News and KCUR are following the stories of people injured during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration. Listen to how one Kansas family is coping with the trauma. Jason Barton didn’t want to attend the Super Bowl parade this year.
- [Continuous Medicaid eligibility during COVID-19 increased postpartum coverage](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/continuous-medicaid-eligibility-during-covid-19-increased-postpartum-coverage/) - March 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [COVID-19 hybrid immunity more protective than vaccination alone among people with HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-19-hybrid-immunity-more-protective-than-vaccination-alone-among-people-with-hiv/) - March 13, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix ‘Cruel-Hearted’ Overpayment Clawbacks](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/exclusive-social-security-chief-vows-to-fix-cruel-hearted-overpayment-clawbacks/) - The Social Security Administration’s new chief is promising to overhaul the agency’s system of clawing back billions of dollars it claims was wrongly sent to beneficiaries, saying it “just doesn’t seem right or fair.” In an interview with KFF Health News, SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley said that in the coming days he would propose changes
- [What’s next in Medicare drug price negotiations](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/whats-next-in-medicare-drug-price-negotiations/) - Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesThink a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up.Good morning! The bitter legal battle over Medicare drug
- [Movimientos en contra de las vacunas perjudican a los niños más vulnerables](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/movimientos-en-contra-de-las-vacunas-perjudican-a-los-ninos-mas-vulnerables/) - Gayle Borne ha cuidado a más de 300 niños en Springfield, Tennessee. Niños que rara vez han visto a un médico y que han sido tan descuidados que ni siquiera pueden hablar. Una ley que este estado aprobó en 2023 —que requiere el consentimiento de los padres biológicos o tutores legales para que los niños
- [Tal vez tu crédito ya no se destruya por una cuenta médica impaga](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/tal-vez-tu-credito-ya-no-se-destruya-por-una-cuenta-medica-impaga/) - Rob Bonta, fiscal general de California, anunció que está apoyando una legislación para impedir que la deuda médica aparezca en los informes de crédito del consumidor, un esfuerzo liderado por demócratas para ofrecer protección a los pacientes presionados por las facturas de atención médica. Bonta es uno de los patrocinadores del proyecto de ley de
- [Medium-dose inhaled corticosteroid plus LABA best for pediatric uncontrolled asthma](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medium-dose-inhaled-corticosteroid-plus-laba-best-for-pediatric-uncontrolled-asthma/) - March 13, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Ya hay una droga oral para la depresión postparto… pero cuesta $16,000](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ya-hay-una-droga-oral-para-la-depresion-postparto-pero-cuesta-16000/) - En diciembre se lanzó al mercado zuranolona, un tratamiento muy esperado para la depresión postparto, con la promesa de que iba a ser un medicamento accesible y de acción rápida para una enfermedad debilitante. Pero la mayoría de los seguros de salud privados aún no han determinado cómo, y si, la cubrirán, según un nuevo
- [GOP-Led States Expand Crackdowns on Transgender Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/gop-led-states-expand-crackdowns-on-transgender-care/) - South Carolina’s legislature is poised to pass a bill prohibiting doctors from offering some health-care services to transgender minors — part of a new wave of anti-trans legislation from Republican-led states. The South Carolina bill, which passed the state House of Representatives in January and is under consideration in the Senate, would bar health-care providers
- [Secret Contract Aims to Upend Landmark California Prison Litigation](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/secret-contract-aims-to-upend-landmark-california-prison-litigation/) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California commissioned an exhaustive study of whether its prisons are providing sufficient mental health care, an effort officials said they could use to try to end a 34-year-old federal lawsuit over how the state treats inmates with mental illness. But corrections officials won’t disclose basic details of the now-stalled study — even
- [West Virginia City Once Battered by Opioid Overdoses Confronts ‘Fourth Wave’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/west-virginia-city-once-battered-by-opioid-overdoses-confronts-fourth-wave/) - HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — From 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural Cabell County. The arrival of prescription opioids onto seemingly every block of Huntington, a city of about 46,000 people, augured the first wave of an overdose crisis. Heroin followed, then fentanyl. Residents remember Aug.
- [Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/concerns-grow-over-quality-of-care-as-investor-groups-buy-not-for-profit-nursing-homes/) - Harris Meyer Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a not-for-profit organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. Then in 2019, Sanford Health —
- [Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis: A looming threat?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cat-transmitted-sporotrichosis-a-looming-threat/) - March 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Novo Nordisk shares jump 8% on promising weight loss trial results; Eli Lilly dips](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/novo-nordisk-shares-jump-8-on-promising-weight-loss-trial-results-eli-lilly-dips/) - Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesNovo Nordisk shares climbed 8% on Thursday, hitting a fresh record high after the Danish pharmaceutical giant reported positive early trial data for a new experimental weight loss drug.The company told an investor meeting that the Phase I trial of its highly-anticipated obesity drug amycretin showed a 13.1% weight
- [Personalized care could help plan safe return to work, school from flu, RSV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/personalized-care-could-help-plan-safe-return-to-work-school-from-flu-rsv/) - March 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Pre-Cut Vegetables and Endotoxins ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pre-cut-vegetables-and-endotoxins/) - Endotoxins can build up on pre-cut vegetables and undermine some of their benefits. You may remember when I introduced the endotoxin theory literature in my video The Exogenous Endotoxin Theory, which sought to explain how a single Sausage and Egg McMuffin meal could cripple artery function within hours of consumption. Maybe it’s because such a
- [California Voters Are Skeptical That More Money Is the Answer to Homelessness](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-voters-are-skeptical-that-more-money-is-the-answer-to-homelessness/) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s expensive ballot-box attempt to tackle the mental health and addiction crisis on the state’s streets is leading by a razor-thin margin, a week after the March 5 election. The close vote reflects growing skepticism among voters that he can effectively address the state’s homelessness epidemic. Proposition 1 would
- [US school shootings more deadly since 1997](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/us-school-shootings-more-deadly-since-1997/) - March 05, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-the-anti-vaccine-movement-pits-parental-rights-against-public-health/) - Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely seen a doctor — kids so neglected that they cannot speak. Such children are now even more vulnerable because of a law Tennessee passed last year that requires the direct consent of birth parents or legal guardians
- [A New $16,000 Postpartum Depression Drug Is Here. How Will Insurers Handle It?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-new-16000-postpartum-depression-drug-is-here-how-will-insurers-handle-it/) - April Dembosky, KQED A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating illness. But most private health insurers have yet to publish criteria for when they will cover it, according to a new analysis of insurance policies. The lack of guidance could limit
- [Oura to sell its smart rings on Amazon as Apple, Samsung rivalry grows](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/oura-to-sell-its-smart-rings-on-amazon-as-apple-samsung-rivalry-grows/) - A closeup of Oura's Gen3 Horizon ring and its sensors.OuraOura will now sell its smart rings on Amazon, its latest retail expansion as the health and wellness wearable space continues to grow.Starting Thursday, Oura will have its full selection of rings and accessories available to U.S. shoppers on Amazon through its own brand store. It
- [Study shows higher PrEP adherence among young women in Africa than previously reported](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/study-shows-higher-prep-adherence-among-young-women-in-africa-than-previously-reported/) - March 06, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Advancements in Zika virus vaccine development](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/advancements-in-zika-virus-vaccine-development/) - March 11, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Colorado Isn’t Giving up on Its Drug Importation Dream](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/colorado-isnt-giving-up-on-its-drug-importation-dream/) - Colorado hopes to join Florida to become only the second state authorized to import prescription drugs from Canada. But they’re hitting the same hurdles: drugmakers — and the FDA. Colorado officials recently amended their 2022 importation application with the Food and Drug Administration, in the process revealing new correspondence that shows the state’s so-far fruitless
- [Cigna to cap insurance spending](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cigna-to-cap-insurance-spending/) - Injection pens of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023.Victoria Klesty | ReutersCigna on Thursday said it will limit how much health plans and employers spend on weight loss drugs each year in a bid to expand insurance coverage for those highly popular treatments.The move
- [California Attorney General Boosts Bill Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-attorney-general-boosts-bill-banning-medical-debt-from-credit-reports/) - Molly Castle Work California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that he is throwing his weight behind legislation to bar medical debt from showing up on consumer credit reports, a Democratic-led effort to offer protection to patients squeezed by health care bills. Bonta is a sponsor of Sen. Monique Limón’s bill, which seeks to block
- [IAS-USA endorses off-label use of long-acting ART for HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ias-usa-endorses-off-label-use-of-long-acting-art-for-hiv/) - March 06, 2024 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Why Covid Patients Who Could Most Benefit From Paxlovid Still Aren’t Getting It](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-covid-patients-who-could-most-benefit-from-paxlovid-still-arent-getting-it/) - Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked out at an emergency room near his home in Grapevine, Texas. A doctor confirmed that Hyatt had covid-19 and sent him to
- [Universal syphilis screening program increases testing, diagnoses among pregnant people](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/universal-syphilis-screening-program-increases-testing-diagnoses-among-pregnant-people/) - March 06, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Pfizer is betting big on cancer drugs after Covid decline](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pfizer-is-betting-big-on-cancer-drugs-after-covid-decline/) - Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesPfizer is ready to move on from Covid. Now, the company is betting on cancer drugs to help it regain its footing after a rocky year marked by the rapid decline of its Covid business. It just might take a while before that bet pays off. Pfizer pitched its deeper push into
- [Investigational two-drug regimen safe, effective for patients with HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/investigational-two-drug-regimen-safe-effective-for-patients-with-hiv/) - March 06, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Vtama cream achieves consistent efficacy in atopic dermatitis across racial groups](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vtama-cream-achieves-consistent-efficacy-in-atopic-dermatitis-across-racial-groups/) - March 09, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [I learned how eating and exercise impact my blood sugar](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/i-learned-how-eating-and-exercise-impact-my-blood-sugar/) - Ashley Capoot wearing a CGM.Ashley Capoot | CNBCAs it turns out, exercise is good for you. So is sleep, and unfortunately, so are vegetables. I've heard these health adages hundreds of times before, but they truly began to hit home for me this winter as I tested out a metabolic health platform from the startup Signos. In
- [People who struggle with daily HIV regimen should be offered long-acting injections](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/people-who-struggle-with-daily-hiv-regimen-should-be-offered-long-acting-injections/) - March 09, 2024 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Four children achieve treatment-free HIV remission for 1 year](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/four-children-achieve-treatment-free-hiv-remission-for-1-year/) - March 08, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Eli Lilly Alzheimer's drug FDA approval delayed](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/eli-lilly-alzheimers-drug-fda-approval-delayed/) - Eli Lilly headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Eli Lilly & Co.'s shares climbed in early US trading after its experimental drug for Alzheimer's slowed the progress of the disease in a final-stage trial, paving the way for the company to apply for US approval.AJ Mast | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEli
- [Precautions could have prevented HIV cases linked to ‘vampire facials’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/precautions-could-have-prevented-hiv-cases-linked-to-vampire-facials/) - March 08, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Semaglutide can reduce severity of liver disease in people with HIV, study shows](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/semaglutide-can-reduce-severity-of-liver-disease-in-people-with-hiv-study-shows/) - March 08, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Weight loss pill could become a best-in-class drug](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/weight-loss-pill-could-become-a-best-in-class-drug/) - Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen on Friday said the company's experimental weight loss pill, amycretin, could eventually become a best-in-class treatment for obesity. The Danish drugmaker is racing to capitalize on the runaway success of its blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy by developing a new generation of treatments for obesity, including more convenient and potentially
- [Hospitales de California y defensores buscan financiación estable para retener a navegadores de salud conductual](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hospitales-de-california-y-defensores-buscan-financiacion-estable-para-retener-a-navegadores-de-salud-conductual/) - Proveedores de salud y expertos en adicciones advierten que una iniciativa en California, que ayuda a pacientes con trastorno por consumo de sustancias a iniciar tratamientos de largo plazo luego de recibir el alta de salas de emergencias, tiene una estructura de financiamiento inestable, por lo que algunos empleados críticos ya han renunciado. Los partidarios
- [Biden Said State of the Union Is Strong and Made Clear His Campaign Is Off and Running](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-said-state-of-the-union-is-strong-and-made-clear-his-campaign-is-off-and-running/) - President Joe Biden touted his administration’s accomplishments in health care in a wide-ranging State of the Union address on Thursday evening that touched on subjects such as immigration, the economy, crime, job growth, infrastructure, and the Israel-Hamas war. With Biden and former President Donald Trump now the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees, Biden used the
- [Protecting Youth From the Dangers of Vaping: What’s Been Done, What’s Needed](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/protecting-youth-from-the-dangers-of-vaping-whats-been-done-whats-needed/) - What’s the best way to curb vaping, especially among adolescents and young adults? Despite Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation, vaping is flourishing, with a steady stream of e-cigarette products finding their way into stores as well as into the hands, lungs, and bloodstreams of America’s youth. Vaping, it seems, is the new smoking for
- [Biden Team, UnitedHealth Struggle to Restore Paralyzed Billing Systems After Cyberattack](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-team-unitedhealth-struggle-to-restore-paralyzed-billing-systems-after-cyberattack/) - Margaret Parsons, one of three dermatologists at a 20-person practice in Sacramento, California, is in a bind. Since a Feb. 21 cyberattack on a previously obscure medical payment processing company, Change Healthcare, Parsons said, she and her colleagues haven’t been able to electronically bill for their services. She heard Noridian Healthcare Solutions, California’s Medicare payment
- [VIP Health System for Top US Officials Risked Jeopardizing Care for Soldiers](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vip-health-system-for-top-us-officials-risked-jeopardizing-care-for-soldiers/) - David Hilzenrath Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received preferential treatment from a little-known health care program run by the military, potentially jeopardizing care for other patients including active-duty service members, according to Pentagon investigators. Share Your Executive Medicine Story Do you have experience with the federal executive medicine program, either as an
- [California May Face More Than $40M in Fines for Lapses in Prison Suicide Prevention](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-may-face-more-than-40m-in-fines-for-lapses-in-prison-suicide-prevention/) - If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California could face more than $40 million in fines after it failed to improve suicide prevention measures in state prisons despite a federal judge’s warning that she
- [These steps could help diagnose more syphilis cases](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/these-steps-could-help-diagnose-more-syphilis-cases/) - March 06, 2024 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [UnitedHealth working to restore Change Healthcare systems by mid-March, company says](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/unitedhealth-working-to-restore-change-healthcare-systems-by-mid-march-company-says/) - In this photo illustration the UnitedHealth Group logo displayed on a smartphone screen. Sheldon Cooper | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesUnitedHealth Group on Thursday said it expects to restore Change Healthcare's systems by mid-March, offering a potential resolution to the ransomware attack that has disrupted crucial operations across the U.S. health-care system.The company discovered
- [Nirsevimab highly effective at preventing RSV hospitalization in infants, report shows](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nirsevimab-highly-effective-at-preventing-rsv-hospitalization-in-infants-report-shows/) - March 07, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Are Fortified Children’s Breakfast Cereals Just Candy? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/are-fortified-childrens-breakfast-cereals-just-candy/) - The industry responds to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary. In 1941, the American Medical Association’s Council on Foods and Nutrition was presented with a new product, Vi-Chocolin, a vitamin-fortified chocolate bar, “offered ostensibly as a specialty product of high nutritive value and of some use in medicine, but in reality intended for
- [Early air pollution exposure may heighten childhood asthma risk](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/early-air-pollution-exposure-may-heighten-childhood-asthma-risk/) - March 07, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Operating in the Red: Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money, as Many Cut Services](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/operating-in-the-red-half-of-rural-hospitals-lose-money-as-many-cut-services/) - In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand the worsening financial problems eroding rural hospitals nationwide. In 2022, Ryerse’s South Lincoln Medical Center was forced to shutter its operating room because it didn’t have the staff to run it 24 hours a day.
- [When It Comes to Ketamine, Meta’s Posting Policy Is No Party to Decipher](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/when-it-comes-to-ketamine-metas-posting-policy-is-no-party-to-decipher/) - People keep talking about ketamine. The drug has become a favorite of celebrities, billionaires, and ordinary patients, many of whom view it as a potential miracle drug for depression and other mental health conditions. Whether on Facebook or Instagram, patients and clinics alike are giddy about the possibilities. But it is a drug that can
- [Medicare should negotiate prices for 50 drugs each year](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicare-should-negotiate-prices-for-50-drugs-each-year/) - President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Dec. 14, 2023.Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday said the federal Medicare program should negotiate prices for at least 50 prescription drugs each year, up from the current target of 20 medicines. That's one of
- [Injectable ART given every 8 weeks safely suppresses HIV in adolescents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/injectable-art-given-every-8-weeks-safely-suppresses-hiv-in-adolescents/) - March 06, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Having access to long-acting option increased PrEP coverage in Ugandan study](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/having-access-to-long-acting-option-increased-prep-coverage-in-ugandan-study/) - March 06, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [FDA Approves Single-Dose, Self-Controlled Delivery Device for Acthar Gel](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-approves-single-dose-self-controlled-delivery-device-for-acthar-gel/) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new single-dose prefilled SelfJect Injector of Acthar® Gel (repository corticotropin injection). Acthar® Gel is indicated: As monotherapy for the treatment of infantile spasms in infants and children under 2 years of age; For the treatment of exacerbations of multiple sclerosis in adults; and May be used
- [Dexcom Stelo over-the-counter glucose monitor cleared by the FDA](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/dexcom-stelo-over-the-counter-glucose-monitor-cleared-by-the-fda/) - The Dexcom logo is seen on a smartphone screen and in the background.Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesDexcom on Tuesday announced that its new over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor named Stelo has been cleared for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and it will be available for purchase online this
- [Biden Is Right. The US Generally Pays Double That of Other Countries for Rx Drugs.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-is-right-the-us-generally-pays-double-that-of-other-countries-for-rx-drugs/) - Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S. Joe Biden on Feb. 22, 2024, at a campaign reception It’s well documented that Americans pay high prices for health care. But do they pay double or more
- [Why Even Public Health Experts Have Limited Insight Into Stopping Gun Violence in America](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-even-public-health-experts-have-limited-insight-into-stopping-gun-violence-in-america/) - Gun violence has exploded across the U.S. in recent years — from mass shootings at concerts and supermarkets to school fights settled with a bullet after the last bell. Nearly every day of 2024 so far has brought more violence. On Feb. 14, gunfire broke out at the Super Bowl parade in Kansas City, killing
- [PrEP use up, HIV incidence down, data show](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prep-use-up-hiv-incidence-down-data-show/) - March 05, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Marrazzo reports promising PrEP data for cisgender women](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/marrazzo-reports-promising-prep-data-for-cisgender-women/) - March 05, 2024 4 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Novo Nordisk's Ozempic cuts risk of kidney disease progression](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/novo-nordisks-ozempic-cuts-risk-of-kidney-disease-progression/) - This picture taken on October 23, 2023, shows Ozempic medication boxes, an injectable antidiabetic drug, in a pharmacy in Riedisheim in eastern France.Sebastien Bozon | Afp | Getty ImagesNovo Nordisk's blockbuster drug Ozempic cut the risk of kidney disease progression and related health complications in diabetic patients, according to initial late-stage trial results released Tuesday. Ozempic
- [Fighting Inflammation with Flaxseeds ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fighting-inflammation-with-flaxseeds/) - Elevated levels of pro-inflammatory, aging-associated oxylipins can be normalized by eating ground flaxseed. I previously explored the “Potent Antihypertensive Effect of Dietary Flaxseed in Hypertensive Patients” study in my video Flaxseeds for Hypertension. That was a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial where researchers disguised ground flaxseed in baked goods versus flax-free placebo muffins and saw an
- [Cómo la muerte de un amigo hizo que adolescentes de Colorado se volvieran activistas contra las sobredosis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/como-la-muerte-de-un-amigo-hizo-que-adolescentes-de-colorado-se-volvieran-activistas-contra-las-sobredosis/) - Gavinn McKinney amaba las zapatillas Nike, los fuegos artificiales y el sushi. Estudiaba Potawatomi, uno de los idiomas de sus ancestros nativos americanos. Le encantaba cargar a su sobrina y oler su aroma de bebé. En su cumpleaños número 15, el adolescente de Durango, Colorado, pasó una tarde fría de diciembre cortando leña para ayudar
- [Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infections impact quarter of immunocompromised patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prolonged-sars-cov-2-infections-impact-quarter-of-immunocompromised-patients/) - March 05, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Why Hospitals in Many States With Legal Abortion May Refuse To Perform Them](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-hospitals-in-many-states-with-legal-abortion-may-refuse-to-perform-them/) - Many states that tout themselves as protectors of reproductive health care, including California, Michigan and Pennsylvania, have little-noticed laws on the books protecting hospitals that refuse to provide it. The laws shield at least some hospitals from liability for not providing care they object to on religious grounds, leaving little recourse for patients. The providers — many of them
- [Whistleblower Accuses Aledade, Largest US Independent Primary Care Network, of Medicare Fraud](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/whistleblower-accuses-aledade-largest-us-independent-primary-care-network-of-medicare-fraud/) - A Maryland firm that oversees the nation’s largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it cheated Medicare out of millions of dollars using billing software “rigged” to make patients appear sicker than they were. The civil suit alleges that Aledade Inc.’s billing apps and other software and guidance
- [Statistical Models vs. Front-Line Workers: Who Knows Best How to Spend Opioid Settlement Cash?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/statistical-models-vs-front-line-workers-who-knows-best-how-to-spend-opioid-settlement-cash/) - MOBILE, Ala. — In this Gulf Coast city, addiction medicine doctor Stephen Loyd announced at a January event what he called “a game-changer” for state and local governments spending billions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. The money, which comes from companies accused of aggressively marketing and distributing prescription painkillers, is meant to tackle the
- [Triple bNAb cocktail provides long-term virologic control in people with HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/triple-bnab-cocktail-provides-long-term-virologic-control-in-people-with-hiv/) - March 04, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [CVS, Walgreens to start selling abortion pill mifepristone this month ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cvs-walgreens-to-start-selling-abortion-pill-mifepristone-this-month/) - A container holding boxes of mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, on April 20, 2023.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersCVS and Walgreens will start selling the abortion pill mifepristone this month at certain pharmacy locations in states where it is legal to do so,
- [New evidence ‘seals the case’ for doxy-PEP as STI prevention tool](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-evidence-seals-the-case-for-doxy-pep-as-sti-prevention-tool/) - March 04, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Biden’s Got a Taker for One of His Gun Safety Proposals: California](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/bidens-got-a-taker-for-one-of-his-gun-safety-proposals-california/) - California could give President Biden a political win this year on gun violence. State senators passed sweeping legislation in January that would toughen gun storage requirements, embracing a White House priority that has languished in Congress. Many states, including California, have laws in place requiring gun owners to securely store their firearms when children are
- [Omalizumab provides protective effect for multiple food allergies](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/omalizumab-provides-protective-effect-for-multiple-food-allergies/) - February 27, 2024 6 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Medicare drug price negotiations: Judge rejects AstraZeneca challenge](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicare-drug-price-negotiations-judge-rejects-astrazeneca-challenge/) - Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Friday rejected AstraZeneca's legal challenge to Medicare's new power to negotiate the prices of certain costly prescription drugs with manufacturers.The decision
- [California Pushes to Expand the Universe of Abortion Care Providers](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-pushes-to-expand-the-universe-of-abortion-care-providers/) - California’s efforts to expand access to abortion care are enabling more types of medical practitioners to perform certain abortion procedures — potentially a boon for patients in rural areas especially, but a source of concern for doctors’ groups that have long fought efforts to expand the role of non-physicians. The latest move is a law
- [America Worries About Health Costs — And Voters Want to Hear From Biden and Republicans](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/america-worries-about-health-costs-and-voters-want-to-hear-from-biden-and-republicans/) - President Joe Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for his reelection. Former President Donald Trump is promising to take another swing at repealing Obamacare. But around America’s kitchen tables, those are hardly the only health topics voters want to hear about in the 2024 campaigns. A new KFF tracking
- [Blood test demonstrates high accuracy in identifying sarcoidosis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/blood-test-demonstrates-high-accuracy-in-identifying-sarcoidosis/) - February 28, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [CROI peers into future of HIV care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/croi-peers-into-future-of-hiv-care/) - March 03, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Viking Therapeutics emerges as competitor](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/viking-therapeutics-emerges-as-competitor/) - Cr | Istock | Getty ImagesBiotech company Viking Therapeutics has emerged as a strong potential entrant — or takeover target — in the budding weight loss drug market. Viking is just one of several companies racing to join the growing space. Some analysts say the market could be worth $100 billion by the end of the
- [How to discuss vaccines with hesitant parents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-to-discuss-vaccines-with-hesitant-parents/) - February 28, 2024 5 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Fungal infections can turn deadly — improving awareness is ‘vital’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fungal-infections-can-turn-deadly-improving-awareness-is-vital/) - March 01, 2024 9 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Here's why General Catalyst is trying to buy Summa Health](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/heres-why-general-catalyst-is-trying-to-buy-summa-health/) - Dr. Marc Harrison, who's now CEO of HATCo, speaking at the Healthy Returns conference in New York City on May 21, 2019.Astrid Stawiarz | CNBCDr. Marc Harrison is a different kind of venture capitalist.He's not looking for the next Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. He's not hanging out at startup demo days. He's definitely not
- [Why did C. auris emerge around the same time on different continents?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-did-c-auris-emerge-around-the-same-time-on-different-continents/) - March 02, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Journalists Examine Medicaid Unwinding, Farmworkers’ Mental Health, and the Big Opioid Payback](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/journalists-examine-medicaid-unwinding-farmworkers-mental-health-and-the-big-opioid-payback/) - KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how Mobile, Alabama, is weighing whether to use opioid settlement funds to pay treatment costs now or invest in long-term solutions to cut future addiction rates on NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Feb. 27. Click here to hear Pattani on “Morning Edition” Read Pattani’s series, “Payback: Tracking the
- [Change Healthcare new electronic prescription tool amid cyberattack](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/change-healthcare-new-electronic-prescription-tool-amid-cyberattack/) - In this photo illustration, UnitedHealth Group Inc logo seen displayed on a tablet.Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesChange Healthcare on Friday said it's finished setting up a new electronic prescription service, which could help provide some relief to pharmacies and physicians that have been struggling to contend with the fallout from
- [People with COVID-19 no longer have to isolate for 5 days](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/people-with-covid-19-no-longer-have-to-isolate-for-5-days/) - March 01, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Latest COVID-19 vaccines reduce hospitalization risk by around half](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/latest-covid-19-vaccines-reduce-hospitalization-risk-by-around-half/) - March 01, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Share Your Catholic Hospital Story With Us](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/share-your-catholic-hospital-story-with-us/) - Are you a patient who has received care at a Catholic hospital? Are you a clinician working at a Catholic hospital who has felt the care you give has been constrained by the “Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services,” issued by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops? Tell us here. Contact Us
- [Medicaid challenges leave many Black Americans uninsured](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicaid-challenges-leave-many-black-americans-uninsured/) - Recent changes to Medicaid programs, aimed at closing a health coverage gap in the U.S., have left behind some Americans — particularly people of color.Among the non-elderly population in the U.S. — those under age 65 — insured rates rose during the Covid pandemic, with 3.4 million Americans enrolling in health coverage between 2019 and
- [Vidofludimus calcium linked to fatigue reduction, may have long-term effect in MS](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vidofludimus-calcium-linked-to-fatigue-reduction-may-have-long-term-effect-in-ms/) - February 29, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Occipital Neuralgia vs Migraine: Comparing Diagnoses and Treatments](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/occipital-neuralgia-vs-migraine-comparing-diagnoses-and-treatments/) - Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians with reliable information to share with patients and their caregivers. Pain occurring in the back can be a symptom of occipital neuralgia, migraine, or other causes. Pain from occipital neuralgia can cause headaches or migraine as a result of inflamed nerves that go from the top of the head
- [How a Friend’s Death Turned Colorado Teens Into Anti-Overdose Activists](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-a-friends-death-turned-colorado-teens-into-anti-overdose-activists/) - Gavinn McKinney loved Nike shoes, fireworks, and sushi. He was studying Potawatomi, one of the languages of his Native American heritage. He loved holding his niece and smelling her baby smell. On his 15th birthday, the Durango, Colorado, teen spent a cold December afternoon chopping wood to help neighbors who couldn’t afford to heat their
- [With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/with-medical-debt-burdening-millions-a-financial-regulator-steps-in-to-help/) - Noam N. Levey When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he said the new agency had one priority: “looking out for people, not big banks, not lenders, not investment houses.” Since then, the CFPB has done its share of policing mortgage brokers, student loan companies, and banks.
- [California Hospitals, Advocates Seek Stable Funding to Retain Behavioral Health Navigators](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-hospitals-advocates-seek-stable-funding-to-retain-behavioral-health-navigators/) - Health providers and addiction experts warn the funding structure is unstable for a California initiative that steers patients with substance use disorder into long-term treatment after they are discharged from emergency rooms, which has already led some critical employees to leave their jobs. Supporters of CA Bridge’s behavioral health navigator program, which launched in 2022,
- [Care team ‘huddles’ reduced physical restraint events at children’s hospital](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/care-team-huddles-reduced-physical-restraint-events-at-childrens-hospital/) - February 29, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Change Healthcare cyberattack has caused financial 'mess' for doctors](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/change-healthcare-cyberattack-has-caused-financial-mess-for-doctors/) - Small private practices and health-care providers are facing mounting financial pressures as crucial reimbursement systems remain down for the ninth day, following the cyberattack on Change Healthcare. Change Healthcare offers tools for payment and revenue cycle management that help facilitate transactions between providers and most major insurance companies. Its parent company UnitedHealth Group discovered that a
- [Celebrating Food, Activism, and Black History Month with Dr. Paule Joseph](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/celebrating-food-activism-and-black-history-month-with-dr-paule-joseph/) - We had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Paule Joseph about her work, food, activism, public health, and Black History Month. We hope you enjoy this interview. Please tell us a little bit about your work and career. I am Dr. Paule Joseph, a dedicated nurse scientist and educator. My career is a fusion of
- [VA's HCV elimination program ‘incredibly successful’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vas-hcv-elimination-program-incredibly-successful/) - February 29, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Toxic Gas That Sterilizes Medical Devices Prompts Safety Rule Update](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/toxic-gas-that-sterilizes-medical-devices-prompts-safety-rule-update/) - Over the past two years, Madeline Beal has heard frustration and even bewilderment during public meetings about ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas that is used to sterilize half of the medical devices in the U.S. Beal, senior risk communication adviser for the Environmental Protection Agency, has fielded questions about why the agency took so long
- [Readers Call on Congress to Bolster Medicare and Fix Loopholes in Health Policy](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/readers-call-on-congress-to-bolster-medicare-and-fix-loopholes-in-health-policy/) - Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Occupational Therapists Change Lives. CMS Must Better Support Them. Occupational therapists are critical in helping patients adjust to new circumstances, empowering them with the tools they need to overcome barriers and
- [Hacking at UnitedHealth Unit Cripples a Swath of the US Health System: What to Know](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hacking-at-unitedhealth-unit-cripples-a-swath-of-the-us-health-system-what-to-know/) - Darius Tahir Early in the morning of Feb. 21, Change Healthcare, a company unknown to most Americans that plays a huge role in the U.S. health system, issued a brief statement saying some of its applications were “currently unavailable.” By the afternoon, the company described the situation as a “cyber security” problem. Since then, it
- [Bathroom Bills Are Back — Broader and Stricter — In Several States](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/bathroom-bills-are-back-broader-and-stricter-in-several-states/) - Republican lawmakers in several states have resurrected and expanded the fight over whether transgender people may use bathrooms and other facilities that do not match their sex assigned at birth. At least one bill goes so far as making it a crime for a transgender person to enter a facility that doesn’t match the sex
- [HHS panel recommends statins for more people with HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hhs-panel-recommends-statins-for-more-people-with-hiv/) - February 28, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [California Takes Up White House Call to Toughen Gun Storage Rules](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-takes-up-white-house-call-to-toughen-gun-storage-rules/) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are weighing a pitch from the White House for states to toughen gun storage rules as legislation languishes in Congress. Even though many states, including California, have laws in place for safely storing guns when children are present, the Biden administration wants them to go further by requiring gun owners
- [Oprah is leaving WeightWatchers board, giving away all her stock](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/oprah-is-leaving-weightwatchers-board-giving-away-all-her-stock/) - An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersFor all of the promise associated with new weight loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound in treating obesity, there's a very big risk printed right on the label
- [CDC recommends spring COVID-19 booster shot for older adults](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cdc-recommends-spring-covid-19-booster-shot-for-older-adults/) - February 28, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [MCED Testing for Cancer Diagnosis: Progress and Roadblocks](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mced-testing-for-cancer-diagnosis-progress-and-roadblocks/) - Research has suggested that multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests have the potential to fulfill unmet needs in cancer diagnosis and care.1-8 However, experts say that cost-related barriers, potential regulatory roadblocks, and other issues must be addressed before MCED testing can be used more widely. “MCEDs aim to detect multiple cancer types in asymptomatic individuals and
- [Sinks located in newly constructed ICU rooms contaminated quickly](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/sinks-located-in-newly-constructed-icu-rooms-contaminated-quickly/) - February 28, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [The Supreme Court Confronts a Public Health Challenge: Homeless Encampments](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-supreme-court-confronts-a-public-health-challenge-homeless-encampments/) - Homelessness is a soaring public health crisis, with a record 653,000 unhoused people in the United States, according to federal estimates. Tent and recreational vehicle encampments have exploded in recent years, crowding streets and sidewalks from Portland, Ore., to New York. In California, where roughly a third of all the nation’s homeless people live, doctors
- [Liver disease is newest weight loss drug use](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/liver-disease-is-newest-weight-loss-drug-use/) - Image of a healthy liver not ravaged by fatty liver disease.BSIP | Getty ImagesThink a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up.Good afternoon! Drugmakers aren't just racing to develop drugs that treat obesity. They're also competing to expand the uses of those weight loss treatments, including for a severe form of
- [California Lawsuit Spotlights Broad Legal Attack on Anti-Bias Training in Health Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-lawsuit-spotlights-broad-legal-attack-on-anti-bias-training-in-health-care/) - Ronnie Cohen Los Angeles anesthesiologist Marilyn Singleton was outraged about a California requirement that every continuing medical education course include training in implicit bias — the ways in which physicians’ unconscious attitudes might contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Singleton, who is Black and has practiced for 50 years, sees calling doctors
- [Say That Again: Using Hearing Aids Can Be Frustrating for Older Adults, but Necessary](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/say-that-again-using-hearing-aids-can-be-frustrating-for-older-adults-but-necessary/) - It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, who was 94 when he died in 2022, he’d wait for his dad to find his hearing aids and put them in before they started talking. Even then, my father-in-law could barely hear what my husband was saying. “What?” he’d
- [‘Frightening’ connections between long COVID, fibromyalgia, fatigue warrant more research](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/frightening-connections-between-long-covid-fibromyalgia-fatigue-warrant-more-research/) - February 27, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Long-acting ART for HIV effective for people who struggle with daily pills](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/long-acting-art-for-hiv-effective-for-people-who-struggle-with-daily-pills/) - February 27, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Viking Therapeutics weight loss drug shows promising trial results](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/viking-therapeutics-weight-loss-drug-shows-promising-trial-results/) - Cr | Istock | Getty ImagesShares of Viking Therapeutics closed more than 120% higher on Tuesday after the company's experimental weight loss drug showed promising initial results in a mid-stage trial. Viking Therapeutics is one of several small obesity drugmakers hoping to enter the budding weight loss drug industry, which analysts say could grow into a
- [The Pros of Early Time-Restricted Eating ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-pros-of-early-time-restricted-eating/) - Calories eaten in the morning count less than calories eaten in the evening, and they’re healthier, too. Time-restricted feeding, where you limit the same amount of eating to a narrow evening window, has benefits compared to eating in the evening and earlier in the day, but it also has adverse effects because you’re eating so
- [Youth antidepressant prescriptions accelerated during after pandemic](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/youth-antidepressant-prescriptions-accelerated-during-after-pandemic/) - February 26, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Without Medicare Part B’s Shield, Patient’s Family Owes $81,000 for a Single Air-Ambulance Flight](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/without-medicare-part-bs-shield-patients-family-owes-81000-for-a-single-air-ambulance-flight/) - Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what she spent on medical care, said her daughter, Alicia Wieberg. “She was the kind of person who didn’t go to the doctor for anything.” That ended last year, when the rural Tennessee resident suffered a devastating stroke and several aneurysms.
- [A Government Video Would Explain When Abortion Is Legal in South Dakota](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-government-video-would-explain-when-abortion-is-legal-in-south-dakota/) - South Dakota lawmakers want state officials to create an educational video to help doctors understand when they can end a pregnancy without risking prison time under the state’s near-total abortion ban. It’s an example of how states are responding to the national controversy over what exceptions to abortion bans actually mean. Critics point to reports
- [How Your High-Protein Diet Could Be Hardening Your Arteries](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-your-high-protein-diet-could-be-hardening-your-arteries/) - High protein consumption may elevate atherosclerosis risk by activating immune cells that contribute to arterial plaque formation, with leucine playing a critical role, according to a study by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.High protein consumption may elevate atherosclerosis risk by activating immune cells that contribute to arterial plaque formation, with leucine playing a
- [Cases of ‘walking pneumonia’ on rebound after falloff during pandemic](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cases-of-walking-pneumonia-on-rebound-after-falloff-during-pandemic/) - February 23, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Highmark Health integrating tech from Google Cloud and Epic Systems](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/highmark-health-integrating-tech-from-google-cloud-and-epic-systems/) - Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian speaks at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco, April 9, 2019.Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHighmark Health announced Monday that it's integrating technology from Google Cloud and the health-care software company Epic Systems to try to improve data gathering for providers and payers.Consumer health-care data is stored
- [Prior COVID-19 infection does not impact allergic asthma severity in children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prior-covid-19-infection-does-not-impact-allergic-asthma-severity-in-children/) - February 26, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [California Gov. Newsom Wants Voters to Approve Billions More to Help the Homeless. Will It Help?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-gov-newsom-wants-voters-to-approve-billions-more-to-help-the-homeless-will-it-help/) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide March 5 whether to pump billions more dollars into combating the nation’s worst homelessness crisis, an investment Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom argues will finally provide the housing and treatment so badly needed by tens of thousands of homeless people. Newsom is spearheading Proposition 1, a $6.4 billion bond
- [If You’re Poor, Fertility Treatment Can Be Out of Reach](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/if-youre-poor-fertility-treatment-can-be-out-of-reach/) - Mary Delgado’s first pregnancy went according to plan, but when she tried to get pregnant again seven years later, nothing happened. After 10 months, Delgado, now 34, and her partner, Joaquin Rodriguez, went to see an OB-GYN. Tests showed she had endometriosis, which was interfering with conception. Delgado’s only option, the doctor said, was in
- [Horse Sedative Use Among Humans Spreads in Deadly Mixture of ‘Tranq’ and Fentanyl](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/horse-sedative-use-among-humans-spreads-in-deadly-mixture-of-tranq-and-fentanyl/) - TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Andrew McClave Jr. loved to lift weights. The 6-foot-4-inch bartender resembled a bodybuilder and once posed for a photo flexing his muscles with former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. “He was extremely dedicated to it,” said his father, Andrew McClave Sr., “to the point where it was almost like he missed his
- [Samsung Galaxy Ring: specs, features, release date](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/samsung-galaxy-ring-specs-features-release-date/) - The Samsung Galaxy Ring has various sensors to track things like heart rate.SamsungBARCELONA — Samsung's Galaxy Ring, its latest wearable, is launching with health-tracking features including heart rate and sleep monitoring while also giving users a score of their readiness for the day, a top executive told CNBC.In a wide-ranging interview, Hon Pak, the head
- [UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare down for a fourth day following cyberattack](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/unitedhealth-subsidiary-change-healthcare-down-for-a-fourth-day-following-cyberattack/) - UnitedHealth Group Inc. headquarters stands in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.Mike Bradley | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChange Healthcare's systems are down for a fourth straight day after parent company UnitedHealth Group disclosed that a suspected cybersecurity threat actor gained access to part of its information technology network on Wednesday. UnitedHealth, the biggest health-care company in the U.S. by
- [More than one-third of children with food allergy report bullying](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/more-than-one-third-of-children-with-food-allergy-report-bullying/) - February 24, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [What does the latest research say about doxycycline prophylaxis for bacterial STIs?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-does-the-latest-research-say-about-doxycycline-prophylaxis-for-bacterial-stis/) - February 23, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Sickle cell disease gene therapies Casgevy Lyfgenia insurance cost issues](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/sickle-cell-disease-gene-therapies-casgevy-lyfgenia-insurance-cost-issues/) - The approval of two gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease has given hope to patients who suffer from the debilitating disease, which overwhelmingly affects Black people and people of color.Health officials now face a challenge in finding a way to provide equitable access to the costly treatments.The crippling episodes of pain from the genetic
- [Epinephrine nasal spray outcomes comparable with injections among pediatric patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/epinephrine-nasal-spray-outcomes-comparable-with-injections-among-pediatric-patients/) - February 23, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Addressing Caregiver Burden: How Caregivers of Patients With Stroke Are Affected](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/addressing-caregiver-burden-how-caregivers-of-patients-with-stroke-are-affected/) - Caregiver burden is a common occurrence in chronic disease management. In stroke — the leading cause of disability in the US1 — caregiver burden has been recognized as a significant health care concern. Despite the lack of consensus on the definition of caregiver “burden” due to its multifaceted nature, some researchers note that it can
- [In Florida measles outbreak, state lets parents send unvaccinated children to school](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-florida-measles-outbreak-state-lets-parents-send-unvaccinated-children-to-school/) - February 23, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Brote de sarampión: Florida dice que niños no vacunados pueden ir a la escuela, desafiando a los CDC](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/brote-de-sarampion-florida-dice-que-ninos-no-vacunados-pueden-ir-a-la-escuela-desafiando-a-los-cdc/) - En un breve memorando, Joseph Ladapo, Cirujano General de Florida, ha revertido una norma de salud pública que durante mucho tiempo ha mantenido bajo control los brotes de sarampión en el estado. El 20 de febrero, mientras el sarampión se propagaba en la Escuela Primaria Manatee Bay, en el sur de Florida, Ladapo envió a
- [Opposition to Medicaid Expansion Thaws in an Unexpected Place: The Deep South](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/opposition-to-medicaid-expansion-thaws-in-an-unexpected-place-the-deep-south/) - For more than a decade, some Southern states have resisted Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, even though data suggest it could help their residents. Today, the large majority of uninsured Americans who would gain coverage under Medicaid expansion — and who would benefit from affordable access to care — live in non-expansion states
- [Novavax to settle Gavi arbitration over canceled Covid shot purchase](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/novavax-to-settle-gavi-arbitration-over-canceled-covid-shot-purchase/) - A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands.Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty ImagesShares of Novavax closed more than 20% higher on Thursday after the company said it will settle a bitter arbitration dispute
- [Florida Defies CDC in Measles Outbreak, Telling Parents It's Fine to Send Unvaccinated Kids to School](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/florida-defies-cdc-in-measles-outbreak-telling-parents-its-fine-to-send-unvaccinated-kids-to-school/) - With a brief memo, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has subverted a public health standard that’s long kept measles outbreaks under control. On Feb. 20, as measles spread through Manatee Bay Elementary in South Florida, Ladapo sent parents a letter granting them permission to send unvaccinated children to school amid the outbreak. The Department of
- [Pregnancy Care Was Always Lacking in Jails. It Could Get Worse.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pregnancy-care-was-always-lacking-in-jails-it-could-get-worse/) - It was about midnight in June 2022 when police officers showed up at Angela Collier’s door and told her that someone anonymously requested a welfare check because they thought she might have had a miscarriage. Standing in front of the concrete steps of her home in Midway, Texas, Collier, initially barefoot and wearing a baggy
- [Diagnostic stewardship helps reduce C. difficile at children’s hospital](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/diagnostic-stewardship-helps-reduce-c-difficile-at-childrens-hospital/) - February 22, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [What the Science Says About Time-Restricted Eating ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-the-science-says-about-time-restricted-eating/) - Are there benefits to giving yourself a bigger daily break from eating? The reason many blood tests are taken after an overnight fast is that meals can tip our system out of balance, bumping up certain biomarkers for disease, such as blood sugars, insulin, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Yet, as you can see in the graph below
- [Moderna (MRNA) earnings Q4 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/moderna-mrna-earnings-q4-2023/) - Nikos Pekiaridis | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of Moderna closed roughly 13% higher Thursday after the company posted a surprise quarterly profit, boosted by deferred revenue and cost cuts, even as it saw slumping sales from its Covid vaccine, its only marketable product.The results cap a rocky year for the biotech company and other Covid vaccine
- [Zero-emission vehicles, clean power prevent respiratory illnesses in children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/zero-emission-vehicles-clean-power-prevent-respiratory-illnesses-in-children/) - February 22, 2024 7 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Nikki Haley Wants ‘Consensus’ on Contraception. It’s Not That Easy.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nikki-haley-wants-consensus-on-contraception-its-not-that-easy/) - Nikki Haley, the last candidate standing between Donald Trump and the GOP presidential nomination, insists that being “unapologetically pro-life” doesn’t make her anti-birth control. “Let’s find consensus,” she urged at a GOP presidential debate in November. “Let’s make sure we make contraception accessible.” If only consensus were that easy. In some conservative circles, contraception is
- [Health Care Workers Push for Their Own Confidential Mental Health Treatment](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/health-care-workers-push-for-their-own-confidential-mental-health-treatment/) - States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses. Too often, health care workers wait to seek counseling or addiction treatment, causing their work and patient care to suffer, said Jean Branscum, CEO of the Montana Medical Association, an industry group representing doctors. “They’ve
- [Lawsuits Claim South Carolina Kids Underwent Unnecessary Genital Exams During Abuse Investigations](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/lawsuits-claim-south-carolina-kids-underwent-unnecessary-genital-exams-during-abuse-investigations/) - Warning: Some readers may find graphic details in this article to be offensive or disturbing. CAMDEN, S.C. — Three ongoing federal lawsuits filed in South Carolina accuse the state of forcing boys and girls to undergo traumatic genital exams during child abuse investigations, even when no allegations of sexual abuse have been raised. One 14-year-old
- [Tweak in surveillance leads to more reported Lyme disease cases in US](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/tweak-in-surveillance-leads-to-more-reported-lyme-disease-cases-in-us/) - February 21, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi launch, Apple Vision Pro nausea](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/alzheimers-drug-leqembi-launch-apple-vision-pro-nausea/) - Good afternoon! The launch of the closely watched Alzheimer's drug Leqembi is off to a slow start.Still, demand for the treatment from Biogen and its Japanese partner Eisai is rising.That's the update the two drugmakers gave Wall Street during their latest quarterly earnings calls earlier this month.But before we get into the numbers, here's why the
- [AAP warns about climate change’s impact on child health](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/aap-warns-about-climate-changes-impact-on-child-health/) - February 21, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Unlocking Your Body's Natural Weight Loss System That Works Like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/unlocking-your-bodys-natural-weight-loss-system-that-works-like-wegovy-ozempic-and-mounjaro/) - Incretin hormones, produced in our gut, play a pivotal role in managing metabolism and weight, akin to the function of drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic, and Mounjaro. This natural weight loss system, activated by our dietary choices and the health of our gut microbiome, offers a built-in method for obesity and diabetes control. By focusing on
- [Decade-long Listeria outbreak linked to recalled dairy products](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/decade-long-listeria-outbreak-linked-to-recalled-dairy-products/) - February 09, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic Crashes Ashore, Propelled by Fentanyl and Meth](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fourth-wave-of-opioid-epidemic-crashes-ashore-propelled-by-fentanyl-and-meth/) - The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave,” which is not only placing drug users at greater risk but is also complicating efforts to address the nation’s drug problem. These waves, according to a report out today from Millennium Health, began with the crisis in prescription opioid use,
- [Doctors feel burned out but encouraged by potential of AI, survey says](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/doctors-feel-burned-out-but-encouraged-by-potential-of-ai-survey-says/) - Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty ImagesDoctors in the U.S. are struggling to contend with burnout, staffing shortages and overwhelming administrative workloads, but many are optimistic that artificial intelligence could help to ease these problems, a new survey found. More than 90% of physicians report feeling burned out on a "regular basis," according to the survey,
- [Death and Redemption in an American Prison](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/death-and-redemption-in-an-american-prison/) - Steven Garner doesn’t like to talk about the day that changed his life. A New Orleans barroom altercation in 1990 escalated to the point where Garner, then 18, and his younger brother Glenn shot and killed another man. The Garners claimed self-defense, but a jury found them guilty of second-degree murder. They were sentenced to
- [Scientists Develop Simple and Cost-Effective Early Diabetes Test](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/scientists-develop-simple-and-cost-effective-early-diabetes-test/) - Researchers have introduced an efficient diabetes detection method using a simple mathematical calculation from a blood test, proving its reliability and affordability in a study published in the Journal of Diabetes.Diabetes frequently goes unnoticed until it has caused organ or nerve damage, partly because early-stage diagnosis is challenging and time-consuming.An international team of researchers headed
- [Flu vaccine makers plan switch to trivalent shots, removing vanished B virus](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/flu-vaccine-makers-plan-switch-to-trivalent-shots-removing-vanished-b-virus/) - February 09, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Rule streamlining prior authorization is a step forward for primary care, 'but not a leap'](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rule-streamlining-prior-authorization-is-a-step-forward-for-primary-care-but-not-a-leap/) - February 20, 2024 8 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [AbbVie taps Robert Michael as CEO, succeeding Richard Gonzalez](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/abbvie-taps-robert-michael-as-ceo-succeeding-richard-gonzalez/) - Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed AbbVie logo in this illustration taken on May 21, 2021.Dado Ruvic | ReutersAbbVie on Tuesday said longtime executive Robert Michael will become the company's new CEO, replacing Richard Gonzalez. Michael, who is AbbVie's president and chief operating officer, will become the company's second-ever CEO on July 1.
- [The Neurotoxin in Star Fruit ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-neurotoxin-in-star-fruit/) - Starfruit contains a neurotoxin known as caramboxin that can cause irreversible brain damage at high enough doses. If someone walks into the emergency room with intractable hiccups, one of the questions the ER physician should ask is: Have you been eating star fruit? In my video cautioning about oxalate-rich foods, Kidney Stones and Spinach, Chard, and Beet
- [LEAP program establishes ID, public health partnership](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/leap-program-establishes-id-public-health-partnership/) - February 10, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Hooked on ID with Paul Volberding, MD](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hooked-on-id-with-paul-volberding-md/) - February 11, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Biogen drops Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm to focus on Leqembi, others](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biogen-drops-alzheimers-drug-aduhelm-to-focus-on-leqembi-others/) - The Biogen headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 24, 2023.Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBiogen on Wednesday said it will discontinue the sale and development of its older and highly controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm to refocus the company's efforts to treat the memory-robbing disease. The biotech company will focus on rolling out Leqembi, a newly
- [Childhood bullying linked to distrust, mental health issues in adolescence](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/childhood-bullying-linked-to-distrust-mental-health-issues-in-adolescence/) - February 19, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [In California, Faceoff Between Major Insurer and Health System Shows Hazards of Consolidation](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-california-faceoff-between-major-insurer-and-health-system-shows-hazards-of-consolidation/) - For weeks, more than half a million Anthem Blue Cross enrollees who receive health care from the University of California were held in suspense. It wasn’t clear whether they would have to find new doctors or switch plans as the health system and one of its largest insurance partners struggled to reach agreement on a
- [Invasive meningococcal disease risk sixfold higher for people with HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/invasive-meningococcal-disease-risk-sixfold-higher-for-people-with-hiv/) - February 12, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Why Wall Street analysts think Big Tech stocks will take a breather](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-wall-street-analysts-think-big-tech-stocks-will-take-a-breather/) - Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here's a recap of Tuesday's key moments. 1. U.S. stocks were mixed Tuesday, on a muted performance from Big Tech. Citigroup strategists warned that tech stocks may stall out after monstrous gains. "The large consensus positioning is
- [Amoxicillin remains effective against ear infections, small study shows](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/amoxicillin-remains-effective-against-ear-infections-small-study-shows/) - February 12, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Eli Lilly weight loss drug may treat fatty liver disease](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/eli-lilly-weight-loss-drug-may-treat-fatty-liver-disease/) - An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | ReutersEli Lilly on Tuesday said its highly popular drug used for weight loss and diabetes showed promise as a treatment for fatty liver disease in a midstage trial. The initial study results add to
- [Risks for long symptoms after COVID during pregnancy tied to severity, comorbidities](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/risks-for-long-symptoms-after-covid-during-pregnancy-tied-to-severity-comorbidities/) - February 13, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [What to know about long COVID in children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-to-know-about-long-covid-in-children/) - February 15, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Why we would be considering buying more Eli Lilly shares if they were down](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-we-would-be-considering-buying-more-eli-lilly-shares-if-they-were-down/) - Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here's a recap of Tuesday's key moments. 1. U.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday on hotter-than-expected retail inflation data. The surprise uptick in the January consumer price index sent bond yields higher and the Dow , the S &
- [The Powerful Constraints on Medical Care in Catholic Hospitals Across America](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-powerful-constraints-on-medical-care-in-catholic-hospitals-across-america/) - Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht Nurse midwife Beverly Maldonado recalls a pregnant woman arriving at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Maryland after her water broke. It was weeks before the baby would have any chance of survival, and the patient’s wishes were clear, she recalled: “Why am I staying pregnant then? What’s the point?” the
- [CDC identifies states with highest and lowest rates of long COVID](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cdc-identifies-states-with-highest-and-lowest-rates-of-long-covid/) - February 17, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [38.6% of children have received an HPV vaccine dose](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/38-6-of-children-have-received-an-hpv-vaccine-dose/) - February 16, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [What to know about insurance coverage for weight loss drugs and costs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-to-know-about-insurance-coverage-for-weight-loss-drugs-and-costs/) - Many U.S. companies are grappling with health insurance coverage issues for workers when it comes to GLP-1 drugs for weight loss.Despite the hefty price tag — typically between $1,000 to $1,500 a month — consumers are clamoring for drugs like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound. This class of drugs, historically used to treat
- [First Alaskapox death reported, officials say residents ‘shouldn’t be overly concerned’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/first-alaskapox-death-reported-officials-say-residents-shouldnt-be-overly-concerned/) - February 16, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [COVID-19 increases insomnia risk in people with anxiety, depression](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-19-increases-insomnia-risk-in-people-with-anxiety-depression/) - February 16, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Southern Lawmakers Rethink Long-Standing Opposition to Medicaid Expansion](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/southern-lawmakers-rethink-long-standing-opposition-to-medicaid-expansion/) - As a part-time customer service representative, Jolene Dybas earns less than $15,000 a year, which is below the federal poverty level and too low for her to be eligible for subsidized health insurance on the Obamacare marketplace. Dybas, 53, also does not qualify for Medicaid in her home state of Alabama because she does not
- [Higher medical costs are pinching CVS, UnitedHealth](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/higher-medical-costs-are-pinching-cvs-unitedhealth/) - A UnitedHealth Group health insurance card is seen in a wallet, Oct.14, 2019.Lucy Nicholson | ReutersGood afternoon! Health insurers are feeling the squeeze as older patients head to the doctor more than expected.CVS, which owns health insurer Aetna, on Wednesday slashed its full-year profit outlook, citing the potential for higher medical costs to bite into its profits.
- [Patients See First Savings From Biden’s Drug Price Push, as Pharma Lines Up Its Lawyers](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/patients-see-first-savings-from-bidens-drug-price-push-as-pharma-lines-up-its-lawyers/) - Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of the pricey medications that treat his multiple myeloma, a blood cancer he was diagnosed with in 2010. The drugs have kept his cancer at bay. But their rapidly increasing costs so infuriated Mitchell that he was inspired to create an
- [Only half of women with HIV remember discussing contraceptives with a provider](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/only-half-of-women-with-hiv-remember-discussing-contraceptives-with-a-provider/) - February 15, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Being physically active before pandemic reduced odds of having COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/being-physically-active-before-pandemic-reduced-odds-of-having-covid-19/) - February 15, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [A Look at the 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-look-at-the-52-diet-and-the-fasting-mimicking-diet/) - What are the effects of eating only five days a week or following a fasting-mimicking diet five days a month? Instead of eating every other day, what if you ate five days a week and fasted for the other two? As I discuss in my video The 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Put to the
- [New Discovery Could Improve the Efficiency of Diabetes Treatments](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-discovery-could-improve-the-efficiency-of-diabetes-treatments/) - Recent research has unveiled that the GDF15 protein may enhance diabetes treatment by reducing glucose synthesis and liver fibrosis, offering a new approach to managing type 2 diabetes and associated metabolic disorders.New methods to decrease glucose production in the liverA study led by the University of Barcelona and the Biomedical Research Networking Center in Diabetes
- [In this fast-paced bull market, we're increasing our Club price targets on 4 stocks](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-this-fast-paced-bull-market-were-increasing-our-club-price-targets-on-4-stocks/) - It's been hard to keep up. That's the story of the big stock winners this year. They just keep winning and winning and winning. For analysts on Wall Street and here at the Club, it seems like some of these names are smashing through our six-to-nine-month price targets every few weeks. To that end, we're
- [States Get in on the Prior Authorization Crackdown](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/states-get-in-on-the-prior-authorization-crackdown/) - Last month, my colleague Lauren Sausser told you about the Biden administration’s crackdown on insurance plans’ prior authorization policies, with new rules for certain health plans participating in federal programs such as Medicare Advantage or the Affordable Care Act marketplace. States are getting in on the action, too. Prior authorization, sometimes called pre-certification, requires patients
- [Risk for chronic fatigue four times higher after COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/risk-for-chronic-fatigue-four-times-higher-after-covid-19/) - February 14, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Watch: The Feds May Reexamine Covid Protocols. Here’s Why You Should Care.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/watch-the-feds-may-reexamine-covid-protocols-heres-why-you-should-care/) - Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, appeared Feb. 14 on “CBS Mornings” to discuss why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be weighing a change in its current isolation guidelines for people with covid-19, and how to protect others if they continue to test positive. KFF Health News is a
- [Early Detection May Help Kentucky Tamp Down Its Lung Cancer Crisis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/early-detection-may-help-kentucky-tamp-down-its-lung-cancer-crisis/) - Charlotte Huff Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray. “I remember that drive home, bringing her back home, and we basically cried,” said the internal medicine physician, who had started practicing in eastern Kentucky near his childhood home shortly before his mother began feeling ill. “Nobody wants to get told
- [New Eligibility Rules Are a Financial Salve for Nearly 2 Million on Medi-Cal](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-eligibility-rules-are-a-financial-salve-for-nearly-2-million-on-medi-cal/) - Bernard J. Wolfson Millions of Medi-Cal beneficiaries can now save for a rainy day, keep an inheritance, or hold on to a modest nest egg, without losing coverage, thanks to an eligibility change phased in over the past year and a half. It also has opened the door for thousands who previously did not qualify
- [Asthma prevalence increases with cannabis use among adolescents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/asthma-prevalence-increases-with-cannabis-use-among-adolescents/) - February 14, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [FTC, HHS examining cause of generic drug shortages](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ftc-hhs-examining-cause-of-generic-drug-shortages/) - A variety of generic pills and capsules. Nenov | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday said it is examining the role that drug wholesalers and companies that purchase medicines for U.S. health-care providers play in shortages of generic drugs, which account for the majority of Americans' prescriptions.The move follows an unprecedented shortfall of
- [HHS launches largest US effort ever to reduce vector-borne diseases](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hhs-launches-largest-us-effort-ever-to-reduce-vector-borne-diseases/) - February 14, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [The No Surprises Act Comes With Some Surprises](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-no-surprises-act-comes-with-some-surprises/) - The No Surprises Act, the landmark law intended to protect patients from surprise out-of-network medical bills, has come with, well, some surprises. A little more than two years after it took effect, there’s good and bad news about how it’s working. First, it’s important to note that the law has successfully protected millions of patients
- [For the Love of Health Care and Health Policy](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/for-the-love-of-health-care-and-health-policy/) - Nothing melts our hearts like a health policy valentine. Readers made us swoon this season, writing poetic lines about prescription drug pricing, medical debt, primary care shortages, and more. Here are some of our favorites, starting with the grand prize winner and first runner-up, whose entries were each turned into a cartoon by staff illustrator
- [California Prison Drug Overdoses Surge Again After Early Treatment Success](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-prison-drug-overdoses-surge-again-after-early-treatment-success/) - Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Drug overdose deaths in California state prisons rebounded to near record levels last year even as corrections officials touted the state’s intervention methods as a model for prisons and jails across the United States. At least 59 prisoners died of overdoses last year, according to a KFF Health News analysis
- [Biogen (BIIB) earnings Q4 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biogen-biib-earnings-q4-2023/) - A Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Brian Snyder | ReutersBiogen on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and profit that shrank from a year ago, as it recorded charges related to dropping its controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm and as sales slumped in its multiple sclerosis therapies, the company's biggest drug category.Biogen booked sales of $2.39 billion for the quarter,
- [Is Our Life Expectancy Extended by Intermittent Fasting? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/is-our-life-expectancy-extended-by-intermittent-fasting/) - Alternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension. Is it true that alternate-day calorie restriction prolongs life? Doctors have anecdotally attributed improvements in a variety of disease states to alternate-day fasting, including asthma; seasonal allergies; autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis; infectious diseases, such as toenail fungus, periodontal disease, and
- [Medicare drug price negotiations: Judge tosses PhRMA lawsuit](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicare-drug-price-negotiations-judge-tosses-phrma-lawsuit/) - Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Monday tossed a lawsuit brought by a major pharmaceutical industry lobbying group and two other organizations, which challenged Medicare's new
- [‘Behind the Times’: Washington Tries to Catch Up With AI’s Use in Health Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/behind-the-times-washington-tries-to-catch-up-with-ais-use-in-health-care/) - Lawmakers and regulators in Washington are starting to puzzle over how to regulate artificial intelligence in health care — and the AI industry thinks there’s a good chance they’ll mess it up. “It’s an incredibly daunting problem,” said Bob Wachter, the chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California-San Francisco. “There’s a
- [In Fight Over Medicare Payments, the Hospital Lobby Shows Its Strength](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-fight-over-medicare-payments-the-hospital-lobby-shows-its-strength/) - In the battle to control health care costs, hospitals are deploying their political power to protect their bottom lines. The point of contention: For decades, Medicare has paid hospitals — including hospital-owned physician practices that may not be physically located in a hospital building — about double the rates it pays other doctors and facilities
- [Ebola vaccine halves mortality rate, new data show](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ebola-vaccine-halves-mortality-rate-new-data-show/) - February 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Wall Street changes its tune on this healthcare stock. Why we were always bullish](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/wall-street-changes-its-tune-on-this-healthcare-stock-why-we-were-always-bullish/) - Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here's a recap of Monday's key moments. 1. U.S. stocks were modestly higher Monday as the market awaits key economic data. Traders will be mulling over the consumer price index Tuesday, retail sales Thursday, and the producer
- [¿Ofrecer vivienda gratis es atención médica? Programas de Medicaid dicen que sí](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ofrecer-vivienda-gratis-es-atencion-medica-programas-de-medicaid-dicen-que-si/) - Estados están invirtiendo miles de millones de dólares en un experimento de atención médica de alto riesgo: utilizar fondos ya escasos de seguros de salud públicos para proporcionar vivienda a los estadounidenses más pobres y enfermos. California está liderando esta tendencia, destinando gran parte de un presupuesto de $12 mil millones a una ambiciosa iniciativa
- [GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/gofundme-has-become-a-health-care-utility/) - Elisabeth Rosenthal GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting “ideas and dreams,” and, as GoFundMe’s co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, “for life’s important moments.” In the early years, it funded honeymoon trips, graduation gifts, and church missions to overseas hospitals in need. Now GoFundMe has become a go-to platform for
- [States Target Health Insurers’ ‘Prior Authorization’ Red Tape](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/states-target-health-insurers-prior-authorization-red-tape/) - Christopher Marks noticed an immediate improvement when his doctor prescribed him the Type 2 diabetes medication Mounjaro last year. The 40-year-old truck driver from Kansas City, Missouri, said his average blood sugar reading decreased significantly and that keeping it within target range took less insulin than before. But when his doctor followed the typical prescribing
- [Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hospitalized for bladder issue](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-hospitalized-for-bladder-issue/) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin takes questions during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2024. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty ImagesDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin was taken back to the hospital on Sunday afternoon by his security detail for symptoms related to a possible bladder issue, and later transferred his
- [Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly tackle weight loss drug supply woes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/novo-nordisk-eli-lilly-tackle-weight-loss-drug-supply-woes/) - Good afternoon! All eyes are on Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly again as Wall Street looks for signs that they can address one of the biggest hurdles they faced last year. Neither company has enough supply to meet the insatiable demand for their weight loss and diabetes drugs. One month into 2024, the two drugmakers still haven't fully resolved those supply issues. They
- [Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly are tackling supply issues](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/novo-nordisk-eli-lilly-are-tackling-supply-issues/) - Injection pens of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023.Victoria Klesty | ReutersThe insatiable demand for weight loss drugs is trouncing supply, leaving many patients struggling to find the injectable treatments. The dominant weight loss drugmakers, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, have said supply woes likely
- [Portfolio health care name turns its luck around thanks to management's AI push](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/portfolio-health-care-name-turns-its-luck-around-thanks-to-managements-ai-push/) - Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here's a recap of Friday's key moments. 1. U.S. stocks were mostly higher on Friday. The S & P 500 was on track for a fifth positive week in a row. The broad market index topped 5,000
- [Advisory Council Releases Updates on Alzheimer Disease Treatments, Research](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/advisory-council-releases-updates-on-alzheimer-disease-treatments-research/) - The Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services presented updates on Alzheimer Disease (AD) and AD and related dementias (ADRD) treatments and ongoing AD research in a virtual meeting held in January. Representatives from the National Alzheimer Project Act (NAPA) research committee, Washington University School of Medicine (WashU), and the Alzheimer’s Association reported on
- [Senators Weigh Whether Health Care AI Needs a Leash](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/senators-weigh-whether-health-care-ai-needs-a-leash/) - The Senate Finance Committee contemplated the future yesterday: artificial intelligence and its potential applications to health care. And it turns out the future looks an awful lot like the past and present: Democrats want regulations. And the industry wants money. “There are a lot of reasons to be optimistic,” Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
- [Do We Simply Not Care About Old People?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/do-we-simply-not-care-about-old-people/) - Judith Graham The covid-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly predicted: incontrovertible proof that the nation wasn’t doing enough to care for vulnerable older adults. The death toll was shocking, as were reports of chaos in nursing homes and seniors suffering from isolation, depression, untreated illness, and neglect. Around
- [Wall Street gives Eli Lilly, GE Healthcare well-deserved price target bumps](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/wall-street-gives-eli-lilly-ge-healthcare-well-deserved-price-target-bumps/) - Wall Street liked what it saw from GE Healthcare and Eli Lilly in their earnings reports, leading to a round of well-deserved price target bumps for the Club stocks. Analysts at four equity research firms boosted their price targets for GE Healthcare since the maker of MRI machines and other medical equipment on Tuesday delivered
- [How Safe Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-safe-is-alternate-day-intermittent-fasting/) - Eating every other day can raise your cholesterol. Are there any downsides to fasting every other day? For example, might go all day without eating impair your ability to think clearly? Surprisingly, as I discuss in my video Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting Safe?, the results appear to be “equivocal.” Some studies show no measurable effects
- [Merck, J&J, Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs face Senate drug price hearing](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/merck-jj-bristol-myers-squibb-ceos-face-senate-drug-price-hearing/) - Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, appears at a news conference with Sen. Ed Markey on issuing subpoenas for pharmaceutical company CEOs to testify regarding drug prices, in the Capitol, Jan. 25, 2024.Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesSenators are questioning the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb on U.S. drug
- [Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cities-know-that-the-way-police-respond-to-mental-crisis-calls-must-change-but-how/) - If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. Philadelphia police officers Kenneth Harper and Jennifer Torres were in their patrol car sitting at a red light when a call came
- [FDA's Plan to Ban Hair Relaxer Chemical Called Too Little, Too Late](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fdas-plan-to-ban-hair-relaxer-chemical-called-too-little-too-late/) - Ronnie Cohen In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the chemical in hair-straightening products. The move comes at a time of rising alarm among researchers over the health effects of hair straighteners, products
- [CVS Heath (CVS) Q4 2023 earnings](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cvs-heath-cvs-q4-2023-earnings/) - CVS Health on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped expectations, but the company cut its full-year profit outlook, citing higher medical costs that are dogging the broader insurance industry.The company lowered its 2024 adjusted earnings forecast to at least $8.30 per share, down from a previous guidance of at least $8.50 per
- [Colorado avanza con proyectos para conectar a trabajadores agrícolas con servicios de salud mental](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/colorado-avanza-con-proyectos-para-conectar-a-trabajadores-agricolas-con-servicios-de-salud-mental/) - Legisladores de Colorado han propuesto un par de medidas que, dicen, mejorarán el acceso a recursos de salud mental para la industria agrícola del estado, donde el estrés, la ansiedad y la depresión entre trabajadores en ranchos y granjas han surgido como problemas críticos, agravados desde la pandemia. Los proyectos de ley en consideración abordarían
- [Even in Bright-Blue California, Abortion Is on the Ballot](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/even-in-bright-blue-california-abortion-is-on-the-ballot/) - The race to replace the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is in full swing in California. Although the state enshrined abortion rights into its constitution, the prospect of a national abortion ban has the candidates vying for a Senate seat putting a spotlight on reproductive rights. Or, at least the Democrats are. Steve Garvey, a
- [Colorado Moves to Connect Agricultural Workers With Mental Health Resources](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/colorado-moves-to-connect-agricultural-workers-with-mental-health-resources/) - Vignesh Ramachandran If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Spanish-language services are also available. Colorado lawmakers have proposed a pair of measures they say will improve the availability of mental health resources for the state’s agricultural industry,
- [GE Healthcare (GEHC) stock finally gets some respect after Q4 earnings](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ge-healthcare-gehc-stock-finally-gets-some-respect-after-q4-earnings/) - Business at GE Healthcare Technologies capped off 2023 on a strong note despite ongoing concerns about China. That coupled with management's upbeat view of this year propelled shares up more than 13% to over $83 each at session highs. That was their highest level since July 2023. The Club stock closed just under $82. Total
- [Scientists Uncover the Hidden Role of Mitochondria in Dietary Fat Processing](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/scientists-uncover-the-hidden-role-of-mitochondria-in-dietary-fat-processing/) - Pictures show small intestinal villi from wild type (top) and enterocyte-specific DARS2 knockout mice (bottom) stained for PLIN2 (yellow), TGN38 (red), E-cadherin (green) and DNA (DAPI, blue). Credit: Chrysanthi MoschandreaMaintaining balanced lipid levels is essential for good health. Consuming too much fatty food can lead to metabolic disorders like obesity and atherosclerosis, but fats are
- [Surprising Link Discovered Between Body Temperature and Depression](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/surprising-link-discovered-between-body-temperature-and-depression/) - A UC San Francisco study shows a correlation between depression and higher body temperatures, hinting at new treatment methods through temperature regulation. With data from over 20,000 global participants, this research suggests that heat-based treatments could offer benefits for those with depression. Credit: SciTechDaily.comNew study may support heat-based treatment to stimulate self-cooling as new treatment.People
- [Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/halfway-through-unwinding-medicaid-enrollment-is-down-about-10-million/) - We’re halfway through the Medicaid “unwinding,” in which states are dropping people from the government health insurance program for the first time since the pandemic began. Millions of people have been dumped from the rolls since April, often for procedural issues like failing to respond to notices or return paperwork. But at the same time,
- [Plant-Based Meats and Our Health](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/plant-based-meats-and-our-health/) - According to the United Nations, meat and dairy production would need to be doubled to meet the predicted demand for animal-based proteins in 2050, but the opposite is required to contain the ecological damage. As I discuss in my video The Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes, if we have any chance of sustainably meeting
- [Eli Lilly (LLY) earnings Q4 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/eli-lilly-lly-earnings-q4-2023/) - An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | ReutersEli Lilly on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped expectations on the strong launch of its new weight loss drug, Zepbound, and higher prices for its blockbuster diabetes treatment, Mounjaro.Zepbound, which
- [Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say ‘Yes’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/is-housing-health-care-state-medicaid-programs-increasingly-say-yes/) - States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and sickest Americans. California is going the biggest, pumping $12 billion into an ambitious Medicaid initiative largely to help homeless patients find housing, pay for it,
- [Novo Nordisk parent to buy Catalent to expand Wegovy supply](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/novo-nordisk-parent-to-buy-catalent-to-expand-wegovy-supply/) - Boxes of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023.Victoria Klesty | ReutersDanish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's parent company, Novo Holdings, on Monday said it will acquire drug manufacturer Catalent in a $16.5 billion deal that could help boost the supply of the highly popular weight loss injection Wegovy and diabetes shot Ozempic. Catalent
- [Congressman Off-Base in Ad Claiming Fauci Shipped Covid to Montana Before the Pandemic](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/congressman-off-base-in-ad-claiming-fauci-shipped-covid-to-montana-before-the-pandemic/) - Katheryn Houghton “IT’S BEEN REVEALED THAT FAUCI BROUGHT COVID TO THE MONTANA ONE YEAR BEFORE COVID BROKE OUT IN THE U.S!” An ad from the Matt Rosendale for Montana campaign A fundraising ad for U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) shows a photo of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
- [Back From COP28, California Climate Leaders Talk Health Impacts of Warming](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/back-from-cop28-california-climate-leaders-talk-health-impacts-of-warming/) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Wildfire smoke. Drought. Brutal heat. Floods. As Californians increasingly feel the health effects of climate change, state leaders are adopting sweeping policies they hope will fend off the worst impacts — and be replicated by other countries. Several of them attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP28,
- [Norway wealth fund says Novo, Eli Lilly may join trillion-dollar club](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/norway-wealth-fund-says-novo-eli-lilly-may-join-trillion-dollar-club/) - A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S. March 29, 2023. George Frey | ReutersNorway's giant wealth fund, the world's largest, touted the possibility that Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk and U.S. rival Eli Lilly could be
- [Ad giant Publicis paying $350 million to settle U.S. opioid claims](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ad-giant-publicis-paying-350-million-to-settle-u-s-opioid-claims/) - A sign for Publicis Groupe SA is seen at their headquarters in Paris, France, on Sunday, July 28, 2013. Balint Porneczi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe health-care division of French ad giant Publicis agreed to pay $350 million to settle claims that its past marketing efforts for drugmakers helped fuel America's opioid crisis, U.S. state attorneys
- [Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) Q4 earnings report 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/bristol-myers-squibb-bmy-q4-earnings-report-2023/) - Bristol Myers Squibb reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped expectations on Friday as its portfolio of new drugs posted strong sales growth. Here's what the company reported for the fourth quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv:Earnings per share: $1.70 adjusted vs.
- [Journalists Catch Up on Top Issues Facing 2024 Voters, From Obamacare to Opioids](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/journalists-catch-up-on-top-issues-facing-2024-voters-from-obamacare-to-opioids/) - Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of all sizes and in communities large and small. We appreciate all forms of engagement from our readers and listeners, and
- [Q4 earnings shaping up to be the best of 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/q4-earnings-shaping-up-to-be-the-best-of-2023/) - Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 1, 2024.Brendan McDermid | ReutersHere's how big of a surprise corporate profits have been this earnings season: The fourth quarter is now shaping up to be the best of 2023.Despite ongoing macroeconomic concerns that have hampered demand and weighed on consumer sentiment,
- [MENACTRIMS Update Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/menactrims-update-guidelines-for-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-multiple-sclerosis/) - The Middle East North Africa Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (MENACTRIMS) released an update to their 2019 guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). A panel of experts who manage MS in the MENA region issued the revised 2023 guideline published in the journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.
- [Advocates Say a Practice Harms Disabled Children, Yet Congressional Action Is Stalled](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/advocates-say-a-practice-harms-disabled-children-yet-congressional-action-is-stalled/) - Fred Clasen-Kelly In the photos, a 9-year-old boy with autism appears barricaded between cubbies and furniture stacked near the walls of a North Carolina classroom. His mother, Erin McGrail, said her son was physically restrained at least 14 times while in third grade at Morrisville Elementary School. She said she learned details of his seclusion
- [Acuerdo legal en Colorado mejoraría estándares de atención y vivienda para reclusas trans](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/acuerdo-legal-en-colorado-mejoraria-estandares-de-atencion-y-vivienda-para-reclusas-trans/) - DENVER.- A principios de 2018, Taliyah Murphy recibió una carta sobre una demanda colectiva que se iba a presentar en nombre de mujeres transgénero como ella que estaban en cárceles de hombres en Colorado. Sintió esperanza. Murphy y otras mujeres trans en el estado han enfrentado años de acoso sexual y, a menudo, violencia por
- [Possibility of Wildlife-to-Human Crossover Heightens Concern About Chronic Wasting Disease](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/possibility-of-wildlife-to-human-crossover-heightens-concern-about-chronic-wasting-disease/) - Jim Robbins Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests and grasslands to kill deer. Over the winter, people chow down on the venison steaks, sausage, and burgers made from the animals. These hunters, however, are not just on the front lines of an American tradition. Infectious disease researchers say
- [Colorado Legal Settlement Would Up Care and Housing Standards for Trans Women Inmates](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/colorado-legal-settlement-would-up-care-and-housing-standards-for-trans-women-inmates/) - DENVER — Taliyah Murphy received a letter in early 2018 about a soon-to-be-filed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of transgender women like her who were housed in men’s prisons in Colorado. It gave her hope. Murphy and other trans women in Colorado had faced years of sexual harassment and often violence from staff members and
- [Merck (MRK) Q4 earnings report 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/merck-mrk-q4-earnings-report-2023/) - The logo for Merck & Co. is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly | ReutersMerck on Thursday reported fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped estimates as it saw strong demand for its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda and HPV
- [Putting Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting to the Test ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/putting-alternate-day-intermittent-fasting-to-the-test/) - Does eating every other day prevent the metabolic slowing that accompanies weight loss, or does it improve compliance over constant, day-to-day caloric restriction? Rather than cutting calories day in and day out, what if you instead ate as much as you wanted every other day or for only a few hours a day? Or, what
- [Is the Nation’s Primary Care Shortage as Bad as Federal Data Suggest?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/is-the-nations-primary-care-shortage-as-bad-as-federal-data-suggest/) - Federal policymakers have been trying for a long time to lure more primary care providers to understaffed areas. The Biden administration boosted funding in 2022 to address shortages and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pushed sweeping primary care legislation in 2023. But when KFF Health News set out last year to map where the primary care workforce shortages really are — and where
- [Neuralink competitor Synchron buys equity stake in manufacturer](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/neuralink-competitor-synchron-buys-equity-stake-in-manufacturer/) - Philip O'Keefe, one of Synchron's patients in the SWITCH clinical trial, was the first person in the world to tweet using a BCI device.Source: SynchronNeurotech startup Synchron is ramping up production of its flagship brain-computer interface to prepare for commercial demand, as the company inches closer to bringing its device to market. Synchron announced Thursday that
- [Surge in Syphilis Cases Leads Some Providers to Ration Penicillin](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/surge-in-syphilis-cases-leads-some-providers-to-ration-penicillin/) - Catherine Sweeney, WPLN When Stephen Miller left his primary care practice to work in public health a little under two years ago, he said, he was shocked by how many cases of syphilis the clinic was treating. For decades, rates of the sexually transmitted infection were low. But the Hamilton County Health Department in Chattanooga
- [More ‘Navigators’ Are Helping Women Travel to Have Abortions](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/more-navigators-are-helping-women-travel-to-have-abortions/) - Chloe Bell is a case manager at the National Abortion Federation. She spends her days helping people cover the cost of an abortion and, increasingly, the interstate travel many of them need to get the procedure. “What price did they quote you?” Bell asked a woman from New Jersey who had called the organization’s hotline
- [We're trimming a health-care stock ahead of earnings — hedging our bets on business in China](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/were-trimming-a-health-care-stock-ahead-of-earnings-hedging-our-bets-on-business-in-china/) - We're selling 95 shares of GE Healthcare at roughly $74. Following Wednesday's trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 1,150 shares of GEHC, reducing its weighting to 2.75% from 2.97%. The small trim we're making in GE Healthcare with the stock up slightly in an otherwise rough tape does not change our belief in this
- [Ketamine Therapy for Mental Health a ‘Wild West’ for Doctors and Patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ketamine-therapy-for-mental-health-a-wild-west-for-doctors-and-patients/) - In late 2022, Sarah Gutilla’s treatment-resistant depression had grown so severe, she was actively contemplating suicide. Raised in foster care, the 34-year-old’s childhood was marked by physical violence, sexual abuse, and drug use, leaving her with life-threatening mental scars. Out of desperation, her husband scraped together $600 for the first of six rounds of intravenous
- [Montana Vows Changes to Avoid Delayed Contracts. Some Health Providers Still Await Back Pay.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/montana-vows-changes-to-avoid-delayed-contracts-some-health-providers-still-await-back-pay/) - The head of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services said the agency has nearly cleared its backlog of incomplete contracts that risked people’s access to health services. Even so, some organizations say the state still owes them tens of thousands of dollars for services already provided. Director Charlie Brereton told state lawmakers
- [The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers’ ‘Patent Thickets’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-ftc-is-attacking-drugmakers-patent-thickets/) - The Federal Trade Commission has challenged the validity of over 100 drug product patents, focusing on devices used to deliver medicines, like inhalers and autoinjectors, in an effort to increase competition and potentially lower some prices. The FTC says drugmakers illegitimately use the patents to prevent competitors from offering cheaper generic alternatives. It’s the first
- [Vertex non-opioid painkiller shows positive late-stage trial results](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vertex-non-opioid-painkiller-shows-positive-late-stage-trial-results/) - A sign hangs in front of the world headquarters of Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston on Oct. 23, 2019.Brian Snyder | ReutersVertex Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday said its experimental painkiller, which is being tested as an alternative to addictive opioids, significantly decreased post-surgery pain in late-stage trialsThe drug, known as VX-548, did not work better than a
- [¿Dónde están los proveedores de atención primaria del país? La respuesta no es fácil](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/donde-estan-los-proveedores-de-atencion-primaria-del-pais-la-respuesta-no-es-facil/) - Los médicos en Valley-Wide Health Systems nunca saben quién se presentará en su clínica en San Luis, un pueblo de unas 600 personas en el sur de Colorado. “Si alguien está en trabajo de parto, vendrá. Si alguien tiene una herida profunda, también”, dijo Emelin Martinez, enfermera y directora médica del sistema que ofrece atención
- [5 Risk Factors for Migraine Progression](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/5-risk-factors-for-migraine-progression/) - In addition to severe pain from headache, migraine can cause a number of debilitating symptoms that range from nausea and vomiting to sensitivity to light and sound.¹ These symptoms can make it significantly harder for patients to work or perform basic tasks, and can negatively affect their overall quality of life. Patients experiencing chronic migraine
- [A Legal Battle Over Herring Fishing Has Big Implications for Health Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-legal-battle-over-herring-fishing-has-big-implications-for-health-care/) - What do herring fishing and health policy have in common? Quite a bit, it turns out, owing to a case now before the Supreme Court. If the justices rule as expected, based on this month’s oral arguments, they could dramatically change the way federal health agencies operate. “The upheaval caused … would be immense,” argues
- [Marijuana and Schizophrenia? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/marijuana-and-schizophrenia/) - The evidence linking cannabis use to psychotic disorders is considered strong enough to warrant a public health warning. “Even as proponents of [cannabis] legalization contend that smoked marijuana is a harmless natural substance that improves the quality of life, a growing body of evidence links it in a small but significant number of users to…the
- [Where Are the Nation’s Primary Care Providers? It’s Not an Easy Answer](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/where-are-the-nations-primary-care-providers-its-not-an-easy-answer/) - Clinicians at Valley-Wide Health Systems never know who will appear at their clinic in San Luis, a town of about 600 people in southern Colorado. “If someone’s in labor, they’ll show up. If someone has a laceration, they’ll show up,” said nurse practitioner Emelin Martinez, the chief medical officer for the health care system serving
- [Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain tech in human patient for the first time](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/elon-musks-neuralink-implants-brain-tech-in-human-patient-for-the-first-time/) - Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesElon Musk's neurotech startup Neuralink implanted its device in a human for the first time on Sunday, and the patient is "recovering well," the billionaire said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday.The company is developing a brain implant that aims to help patients with
- [Fronto-parietal hyperactivation normalizes after CBT in youths with anxiety](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fronto-parietal-hyperactivation-normalizes-after-cbt-in-youths-with-anxiety/) - January 29, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Obesity Alters Daily Energy Burning, Study Reveals](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/obesity-alters-daily-energy-burning-study-reveals/) - Recent research reveals that healthy-weight individuals burn more energy during the day, while those with obesity expend more at night, highlighting the significant role of circadian rhythms in energy metabolism and health.OHSU researchers build on studies with healthy-weight participants; organized study that included different body sizes.Weight impacts the timing and manner in which bodies expend
- [Hundreds of foodborne outbreaks may go undetected in US each year](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hundreds-of-foodborne-outbreaks-may-go-undetected-in-us-each-year/) - January 29, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [New Research Indicates That Insulin Spike After Eating Is Actually a Good Thing](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-research-indicates-that-insulin-spike-after-eating-is-actually-a-good-thing/) - Researchers have conducted a study revealing that post-meal insulin surges might indicate good metabolic health, challenging the previously held belief that they are harmful. The study, which focused on long-term cardiometabolic implications in new mothers, found that higher corrected insulin response (CIR) levels are associated with better beta-cell function and a reduced risk of developing
- [Records Show Publix Opioid Sales Grew Even as Addiction Crisis Prompted Other Chains’ Pullback](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/records-show-publix-opioid-sales-grew-even-as-addiction-crisis-prompted-other-chains-pullback/) - Ian Hodgson, Tampa Bay Times and Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times An executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals flagged Publix Super Markets in October 2015 after detecting what he called in an email “serious red flags” with the grocery chain’s orders of powerful opioids. The share of high-strength oxycodone orders was well above normal for a chain
- [How Fringe Anti-Science Views Infiltrated Mainstream Politics — And What It Means in 2024](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-fringe-anti-science-views-infiltrated-mainstream-politics-and-what-it-means-in-2024/) - Rates of routine childhood vaccination hit a 10-year low in 2023. That, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, puts about 250,000 kindergartners at risk for measles, which often leads to hospitalization and can cause death. In recent weeks, an infant and two young children have been hospitalized amid an ongoing measles outbreak
- [Readers Weigh Downsides of Medicare Advantage and Stick Up for Mary Lou Retton](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/readers-weigh-downsides-of-medicare-advantage-and-stick-up-for-mary-lou-retton/) - Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. In response to Sarah Jane Tribble’s report about growing enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans — and the growing concerns — a senior policy adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation weighed
- [Deleting a Key Gene Shields Against Excess Weight Gain](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/deleting-a-key-gene-shields-against-excess-weight-gain/) - A study from UC San Diego reveals that obesity causes mitochondrial dysfunction in fat cells, driven by a specific gene. Deactivating this gene in mice prevents obesity, suggesting new treatment approaches.UC San Diego Study reveals key mechanism behind obesity-related metabolic dysfunction.The number of people with obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, resulting in a worldwide
- [Big pharma Merck, Bristol Myers, J&J prepare to lose revenue](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/big-pharma-merck-bristol-myers-jj-prepare-to-lose-revenue/) - The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) to the podium. NYSEBig pharmaceutical companies such as Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck and Johnson & Johnson face a looming threat that will put tens of billions of dollars in sales at risk between now and 2030, as blockbuster drugs will tumble off a so-called patent
- [Refresher on RSV vaccines for older adults](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/refresher-on-rsv-vaccines-for-older-adults/) - January 25, 2024 6 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Pediatric hospitals discontinue contact precautions, see no increase in MRSA](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pediatric-hospitals-discontinue-contact-precautions-see-no-increase-in-mrsa/) - January 26, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Single dose of oral cholera vaccine effective for at least 36 months](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/single-dose-of-oral-cholera-vaccine-effective-for-at-least-36-months/) - January 26, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Viruses still ‘ejected’ from toilets even when lid is closed](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/viruses-still-ejected-from-toilets-even-when-lid-is-closed/) - January 26, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [One-dose typhoid conjugate vaccine provides lasting protection](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/one-dose-typhoid-conjugate-vaccine-provides-lasting-protection/) - January 26, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Merck, J&J CEOs agree to testify in Senate hearing on drug prices](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/merck-jj-ceos-agree-to-testify-in-senate-hearing-on-drug-prices/) - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., holds his news conference with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., in the Capitol on Thursday, January 25, 2024, on issuing subpoenas for pharmaceutical company CEOs to testify regarding drug prices.Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesThe CEOs of Merck and Johnson & Johnson have voluntarily agreed to testify at an
- [Mental Health Resources Developed by Physicians, for Physicians](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mental-health-resources-developed-by-physicians-for-physicians/) - Content warning: This article discusses suicide. A profound and escalating crisis is steadily unfurling within the medical community. As physicians navigate the complexities of patient care, demanding schedules, and a rapidly evolving health care landscape, the toll on their mental well-being has reached an alarming crescendo. Burnout, stress, and a palpable sense of emotional exhaustion
- [Investigation links Salmonella outbreak to pet bearded dragons](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/investigation-links-salmonella-outbreak-to-pet-bearded-dragons/) - January 26, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [A Record Number of Californians Are Visiting Emergency Rooms for Dog Bites](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-record-number-of-californians-are-visiting-emergency-rooms-for-dog-bites/) - Those pandemic puppies are growing up to be a public health concern. The latest California data shows increased rates of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and deaths from dog bites, with new records set after covid lockdowns. In 2022, there were 48,596 ER visits for dog bites in California, or 125 visits per 100,000 residents, a
- [Prescribing Love: Send Us Your Health Policy Valentines](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prescribing-love-send-us-your-health-policy-valentines/) - Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of all sizes and in communities large and small. We appreciate all forms of engagement from our readers and listeners, and
- [Ouch. That ‘Free’ Annual Checkup Might Cost You. Here’s Why.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ouch-that-free-annual-checkup-might-cost-you-heres-why/) - When Kristy Uddin, 49, went in for her annual mammogram in Washington state last year, she assumed she would not incur a bill because the test is one of the many preventive measures guaranteed to be free to patients under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The ACA’s provision made medical and economic sense, encouraging Americans
- [Peanut introduction largely successful among cohort of high-risk infants](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/peanut-introduction-largely-successful-among-cohort-of-high-risk-infants/) - January 25, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Humana reports grim 2024 forecast due to soaring medical costs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/humana-reports-grim-2024-forecast-due-to-soaring-medical-costs/) - A Humana Inc. office building in Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 3, 2019.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Humana plummeted Thursday after the health insurer issued dismal full-year earnings guidance, citing soaring medical costs that are dogging the broader insurance industry.Those expenses have spiked as an increasing number of older adults return to hospitals to undergo
- [Senate Probes the Cost of Assisted Living and Its Burden on American Families](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/senate-probes-the-cost-of-assisted-living-and-its-burden-on-american-families/) - A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday launched an examination of assisted living, holding its first hearing in two decades on the industry as leaders of both parties expressed concern about the high cost and mixed quality of the long-term care facilities. The federal government has minimal oversight of assisted living, which is regulated by states,
- [CDC asks for clarification on respiratory guidance](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cdc-asks-for-clarification-on-respiratory-guidance/) - January 25, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [The Safety of Fasting to Lose Weight ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-safety-of-fasting-to-lose-weight/) - Why should fasts lasting longer than 24 hours and particularly for three or more days only be done under the supervision of a health professional and preferably in a live-in clinic? Fasting for a week or two can actually interfere with the loss of body fat, as shown at the start of my video Is Fasting
- [The FTC Escalates Biden’s Fight Against Drug Prices](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-ftc-escalates-bidens-fight-against-drug-prices/) - It’s daggers out at the Federal Trade Commission in its fight against anticompetitive practices in health care. This past year, it has issued more stringent guidelines to block and discourage hospital mergers, and it investigated practices by middlemen in the drug supply chain. Now drug manufacturers themselves are in the agency’s crosshairs. In November, the FTC challenged the validity of more
- [New York Joins Local Governments in Erasing Billions in Medical Debt](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-york-joins-local-governments-in-erasing-billions-in-medical-debt/) - Yuki Noguchi, NPR News New York City pledged this week to pay down $2 billion worth of residents’ medical debt. In doing so, it has come around to an innovation, started in the Midwest, that’s ridding millions of Americans of health care debt. The idea of local government erasing debt emerged a couple of years
- [Native American Communities Have the Highest Suicide Rates, Yet Interventions Are Scarce](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/native-american-communities-have-the-highest-suicide-rates-yet-interventions-are-scarce/) - If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” To reach the Native and Strong Lifeline, call “988” and press 4. Amanda MorningStar has watched her children struggle with mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts. She often wonders why.
- [Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) earnings Q4 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/johnson-johnson-jnj-earnings-q4-2023/) - The stock trading graph of Johnson & Johnson is seen on a smartphone screen.Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that narrowly edged out Wall Street's expectations as sales in the company's pharmaceutical and medical devices businesses surged.J&J also provided full-year guidance for 2024,
- [The Colonoscopies Were Free. But the ‘Surgical Trays’ Came With $600 Price Tags.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-colonoscopies-were-free-but-the-surgical-trays-came-with-600-price-tags/) - Chantal Panozzo and her husband followed their primary care doctors’ orders last year after they both turned 45, now the recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer. They scheduled their first routine colonoscopies a few months apart. Panozzo said she was excited to get a colonoscopy, of all things, because it meant free care.
- [Triple testing for HIV, HBV, HCV at once would help identify more cases across populations](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/triple-testing-for-hiv-hbv-hcv-at-once-would-help-identify-more-cases-across-populations/) - January 23, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Una decisión difícil: cuando los adultos mayores tienen que dejar de conducir](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/una-decision-dificil-cuando-los-adultos-mayores-tienen-que-dejar-de-conducir/) - Lewis Morgenstern ha tomado una decisión. Cuando cumpla 65, dentro de cuatro años, va a firmar una directiva anticipada sobre conducir. El documento indicará que se alejará del volante cuando sus hijos se lo pidan. “Es posible que, llegado el momento, no sea capaz de tomar la mejor decisión sobre conducir, y quiero dejar claro
- [Estados utilizan dinero de Medicaid para combatir la violencia con armas de fuego](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/estados-utilizan-dinero-de-medicaid-para-combatir-la-violencia-con-armas-de-fuego/) - Samantha Young Cada vez más estados utilizan fondos de Medicaid para abordar el problema de las armas, financiando programas comunitarios que tienen como meta prevenir masacres. Con estos recursos se están creando más programas de prevención de la violencia, que se han visto abrumados en algunas ciudades por un aumento en la criminalidad violenta desde
- [Tyson Foods drops CVS, picks Rightway pharmacy benefit manager](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/tyson-foods-drops-cvs-picks-rightway-pharmacy-benefit-manager/) - Tyson Foods Inc., sign at Tyson headquarters in Springdale, Ark.April L. Brown | APTyson Foods will become one of the first Fortune 100 companies to stop using the nation's traditional large pharmacy benefits managers, as it looks to cut spending on high-cost drugs. After putting its benefits contract up for bid, Tyson dropped CVS Health's
- [TB testing practices may miss high-risk groups](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/tb-testing-practices-may-miss-high-risk-groups/) - January 24, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Covid sigue matando gente. Esto recomiendan los médicos para protegerse](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-sigue-matando-gente-esto-recomiendan-los-medicos-para-protegerse/) - Con alrededor de 20,000 muertes a causa de covid en Estados Unidos desde principios de octubre, y decenas de miles más en el extranjero, la pandemia claramente no ha terminado. Sin embargo, la respuesta a la crisis sí, ya que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la administración Biden pusieron fin a la
- [With Trump Front of Mind, New Hampshire Voters Cite Abortion and Obamacare as Concerns](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/with-trump-front-of-mind-new-hampshire-voters-cite-abortion-and-obamacare-as-concerns/) - Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News HANOVER, N.H. — Health care issues are important to Lana Leggett-Kealey, who works as a genetic genealogist. But on Tuesday, as she walked out of her polling place at a local high school and into a frigid New England morning, she said she had something bigger on her mind when
- [In Los Angeles, Occupational Therapists Tapped to Help Homeless Stay Housed](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-los-angeles-occupational-therapists-tapped-to-help-homeless-stay-housed/) - LOS ANGELES ― Carla Brown waits on an air mattress, eager for her occupational therapist to arrive at her apartment next to the Hollywood Freeway, mere blocks from where she once camped on the sidewalk. She moved into the one-bedroom apartment on the second floor of PATH Villas Hollywood, a county-run apartment complex, in July,
- [988-Hotline Counselors Air Concerns: More Training Needed to Juggle a Mix of Calls](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/988-hotline-counselors-air-concerns-more-training-needed-to-juggle-a-mix-of-calls/) - In the year and a half since its launch, 988 — the country’s easy-to-remember, three-digit suicide and crisis hotline — has received about 8.1 million calls, texts, and chats. While much attention has been focused on who is reaching out and whether the shortened number has accomplished its goal of making services more accessible to
- [Preparing to Hang Up the Car Keys as We Age](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/preparing-to-hang-up-the-car-keys-as-we-age/) - Judith Graham Lewis Morgenstern has made up his mind. When he turns 65 in four years, he’s going to sign an advance directive for driving. The directive will say that when his children want him to stop getting behind the wheel, Morgenstern will follow their advice. “I recognize that I might not be able to
- [Patients with greater alpha-gal IgE levels report higher rates of knee pain, stiffness](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/patients-with-greater-alpha-gal-ige-levels-report-higher-rates-of-knee-pain-stiffness/) - January 24, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Johnson & Johnson to settle talc baby powder probe](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/johnson-johnson-to-settle-talc-baby-powder-probe/) - In this photo illustration, a container of Johnson and Johnson baby powder is displayed on April 05, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson has reached a tentative settlement to resolve an investigation by more than 40 states into claims the company misled patients about the safety of its talc baby
- [Early screen exposure associated with atypical sensory processing](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/early-screen-exposure-associated-with-atypical-sensory-processing/) - January 23, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [High risks for adverse outcomes linked to COVID-19 with omicron variant at delivery](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/high-risks-for-adverse-outcomes-linked-to-covid-19-with-omicron-variant-at-delivery/) - January 23, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Medicare Advantage Is Popular, but Some Beneficiaries Feel Buyer’s Remorse](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicare-advantage-is-popular-but-some-beneficiaries-feel-buyers-remorse/) - Medicare Advantage plans are booming — 30.8 million of the 60 million Americans with Medicare are now enrolled in the private plans rather than the traditional government-run program. But a little-known fact: Once you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan, you may not be able to get out. Traditional Medicare usually requires beneficiaries to pay 20
- [Does Fasting Benefit Weight Loss? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/does-fasting-benefit-weight-loss/) - Like the keto diet, fasting for one or two weeks can actually slow the loss of body fat rather than accelerate it. Fasting obviously causes consistent, dramatic weight loss, as shown in the graph below and at 0:09 in my video Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss?, but how do fasted individuals do long-term? Some
- [What's Indoor Air Quality Like in Long-Term Care Facilities During Wildfires? Worse Than You'd Think.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/whats-indoor-air-quality-like-in-long-term-care-facilities-during-wildfires-worse-than-youd-think/) - Every year, wildfires across the western U.S. and Canada send plumes of smoke into the sky. When that smoke blows into southwestern Idaho’s Treasure Valley, it blankets Boise-area residents in dirty air. They include seniors living in long-term care facilities, many of whom are considered an at-risk population for smoke exposure because of respiratory or
- [Gilead stock falls after lung cancer study results disappoint](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/gilead-stock-falls-after-lung-cancer-study-results-disappoint/) - Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesShares of Gilead fell more than 10% on Monday after a key drug from the company did not significantly extend the lives of patients with a certain lung cancer in a late-stage trial.The results are a blow to Gilead, which is working to become a power player in the
- [National survey shows formal infection prevention training in ID fellowship is limited](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/national-survey-shows-formal-infection-prevention-training-in-id-fellowship-is-limited/) - January 22, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Diagnostic criteria for pediatric sepsis updated for first time since 2005](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/diagnostic-criteria-for-pediatric-sepsis-updated-for-first-time-since-2005/) - January 22, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Líderes comunitarios alarmados por el aumento de la tasa de suicidios en hispanos](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/lideres-comunitarios-alarmados-por-el-aumento-de-la-tasa-de-suicidios-en-hispanos/) - Si tú mismo o alguien que conoces está sufriendo una crisis de salud mental, contacta a la Línea de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis del 988, llamando o texteando “988”. DALTON, Georgia.- Un grupo, desde adolescentes hasta adultos mayores, se reunió en una oficina dentro de un supermercado, donde letreros de alimentos en español apelan
- [Federal Lawmakers Take First Steps Toward Oversight of $50 Billion in Opioid Settlements](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/federal-lawmakers-take-first-steps-toward-oversight-of-50-billion-in-opioid-settlements/) - Some members of Congress are demanding federal oversight of billions of dollars in opioid settlements, which state and local governments began spending over the past two years — with some using it to plug budget holes rather than fight the addiction crisis. This month, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) introduced legislation
- [Rising Suicide Rate Among Hispanics Worries Community Leaders](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rising-suicide-rate-among-hispanics-worries-community-leaders/) - If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” DALTON, Ga. ― A group from teens to seniors gathered in an office inside a grocery store, where Spanish-language food signs cater to the large Hispanic population in this northwestern
- [Young, female e-cigarette users more likely to have asthma attack, use health services](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/young-female-e-cigarette-users-more-likely-to-have-asthma-attack-use-health-services/) - January 18, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Outreach program decreases health care resource use among children with asthma](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/outreach-program-decreases-health-care-resource-use-among-children-with-asthma/) - January 19, 2024 6 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Scientists Discover 2.5 Billion-Year-Old Bacterial Energy Source](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/scientists-discover-2-5-billion-year-old-bacterial-energy-source/) - In the late 1980s, scientist Bernhard Schink predicted that a microorganism could produce energy from phosphite. Decades later, a new species was discovered in a sewage plant, which proved his theory. This organism, which forms a new genus of bacteria, uses phosphite oxidation for energy, a process that could date back 2.5 billion years, providing
- [Outpatient C. difficile may be more common than thought, study results indicate](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/outpatient-c-difficile-may-be-more-common-than-thought-study-results-indicate/) - January 19, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Deer-to-human M. bovis transmission identified in Michigan](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/deer-to-human-m-bovis-transmission-identified-in-michigan/) - January 20, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Journalist Talks Distribution of Opioid Funds — And the Companies Angling for a Piece](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/journalist-talks-distribution-of-opioid-funds-and-the-companies-angling-for-a-piece/) - KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how business interests are positioning themselves and their wares to get a piece of the opioid settlement funds on “Marketplace” on Jan. 15. Pattani also discussed how state and local governments across the country are using settlement money on Illinois Public Media’s “The 21st Show” on Jan.
- [Three or more maternal doses of COVID-19 vaccine enhance newborn protection](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/three-or-more-maternal-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-enhance-newborn-protection/) - January 19, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Montana’s Effort to Expand Religious Exemptions to Vaccines Prompts Political Standoff](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/montanas-effort-to-expand-religious-exemptions-to-vaccines-prompts-political-standoff/) - Montana lawmakers are in a standoff with the state’s health department over a package of sweeping changes to child care licensing rules that includes a disputed provision to allow religious exemptions to routine vaccinations for children and workers. Both Republican and Democratic legislators on the Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee voted Jan.
- [Salmonella cases double as CDC expands warning on charcuterie meats](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/salmonella-cases-double-as-cdc-expands-warning-on-charcuterie-meats/) - January 19, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [ESRS, EIN Update European Insomnia Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/esrs-ein-update-european-insomnia-guideline-for-diagnosis-and-treatment/) - The European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) and the European Insomnia Network (EIN) have released an update to the European Insomnia Guideline that includes new evidence on the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia since 2017.1,2 The updated guideline, intended for specialists, including sleep medicine professionals and clinicians in primary care who do not specialize in sleep
- [Climate Change Raises Pressure on Biden To Keep Workers Cooler](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/climate-change-raises-pressure-on-biden-to-keep-workers-cooler/) - With climate change posing rising threats to human health, the Biden administration is drafting federal rules to protect construction crews, warehouse workers, delivery drivers and the rest of America’s workforce from extreme heat. The regulatory effort has been years in the making, and its fate is far from certain. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- [Michigan Disbands Racial Equity Group as Tension Mounts Over Opioid Settlement Money](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/michigan-disbands-racial-equity-group-as-tension-mounts-over-opioid-settlement-money/) - An advisory group formed to help Michigan tackle high rates of opioid overdoses in communities of color has been disbanded by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration, leading to hard feelings among some members who say their work is being buried. The Whitmer administration is “trying to … silence in a systematic way the voices of
- [Oral antibiotics safe, effective for transplant recipients with gram-negative bacteremia](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/oral-antibiotics-safe-effective-for-transplant-recipients-with-gram-negative-bacteremia/) - January 18, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [In This Oklahoma Town, Most Everyone Knows Someone Who’s Been Sued by the Hospital](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-this-oklahoma-town-most-everyone-knows-someone-whos-been-sued-by-the-hospital/) - Mitchell Black and Noam N. Levey McALESTER, Okla. — It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently brought to small-claims court in this Oklahoma farm community. Hackler, a lawyer who sues patients on behalf of the hospital,
- [Insurance Doesn’t Always Cover Hearing Aids for Kids](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/insurance-doesnt-always-cover-hearing-aids-for-kids/) - Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn’t passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears as an infant, meaning sounds are extremely muffled. But Shen and her husband, who live in Ontario, California, faced a horrible situation. Without intervention, they were told, their
- [Wastewater can detect mpox, especially as cases increase](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/wastewater-can-detect-mpox-especially-as-cases-increase/) - January 18, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [We like health-care stocks in 2024 despite presidential election year weakness](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/we-like-health-care-stocks-in-2024-despite-presidential-election-year-weakness/) - As the old Wall Street adage goes, health care tends to underperform the stock market in presidential election years — and in recent cycles, that's been true. But, there's reason to believe this year that many health-related stocks, led by Eli Lilly , could defy historical convention. The S & P 500 Health Care Sector
- [Vaccination reduces long COVID risk in children, study shows](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vaccination-reduces-long-covid-risk-in-children-study-shows/) - January 18, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Biden Cracks Down on Prior Authorization — But There Are Limits](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-cracks-down-on-prior-authorization-but-there-are-limits/) - More than a year after it was initially proposed, the Biden administration announced a final rule yesterday that will change how insurers in federal programs such as Medicare Advantage use prior authorization — a long-standing system that prevents many patients from accessing doctor-recommended care. “When a doctor says a patient needs a procedure, it is
- [Putting the Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss to the Test ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/putting-the-benefits-of-fasting-for-weight-loss-to-the-test/) - For more than a century, fasting has been used as a weight-loss treatment. I’ve talked about the benefits of caloric restriction. Well, the greatest caloric restriction is getting no calories at all. Fasting has been branded “the next big weight loss fad,” but it has a long history throughout various spiritual traditions, practiced by Moses,
- [‘Emergency’ or Not, Covid Is Still Killing People. Here’s What Doctors Advise to Stay Safe.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/emergency-or-not-covid-is-still-killing-people-heres-what-doctors-advise-to-stay-safe/) - With around 20,000 people dying of covid in the United States since the start of October, and tens of thousands more abroad, the covid pandemic clearly isn’t over. However, the crisis response is, since the World Health Organization and the Biden administration ended their declared health emergencies last year. Let’s not confuse the terms “pandemic”
- [Women and Minorities Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/women-and-minorities-bear-the-brunt-of-medical-misdiagnosis/) - Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born. At times, Watkins, then 30, had to stop on the stairway to catch her breath. Her obstetrician said postpartum depression likely caused the weakness and fatigue. When Watkins, who is Black, complained of a cough, her doctor blamed the
- [Boehringer Ingelheim, Terns, Viking may join market](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/boehringer-ingelheim-terns-viking-may-join-market/) - Still life of Wegovy an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. It should be used with a weight loss plan and physical activity. Michael Siluk | UCG | Getty ImagesDrugmakers have been scrambling to join a two-horse race to lead the market for popular weight loss drugs, which could be worth
- [CMS finalizes rule streamlining, digitizing prior authorization process](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cms-finalizes-rule-streamlining-digitizing-prior-authorization-process/) - January 17, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Giving infants azithromycin at well visits does not improve mortality](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/giving-infants-azithromycin-at-well-visits-does-not-improve-mortality/) - January 17, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Cómo impactaría una segunda presidencia de Trump en la atención de salud](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/como-impactaria-una-segunda-presidencia-de-trump-en-la-atencion-de-salud/) - En la campaña presidencial, el ex presidente Donald Trump está prometiendo, una vez más, derogar y reemplazar la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA), una meta vaga que se convirtió en uno de los fracasos más llamativos de su administración. “Vamos a luchar por un cuidado de salud mucho mejor que el
- [Mamografías que usan inteligencia artificial cuestan dinero extra… pero, ¿vale la pena?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mamografias-que-usan-inteligencia-artificial-cuestan-dinero-extra-pero-vale-la-pena/) - Cuando fui a hacerme mi mamografía anual en noviembre, el asistente del centro radiológico en Manhattan me hizo una pregunta inesperada: ¿querría pagar $40 para que un programa de inteligencia artificial (IA) la analizara? “El seguro no lo cubre”, aclaró. No tenía idea de cómo evaluar la propuesta. Sentí que me estaban tratando de convencer
- [Some children avoid peanuts despite negative oral food challenges](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/some-children-avoid-peanuts-despite-negative-oral-food-challenges/) - January 16, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [‘I’m Not Safe Here’: Schools Ignore Federal Rules on Restraint and Seclusion](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/im-not-safe-here-schools-ignore-federal-rules-on-restraint-and-seclusion/) - Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched himself in the face in the fall of 2019, according to the child’s mom. His mother, Michelle Staten, said her son, who has autism and other conditions, reacted as many children with disabilities would when
- [America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/americas-health-system-isnt-ready-for-the-surge-of-seniors-with-disabilities/) - The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s. But the health care system isn’t ready to address their needs. That became
- [Paxlovid may not reduce risk for long COVID, study shows](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/paxlovid-may-not-reduce-risk-for-long-covid-study-shows/) - January 16, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Flavonoid Benefits from Apple Peels ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/flavonoid-benefits-from-apple-peels/) - Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples (and spinach) in a test of artery function. Regularly eating apples may contribute to a lower risk of dying prematurely. “Moderate apple consumption,” meaning one or two apples a week, “was associated with a 20% lower risk of all-cause mortality”—that is, dying from all causes put together—“whereas
- [Many patients diagnosed with MIS-C do not fit updated definition](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/many-patients-diagnosed-with-mis-c-do-not-fit-updated-definition/) - January 16, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [What Would a Second Trump Presidency Look Like for Health Care?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-would-a-second-trump-presidency-look-like-for-health-care/) - On the presidential campaign trail, former President Donald Trump is, once again, promising to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — a nebulous goal that became one of his administration’s splashiest policy failures. “We’re going to fight for much better health care than Obamacare. Obamacare is a catastrophe,” Trump said at a campaign stop
- [Federal Program to Save Rural Hospitals Feels ‘Growing Pains’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/federal-program-to-save-rural-hospitals-feels-growing-pains/) - KEOKUK, Iowa — Folks in this Mississippi River town hope a new federal program can revive the optimism engraved long ago in a plaque on the side of their hospital. “Dedicated to the Future of Health Care in the Tri-State Area,” the sign declares. “May 11, 1981.” More recent placards posted at the facility’s entryways
- [Jim Cramer's 4 stock ideas from JPMorgan Healthcare Conference](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/jim-cramers-4-stock-ideas-from-jpmorgan-healthcare-conference/) - Health care may be a real challenger to tech this year, a business that can actually grow faster than most of tech and has the possibility of a comeback from the Covid straitjacket that so many of these companies got caught up in. The pandemic obscured so much of the growth as Abbott Labs ,
- [Exposure to contaminated bed nearly doubles patient’s C. difficile risk](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/exposure-to-contaminated-bed-nearly-doubles-patients-c-difficile-risk/) - January 09, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Tecovirimat effective as early treatment for mpox in those with HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/tecovirimat-effective-as-early-treatment-for-mpox-in-those-with-hiv/) - January 09, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Plant-Based Diets Improve Metabolic, Liver, and Kidney Health](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/plant-based-diets-improve-metabolic-liver-and-kidney-health/) - A study reveals that a healthy plant-based diet, involving reduced intake of processed and sugary foods, can decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes by 24% by improving metabolism and organ function.A plant-based diet has been proven for the first time to improve metabolism and liver and kidney function.With limitations – as demonstrated in a
- [Renewed interest in ADCs will continue in 2024](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/renewed-interest-in-adcs-will-continue-in-2024/) - Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman's breast for breast cancer.Hannibal Hanschke | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesSAN FRANCISCO — An established but promising group of cancer drugs was a red-hot market in 2023, and more companies could look to the treatments to fuel growth in the year ahead.That was one
- [‘Get there first’ to reduce the chance of a whistleblower](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/get-there-first-to-reduce-the-chance-of-a-whistleblower/) - January 14, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Fat Metabolism Key to New Treatments](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fat-metabolism-key-to-new-treatments/) - Researchers have discovered a crucial link between Alzheimer’s disease and fat metabolism, specifically focusing on the amyloid-beta protein and sulfatides. The study, which also considers the impact of diet and lifestyle, opens new possibilities for treatment and prevention. This groundbreaking work could significantly influence future approaches to Alzheimer’s disease.Recent research by Professors Marcus Grimm and
- [Children with obesity experience worse multisystem inflammatory syndrome outcomes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/children-with-obesity-experience-worse-multisystem-inflammatory-syndrome-outcomes/) - January 10, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Defense Secretary Austin is 'actively involved and engaged' while hospitalized](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/defense-secretary-austin-is-actively-involved-and-engaged-while-hospitalized/) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan at the Rayburn House Office building on Capitol Hill on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty ImagesDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin is still hospitalized following doctors' advice, but
- [COVID-19 vaccine highly protective in children, real-world data show](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-19-vaccine-highly-protective-in-children-real-world-data-show/) - January 10, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [‘Chasing variants’ may not be the optimal COVID-19 vaccination strategy](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/chasing-variants-may-not-be-the-optimal-covid-19-vaccination-strategy/) - January 11, 2024 5 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [2022 mpox outbreak cases had atypical symptoms and presentation](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/2022-mpox-outbreak-cases-had-atypical-symptoms-and-presentation/) - January 13, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [FDA OKs imported syphilis antibiotic during penicillin shortage](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-oks-imported-syphilis-antibiotic-during-penicillin-shortage/) - January 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Study identifies CPR dummies as potential source of hospital infections](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/study-identifies-cpr-dummies-as-potential-source-of-hospital-infections/) - January 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Mary Lou Retton’s Explanation of Health Insurance Takes Some Somersaults](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mary-lou-rettons-explanation-of-health-insurance-takes-some-somersaults/) - Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton spoke out last week on the NBC “Today” show about what she said was a rare pneumonia that almost killed her and resulted in an expensive, monthlong hospital stay. It was a shocking reveal. One key comment jumped out for those who follow health policy: Retton said she was
- [Trump Official Who OK’d Drugs From Canada Chairs Company Behind Florida’s Import Plan](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/trump-official-who-okd-drugs-from-canada-chairs-company-behind-floridas-import-plan/) - The Food and Drug Administration’s unprecedented approval of Florida’s plan to import drugs from Canada was made possible only after Alex Azar, as the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services secretary, certified that bringing medicines over the border could be done safely. Azar made the historic declaration in September 2020, just two months before his
- [Hybrid immunity in pregnancy increases COVID-19 protection for infants](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hybrid-immunity-in-pregnancy-increases-covid-19-protection-for-infants/) - January 12, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Walgreens and 3 other health-care stocks are going into our Bullpen watch list](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/walgreens-and-3-other-health-care-stocks-are-going-into-our-bullpen-watch-list/) - We're making our first Bullpen update of 2024. The Bullpen is a collection of stocks identified by the CNBC Investing Club team as having the potential to join Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust. We're highlighting the four most interesting investment opportunities we found out of the handful of company CEOs Jim interviewed at this week's JPMorgan
- [Alex Azar’s Unusual Spin Through the Revolving Door](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/alex-azars-unusual-spin-through-the-revolving-door/) - Washington’s infamous revolving door took an unusual turn for former Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar. Azar spent about a decade with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. before coming to the nation’s capital to lead HHS in the Trump administration. But in September 2020, just a couple of months before former president Donald
- [What Would a Nikki Haley Presidency Look Like for Health Care?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-would-a-nikki-haley-presidency-look-like-for-health-care/) - CHARLESTON, S.C. — Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley will learn how her campaign is resonating with voters after the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses, the first presidential nominating contest of this election year. Already, the former South Carolina governor — who became well known as one of the Affordable Care Act’s loudest critics during her tenure
- [Rural Hospitals Are Caught in an Aging-Infrastructure Conundrum](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rural-hospitals-are-caught-in-an-aging-infrastructure-conundrum/) - Kevin Stansbury, the CEO of Lincoln Community Hospital in the 800-person town of Hugo, Colorado, is facing a classic Catch-22: He could boost his rural hospital’s revenues by offering hip replacements and shoulder surgeries, but the 64-year-old hospital needs more money to be able to expand its operating room to do those procedures. “I’ve got
- [Hospitales rurales, atrapados en el dilema de sus viejas infraestructuras](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hospitales-rurales-atrapados-en-el-dilema-de-sus-viejas-infraestructuras/) - Kevin Stansbury, CEO del Lincoln Community Hospital de Hugo, un pueblo de 800 habitantes en Colorado, se enfrenta a un clásico dilema: podría aumentar los ingresos de su hospital rural ofreciendo prótesis de cadera y operaciones de hombro, pero el centro de salud, con 64 años de antigüedad, necesita más dinero para poder ampliar su
- [Indoor metabolites may indicate childhood asthma, allergic rhinitis risks](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/indoor-metabolites-may-indicate-childhood-asthma-allergic-rhinitis-risks/) - January 11, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [CVS to close ‘select’ pharmacies in Target stores in the coming months](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cvs-to-close-select-pharmacies-in-target-stores-in-the-coming-months/) - CVS Health plans to close select pharmacies inside Target stores early this year, a company spokesperson said Thursday, as retail pharmacy chains in the U.S. struggle to boost profits. The closures will begin in February and finish by the end of April, the spokesperson said in a statement. She added that employees affected by the closures
- [Confirm fungal diagnosis before prescribing antifungals](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/confirm-fungal-diagnosis-before-prescribing-antifungals/) - January 11, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [In a Fractious Rerun, GOP Rivals Haley and DeSantis Debate Health Care. Trump Sits It Out.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-a-fractious-rerun-gop-rivals-haley-and-desantis-debate-health-care-trump-sits-it-out/) - The race to win the quickly approaching Iowa caucuses was the theme running through Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate hosted by CNN at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Front-runner Donald Trump was again absent and only two other candidates made the cut: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. DeSantis
- [Fundraising campaign scores $1 million for food allergy research, education](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fundraising-campaign-scores-1-million-for-food-allergy-research-education/) - January 11, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [The AMA Wants a Medicare Cut Reversed – And Lawmakers To Stay Out of Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-ama-wants-a-medicare-cut-reversed-and-lawmakers-to-stay-out-of-care/) - Congress is back this week and feverishly working on a bipartisan agreement to fund the government for the rest of the 2024 fiscal year. Ahead of a potential vote, I spoke with Jesse Ehrenfeld, the president of the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest lobby group for doctors, about his organization’s priorities in Washington. Some
- [Any Pitfalls with Restricting Calories? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/any-pitfalls-with-restricting-calories/) - How may we preserve bone and mass on a low-calorie diet? One of the most consistent benefits of calorie restriction is that blood pressure improves in as little as one or two weeks. Blood pressure may even be normalized in a matter of weeks and blood pressure pills discontinued. Unfortunately, this can work a little too
- [Delicate Labor-Industry Deal in Flux as Newsom Revisits $25 Minimum Health Wage](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/delicate-labor-industry-deal-in-flux-as-newsom-revisits-25-minimum-health-wage/) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California’s phase-in of a nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers in the face of a projected $38 billion deficit, less than three months after he approved the measure. But renegotiating wages could threaten a delicate compromise between unions and the health industry. Newsom, whose administration initially
- [Hoping to Clear the Air in Casinos, Workers Seek to Ban Tobacco Smoke](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hoping-to-clear-the-air-in-casinos-workers-seek-to-ban-tobacco-smoke/) - The instant Tammy Brady felt the lump in her breast in February 2022, she knew it was cancer. With no known genetic predisposition for breast cancer, she suspects 38 years of working in smoky Atlantic City casinos played a role. “I was just trying to make a living,” said Brady, 56, a dealer and supervisor
- [Delays in State Contracts Leave Montana Health Providers Strapped](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/delays-in-state-contracts-leave-montana-health-providers-strapped/) - Montana health organizations say a state government backlog in paying its contractors has hindered their ability to provide care, and they worry the bottleneck’s ripple effects will be felt long after the money comes through. Several organizations waiting for contracts to be approved and funding to arrive said that more than 200 private and public
- [Peanut-induced FPIES cases increase at pediatric allergy clinic](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/peanut-induced-fpies-cases-increase-at-pediatric-allergy-clinic/) - January 10, 2024 5 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Is B. quintana a neglected tropical disease?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/is-b-quintana-a-neglected-tropical-disease/) - January 10, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [YouTube launches First Aid Information Shelves to help in emergencies](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/youtube-launches-first-aid-information-shelves-to-help-in-emergencies/) - People walk past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2019.Sean Gallup | Getty ImagesYouTube is taking steps to fight against medical misinformation, especially when it comes to finding immediate tips on how to handle an emergency.The company on Wednesday introduced a feature called First Aid Information Shelves, a library of
- [COVID-19 less likely among those following plant-based, vegetarian diets](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-19-less-likely-among-those-following-plant-based-vegetarian-diets/) - January 10, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Mammography AI Can Cost Patients Extra. Is It Worth It?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mammography-ai-can-cost-patients-extra-is-it-worth-it/) - As I checked in at a Manhattan radiology clinic for my annual mammogram in November, the front desk staffer reviewing my paperwork asked an unexpected question: Would I like to spend $40 for an artificial intelligence analysis of my mammogram? It’s not covered by insurance, she added. I had no idea how to evaluate that
- [California Offers a Lifeline for Medical Residents Who Can’t Find Abortion Training](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-offers-a-lifeline-for-medical-residents-who-cant-find-abortion-training/) - Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Black Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community — including access to abortion care. Her commitment to becoming a maternal health care provider was sparked early on when she witnessed the discrimination and judgment leveled against her older sister, who became a mother
- [COVID-19 pandemic delayed socio-emotional development in young children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-19-pandemic-delayed-socio-emotional-development-in-young-children/) - January 09, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Restricting Calories for Longevity? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/restricting-calories-for-longevity/) - Though a bane for dieters, a slower metabolism may actually be a good thing. We’ve known for more than a century that calorie restriction can increase the lifespan of animals, and metabolic slowdown may be the mechanism. That could be why the tortoise lives ten times longer than the hare. Rabbits can live for 10
- [Increased rain, snowfall may lead to airway inflammation in adolescents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/increased-rain-snowfall-may-lead-to-airway-inflammation-in-adolescents/) - January 09, 2024 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Will CMS Crack Down on Prior Authorization?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/will-cms-crack-down-on-prior-authorization/) - There’s the Idaho doctor whose infant daughter developed a brain tumor. A woman in Southern California who waited months for an MRI before dying in the hospital. And a North Carolina patient who has trigeminal neuralgia — a condition so painful it’s commonly called the “suicide disease.” They all have something in common, aside from
- [These Patients Had to Lobby for Correct Diabetes Diagnoses. Was Their Race a Reason?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/these-patients-had-to-lobby-for-correct-diabetes-diagnoses-was-their-race-a-reason/) - When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she was handed pamphlets with information on two types of the disease. One had pictures of children on it, she recalled, while the other had pictures of seniors. Deroze, a 31-year-old English professor at the time, was confused
- [Rising Malpractice Premiums Price Small Clinics Out of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rising-malpractice-premiums-price-small-clinics-out-of-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/) - After Iowa lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in March, managers of an LGBTQ+ health clinic located just across the state line in Moline, Illinois, decided to start offering that care. The added services would provide care to patients who live in largely rural eastern Iowa, including some of the hundreds previously
- [Residential addiction treatment for adolescents limited, costly](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/residential-addiction-treatment-for-adolescents-limited-costly/) - January 08, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [J&J to acquire Ambrx Biopharma, a cancer drug developer, for $2B](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/jj-to-acquire-ambrx-biopharma-a-cancer-drug-developer-for-2b/) - An entry sign to the Johnson & Johnson campus shows their logo in Irvine, California on August 28, 2019.Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson on Monday said it will pay $2 billion in cash to acquire Ambrx Biopharma, a drugmaker specializing in one of the hottest areas of cancer treatment.Ambrx is aiming
- [Two doses of recombinant zoster vaccine provide strong protection against shingles](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/two-doses-of-recombinant-zoster-vaccine-provide-strong-protection-against-shingles/) - January 08, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Los médicos son tan vulnerables a la adicción como cualquier persona](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/los-medicos-son-tan-vulnerables-a-la-adiccion-como-cualquier-persona/) - Beverly Hills, California. – Ariella Morrow, médica internista, pasó gradualmente de tener una autoestima sana y éxito profesional a los abismos de la depresión. A comienzos de 2015, sufrió una serie de problemas personales, entre ellos un estremecedor trauma familiar, conflictos matrimoniales y un importante revés profesional. Al principio, la valentía y la determinación la
- [Adultos mayores se sienten “atrapados” en planes de Medicare Advantage](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/adultos-mayores-se-sienten-atrapados-en-planes-de-medicare-advantage/) - En 2016, Richard Timmins fue a un seminario informativo gratuito para aprender más sobre la cobertura de Medicare. “Escuché al agente de seguros y, básicamente, hizo publicidad de Medicare Advantage”, dijo Timmins. El agente describió la cobertura menos costosa y más amplia que ofrecen los planes, financiados en gran parte por el gobierno, pero administrados
- [Hay una nueva variante de covid-19 y aumentan los casos. Lo que necesitas saber](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hay-una-nueva-variante-de-covid-19-y-aumentan-los-casos-lo-que-necesitas-saber/) - Es invierno, esa acogedora temporada con chimeneas que crepitan, reuniones en interiores, y una oleada de enfermedades respiratorias. Casi cuatro años desde que surgiera la pandemia, la gente está cansada, pero el virus no parece estarlo. A nivel nacional, se ha registrado un marcado aumento en las visitas a salas de emergencia y hospitalizaciones por
- [Moderna Covid vaccine sales plunge in 2023, but meet company forecast](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/moderna-covid-vaccine-sales-plunge-in-2023-but-meet-company-forecast/) - Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesModerna on Monday said its Covid vaccine sales plunged by about two-thirds in 2023 to $6.7 billion, as fewer people rolled up their sleeves for an updated version of the jab.The revenue from the shots met Moderna's forecast for the year, even as sales plummeted from the more than
- [There’s a New Covid-19 Variant and Cases Are Ticking Up. What Do You Need to Know?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/theres-a-new-covid-19-variant-and-cases-are-ticking-up-what-do-you-need-to-know/) - It’s winter, that cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged, people are growing weary of dealing with it, but the virus is not done with us. Nationally, a sharp uptick in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for covid-19, influenza, and
- [AI-enabled stethoscope provides reliable exacerbation information in home monitoring](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ai-enabled-stethoscope-provides-reliable-exacerbation-information-in-home-monitoring/) - January 03, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Scientists Uncover Clue To Treat Deadly Hereditary Illness](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/scientists-uncover-clue-to-treat-deadly-hereditary-illness/) - Barth syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that primarily affects males, characterized by abnormalities in mitochondrial function. It leads to muscle weakness, particularly in the heart, as well as growth delay, and an increased risk of infection. The syndrome is caused by a mutation in the tafazzin gene, which disrupts the normal production of cardiolipins,
- [Maternal flu vaccination during pregnancy reduces illness in infants](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/maternal-flu-vaccination-during-pregnancy-reduces-illness-in-infants/) - January 03, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Eat More, Weigh Less, Live Longer](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/eat-more-weigh-less-live-longer/) - Recent research challenges the notion that all calories are equal, showing that reducing isoleucine, an amino acid, in the diet can offer significant health benefits. This study in mice demonstrated extended lifespans, reduced frailty, and lower cancer rates, even with increased calorie consumption. The findings suggest the importance of diet composition over calorie count and
- [Is the US prepared for the next pandemic?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/is-the-us-prepared-for-the-next-pandemic/) - January 05, 2024 15 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Florida wins first FDA approval to import cheaper drugs from Canada](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/florida-wins-first-fda-approval-to-import-cheaper-drugs-from-canada/) - Pharmacist Thomas Jensen looks over a prescription drug at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on May 9, 2019.George Frey | ReutersThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Florida's plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, a first-in-the-nation move that could reduce costs for Americans but faces fierce opposition from the
- [What can we do better?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-can-we-do-better/) - January 05, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/top-10-nutritionfacts-org-videos-of-2023/) - We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of thousands of hours of researching, writing, editing, animating, and producing. We comb through thousands of scientific papers from the peer-reviewed medical literature so that busy people like you don’t have to! In 2023, I covered a wide variety of hot
- [Journalists Track Medical Device Malfunctions, Opioid Settlement Payments, and Abortion Bans](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/journalists-track-medical-device-malfunctions-opioid-settlement-payments-and-abortion-bans/) - KFF Health News correspondent Daniel Chang discussed malfunctions of the LVAD Heart Mate 3, an FDA-approved mechanical heart pump, on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Ideas Network on Jan. 3. Click here to hear Chang on the Ideas Network’s “The Morning Show.” Read “Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device — But at What
- [‘Eye opening’ number of children exposed to major drug interactions, study finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/eye-opening-number-of-children-exposed-to-major-drug-interactions-study-finds/) - January 05, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Eli Lilly weight loss drug site may not upend industry](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/eli-lilly-weight-loss-drug-site-may-not-upend-industry/) - Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesEli Lilly is shaking up the pharmaceutical industry with a new website offering telehealth prescriptions and direct home delivery of certain drugs, including its red-hot weight loss treatment Zepbound, to expand patient access. The company's direct-to-consumer push announced Thursday, the first of its kind for a big drugmaker, won't necessarily
- [FDA authorizes Florida plan to import prescription drugs from Canada](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-authorizes-florida-plan-to-import-prescription-drugs-from-canada/) - January 05, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Postpartum in Women Physicians: Zuranolone Provides Hope](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/postpartum-in-women-physicians-zuranolone-provides-hope/) - Depression and anxiety are both common and potentially debilitating perinatal complications faced by pregnant individuals. While the experience of postpartum depression (PPD) is subjective and varies from person to person, women physicians face added complexities in their experience of and treatment challenges for PPD. High-pressure medical occupations that often have limited work-life balance and a
- [Second TB outbreak linked to a viable bone allograft product](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/second-tb-outbreak-linked-to-a-viable-bone-allograft-product/) - January 04, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: How the Loss of a Rural Hospital Compounds the Collapse of Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/listen-to-tradeoffs-how-the-loss-of-a-rural-hospital-compounds-the-collapse-of-care/) - The share of rural Americans who live in communities without a hospital grows each year. It’s part of an ongoing collapse in rural health care that has persisted for decades and isn’t improving, despite regulatory efforts to shore up small-hospital finances. Since 2010, about 150 rural hospitals have shuttered and hundreds more have slashed services,
- [States Begin Tapping Medicaid Dollars to Combat Gun Violence](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/states-begin-tapping-medicaid-dollars-to-combat-gun-violence/) - To tackle America’s gun problem, a growing number of states are using Medicaid dollars to pay for community-based programs intended to stop shootings. The idea is to boost resources for violence prevention programs, which have been overwhelmed in some cities by a spike in violent crime since the start of the covid-19 pandemic. An infusion
- [Older Americans Say They Feel Trapped in Medicare Advantage Plans](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/older-americans-say-they-feel-trapped-in-medicare-advantage-plans/) - In 2016, Richard Timmins went to a free informational seminar to learn more about Medicare coverage. “I listened to the insurance agent and, basically, he really promoted Medicare Advantage,” Timmins said. The agent described less expensive and broader coverage offered by the plans, which are funded largely by the government but administered by private insurance
- [ABIM maintenance of certification program faces scrutiny](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/abim-maintenance-of-certification-program-faces-scrutiny/) - January 04, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Walgreens (WBA) earnings Q1 2024](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/walgreens-wba-earnings-q1-2024/) - Shares of Walgreens closed 5% lower on Thursday after the company reported fiscal first-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue that topped expectations, but cut its quarterly dividend nearly in half. The retail pharmacy giant slashed its dividend to 25 cents per share from 48 cents per share to "strengthen [its] long-term balance sheet and cash position," CEO Tim
- [Antimicrobial resistance linked to a million African deaths in 1 year](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/antimicrobial-resistance-linked-to-a-million-african-deaths-in-1-year/) - January 04, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Most People Dropped in Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Never Tried to Renew Coverage, Utah Finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/most-people-dropped-in-medicaid-unwinding-never-tried-to-renew-coverage-utah-finds/) - A first-of-its-kind survey of people who lost Medicaid coverage last year found just over half made no effort to renew their coverage — in many cases because they were unable to navigate paperwork requirements. The survey sheds light on why millions of beneficiaries nationwide were dropped from the federal-state health insurance program for “procedural reasons.”
- [‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminate America’s Freshwater Fish](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/forever-chemicals-contaminate-americas-freshwater-fish/) - Gone fishing? Depending on the lake, your catch may not be safe to eat. A group of chemicals collectively known as PFAS are found in hundreds of consumer goods, including dental floss, rain jackets and nonstick cookware. Over decades, these chemicals have spewed from manufacturing plants and landfills into local ecosystems, polluting surface water and
- [Sugar and Gaining Weight ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/sugar-and-gaining-weight/) - The sugar industry responds to evidence implicating sweeteners in the obesity epidemic. In terms of excess body fat, the “well-documented obesity epidemic may merely be the tip of the overfat iceberg.” It’s been estimated that 91 percent of adults—nine out of ten of us—and 69 percent of children in the United States are overfat, a condition
- [Socioeconomics may influence differences in food allergy outcomes among Asian children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/socioeconomics-may-influence-differences-in-food-allergy-outcomes-among-asian-children/) - January 03, 2024 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Doctors Are as Vulnerable to Addiction as Anyone. California Grapples With a Response.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/doctors-are-as-vulnerable-to-addiction-as-anyone-california-grapples-with-a-response/) - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Ariella Morrow, an internal medicine doctor, gradually slid from healthy self-esteem and professional success into the depths of depression. Beginning in 2015, she suffered a string of personal troubles, including a shattering family trauma, marital strife, and a major professional setback. At first, sheer grit and determination kept her going, but
- [Woman Petitions Health Insurer After Company Approves — Then Rejects — Her Infusions](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/woman-petitions-health-insurer-after-company-approves-then-rejects-her-infusions/) - When KFF Health News published an article in August about the “prior authorization hell” Sally Nix said she went through to secure approval from her insurance company for the expensive monthly infusions she needs, we thought her story had a happy ending. That’s because, after KFF Health News sent questions to Nix’s insurance company, Blue
- [ID physician, researcher Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, FIDSA, dies at 67](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/id-physician-researcher-adaora-adimora-md-mph-fidsa-dies-at-67/) - January 03, 2024 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Utah Survey Shows Why So Many People Were Dumped From Medicaid](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/utah-survey-shows-why-so-many-people-were-dumped-from-medicaid/) - It’s one of the biggest mysteries in health policy: What happened to millions of Americans kicked out of Medicaid last year? A survey conducted for state officials in Utah, obtained by KFF Health News, holds some clues. Like many states, Utah terminated Medicaid coverage for a large share of enrollees whose eligibility was reevaluated in
- [California Is Poised to Protect Workers From Extreme Heat — Indoors](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/california-is-poised-to-protect-workers-from-extreme-heat-indoors/) - The stifling heat inside some warehouses where workers might spend 10-hour days isn’t just a summer problem. In Southern California, it can feel like summer all year. It’s easy to break into a sweat and grow tired, workers say. The ventilation feels inconsistent, they say, and workers have testified in a public hearing about nosebleeds,
- [Patients With Narcolepsy Face a Dual Nightmare of Medication Shortages and Stigma](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/patients-with-narcolepsy-face-a-dual-nightmare-of-medication-shortages-and-stigma/) - Nina Shand couldn’t stay awake. She had taken afternoon naps since she was a teenager to accommodate her “work hard, play hard” attitude, but when she was in her mid-20s the sleepiness became more severe. Menial computer tasks put her to sleep, and a 20-minute drive across her city, St. Petersburg, Florida, brought on a
- [Why Diets Don’t Work and How to Shift Your Focus to Longer-Term Solutions](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-diets-dont-work-and-how-to-shift-your-focus-to-longer-term-solutions/) - Have you thought about how many diets, detoxes, and plans you’ve tried in your lifetime? When we have new students join the Mindful Nutrition Method, on average, they’ve tried at least three diets, plans, or trends prior to coming to see us for sustainable solutions. The takeaway point here is that they must not work,
- [Study shows risk for invasive fungal infection after lung transplant is ‘very complex’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/study-shows-risk-for-invasive-fungal-infection-after-lung-transplant-is-very-complex/) - January 02, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Se avecinan cambios para Medi-Cal en 2024, pero ¿beneficiarán a los pacientes?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/se-avecinan-cambios-para-medi-cal-en-2024-pero-beneficiaran-a-los-pacientes/) - Medi-Cal, el programa de salud de Medicaid en California, está al borde de cambios importantes que podrían solucionar problemas de larga data y mejorar la atención médica para la población de bajos ingresos del estado. A partir del 1 de enero, Medi-Cal implementará nuevos contratos estandarizados con sus 22 planes de salud gestionados, que cubren
- [The New Rule for Calories per Pound of Weight Loss ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-new-rule-for-calories-per-pound-of-weight-loss/) - You may lose a pound of fat by skipping just 10 calories a day or as many as 55, depending on whether you’re improving food quality or restricting food quantity. If the 3,500 calories per pound of weight loss rule is bunk, what’s the alternative? To lose a pound of fat, how many fewer calories
- [Moderna stock jumps after Oppenheimer upgrade on pipeline potential](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/moderna-stock-jumps-after-oppenheimer-upgrade-on-pipeline-potential/) - Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of Moderna jumped more than 15% on Tuesday after Oppenheimer upgraded the stock to "outperform," saying the Covid vaccine maker could market five products by 2026.The upgrade follows a dismal 2023 for Moderna, whose only commercially available product is its Covid shot. The company's stock has long been
- [Más estados amplían cobertura de salud para inmigrantes sin papeles, en medio de crisis en la frontera](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mas-estados-amplian-cobertura-de-salud-para-inmigrantes-sin-papeles-en-medio-de-crisis-en-la-frontera/) - Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Cada vez más estados están lanzando programas de seguro médico para inmigrantes —incluyendo a aquellos que viven en el país sin papeles—, financiados por los contribuyentes, mientras republicanos critican al presidente Joe Biden por un aumento dramático en los cruces no autorizados por la frontera sur. Once estados y Washington,
- [Two-week methotrexate pause helps COVID booster response without significant flares](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/two-week-methotrexate-pause-helps-covid-booster-response-without-significant-flares/) - January 02, 2024 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Child Care Gaps in Rural America Threaten to Undercut Small Communities](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/child-care-gaps-in-rural-america-threaten-to-undercut-small-communities/) - Candy Murnion remembers vividly the event that pushed her to open her first day care business in Jordan, a town of fewer than 400 residents in a sea of grassland in eastern Montana. Garfield County’s public health nurse, one of few public health officials serving the town and nearly 5,000 square miles that surround it,
- [Can Family Doctors Deliver Rural America From Its Maternal Health Crisis?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/can-family-doctors-deliver-rural-america-from-its-maternal-health-crisis/) - CAIRO, Ga. — Zita Magloire carefully adjusted a soft measuring tape across Kenadie Evans’ pregnant belly. Determining a baby’s size during a 28-week obstetrical visit is routine. But Magloire, a family physician trained in obstetrics, knows that finding the mother’s uterus and, thus, checking the baby, can be tricky for inexperienced doctors. “Sometimes it’s, like,
- [Reckitt Benckiser unit recalls possibly contaminated baby formula powder, FDA says](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/reckitt-benckiser-unit-recalls-possibly-contaminated-baby-formula-powder-fda-says/) - Enfimil infant formula, made by Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., sits on display in a supermarket in New York, U.S.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg News | Getty ImagesBaby formula maker Reckitt Benckiser's Mead Johnson Nutrition has voluntarily chosen to recall certain batches of baby formula powder due to possible bacterial contamination, according to the U.S. Food and
- [Research focuses on pediatric mental health crisis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/research-focuses-on-pediatric-mental-health-crisis/) - December 28, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Strategize future finances with Healio’s Residency to Retirement](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/strategize-future-finances-with-healios-residency-to-retirement/) - December 30, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Study shows quick rate of C. auris contamination near colonized patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/study-shows-quick-rate-of-c-auris-contamination-near-colonized-patients/) - December 28, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [States Expand Health Coverage for Immigrants as GOP Hits Biden Over Border Crossings](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/states-expand-health-coverage-for-immigrants-as-gop-hits-biden-over-border-crossings/) - A growing number of states are opening taxpayer-funded health insurance programs to immigrants, including those living in the U.S. without authorization, even as Republicans assail President Joe Biden over a dramatic increase in illegal crossings of the southern border. Eleven states and Washington, D.C., together provide full health insurance coverage to more than 1 million
- [Reviewing new RSV prevention tools for children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/reviewing-new-rsv-prevention-tools-for-children/) - December 29, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [The year in ID guidelines](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-year-in-id-guidelines/) - December 28, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Nirsevimab protects infants against hospitalization from RSV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nirsevimab-protects-infants-against-hospitalization-from-rsv/) - December 28, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Why Weight Loss Plateaus on Diets ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-weight-loss-plateaus-on-diets/) - What are the metabolic and behavioral adaptations that slow weight loss? Thanks to millions of years of evolution hard-wiring us to survive scarcity, our body has compensatory survival mechanisms to defend against weight loss. When we start losing weight, we may unconsciously begin to move less as a “behavioral adaptation” to conserve energy. There are metabolic
- [Medicare drug price negotiations what's ahead in 2024](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicare-drug-price-negotiations-whats-ahead-in-2024/) - Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesU.S. patients and drugmakers will get a first glimpse of how much Medicare can negotiate down drug prices in 2024, setting the precedent for
- [COVAX to end as COVID-19 vaccines move to routine immunization programs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covax-to-end-as-covid-19-vaccines-move-to-routine-immunization-programs/) - December 28, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Mental Health Courts Can Struggle to Fulfill Decades-Old Promise](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mental-health-courts-can-struggle-to-fulfill-decades-old-promise/) - GAINESVILLE, Ga. — In early December, Donald Brown stood nervously in the Hall County Courthouse, concerned he’d be sent back to jail. The 55-year-old struggles with depression, addiction, and suicidal thoughts. He worried a judge would terminate him from a special diversion program meant to keep people with mental illness from being incarcerated. He was
- [New CDC recommendations and more](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-cdc-recommendations-and-more/) - December 27, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Paxlovid unlikely to contribute to COVID-19 rebound](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/paxlovid-unlikely-to-contribute-to-covid-19-rebound/) - December 27, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Efforts to raise child vaccination rates increased in 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/efforts-to-raise-child-vaccination-rates-increased-in-2023/) - December 27, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [RFK Jr.’s Campaign of Conspiracy Theories Is PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rfk-jr-s-campaign-of-conspiracy-theories-is-politifacts-2023-lie-of-the-year/) - As pundits and politicos spar over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign will factor into the outcome of the 2024 election, one thing is clear: Kennedy’s political following is built on a movement that seeks to legitimize conspiracy theories. His claims decrying vaccines have roiled scientists and medical experts and stoked anger over whether
- [Study finds gaps in mental health care for Hispanic, Black, Asian children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/study-finds-gaps-in-mental-health-care-for-hispanic-black-asian-children/) - December 26, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Debunking the 3,500-Calorie-per-Pound Rule ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/debunking-the-3500-calorie-per-pound-rule/) - How many fewer calories do you have to eat every day to lose one pound of body fat? The first surgical attempt at body sculpting was in 1921 on a dancer “who wanted to improve the shape of her ankles and knees.” The surgeon apparently scraped away too much tissue and tied the stitches too
- [The top ID meeting news in 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-top-id-meeting-news-in-2023/) - December 26, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Obesity and Alzheimer's drugs pack one-two punch to lift Eli Lilly](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/obesity-and-alzheimers-drugs-pack-one-two-punch-to-lift-eli-lilly/) - Investor optimism for Eli Lilly 's diabetes and obesity treatments in 2023 lifted the stock to its seventh annual gain in a row. In the new year, it should be the same old story. Shares of Eli Lilly have taken a breather over the past three months, as investors book profits in the top performer
- [The non-vaccine approvals of 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-non-vaccine-approvals-of-2023/) - December 24, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Brushing teeth may lower risk for hospital-acquired pneumonia](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/brushing-teeth-may-lower-risk-for-hospital-acquired-pneumonia/) - December 18, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Health sector themes to watch in 2024](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/health-sector-themes-to-watch-in-2024/) - An employee works on the production line of pharmaceutical company Zentiva in Prague, Czech Republic, May 6, 2021.David W. Cerny | ReutersThe health-care sector has wiped out much of its losses for the year during the December market rally. Beaten-down biotech and medical device makers have seen the biggest rebound this month, and analysts see
- [US’s STD epidemic worsened again in 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/uss-std-epidemic-worsened-again-in-2023/) - December 23, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Toddlers with RSV hospitalized at higher rate after COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/toddlers-with-rsv-hospitalized-at-higher-rate-after-covid-19/) - December 22, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [In Year 6, KFF Health News-NPR’s ‘Bill of the Month’ Helps Patients in a Changing System](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-year-6-kff-health-news-nprs-bill-of-the-month-helps-patients-in-a-changing-system/) - Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of all sizes and in communities large and small. We appreciate all forms of engagement from our readers and listeners, and
- [Bristol Myers Squibb to buy Karuna Therapeutics](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/bristol-myers-squibb-to-buy-karuna-therapeutics/) - Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday announced it agreed to buy biopharmaceutical company Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion in cash, or $330 per share.Karuna's stock closed up more than 47% on the news Friday, hitting $317.85 a share. Bristol Myers Squibb shares closed up 2%.The deal will help expand Bristol Myers' drug pipeline after competition from
- [Recombinant zoster vaccine reduces risk of mortality, stroke, heart attack](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/recombinant-zoster-vaccine-reduces-risk-of-mortality-stroke-heart-attack/) - December 22, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Major vaccine developments put new shots on market in 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/major-vaccine-developments-put-new-shots-on-market-in-2023/) - December 22, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cancer-patients-face-frightening-delays-in-treatment-approvals/) - Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters clearly recalls his doctor’s sobering assessment of his bladder cancer diagnosis in August 2022. “This is bad,” the 66-year-old Durant, Oklahoma, resident remembered his urologist saying. Winters braced for the fight of his life. Little did he anticipate, however, that he wouldn’t be waging war only against cancer. He also
- [Bold Changes Are in Store for Medi-Cal in 2024, but Will Patients Benefit?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/bold-changes-are-in-store-for-medi-cal-in-2024-but-will-patients-benefit/) - California’s safety-net health program, Medi-Cal, is on the cusp of major changes that could rectify long-standing problems and improve health care for the state’s low-income population. Starting Jan. 1, Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, will implement new standardized contracts with its 22 managed care health plans, which collectively cover 99% of enrollees. The new contracts tighten
- [Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2023](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/who-had-it-good-and-who-had-it-bad-in-2023/) - Curtis S. Chin, a former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, is managing director of advisory firm RiverPeak Group. Jose B. Collazo is an analyst focusing on the Indo-Pacific region. Follow them on X at @CurtisSChin and @JoseBCollazo.As 2023 comes to a close, we take a look at the year that was in Asia
- [‘AGGA’ Inventor Testifies His Dental Device Was Not Meant for TMJ or Sleep Apnea](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/agga-inventor-testifies-his-dental-device-was-not-meant-for-tmj-or-sleep-apnea/) - A Tennessee dentist who has been sued by multiple TMJ and sleep apnea patients over an unproven dental device he invented has said under oath that he never taught dentists to use the device for those ailments — contradicting video footage of him telling dentists how to use it. Steve Galella, the inventor of the
- [End of COVID emergencies, new vaccines and more](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/end-of-covid-emergencies-new-vaccines-and-more/) - December 21, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Dairy Milk Hormones’ Effects on Cancer ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/dairy-milk-hormones-effects-on-cancer/) - What are the effects of the female sex hormones in cow’s milk on men, women, and children? All foods of animal origin contain hormones, but most of our dietary exposure to hormones comes from dairy products. By quantity, as you can see below and at 0:16 in my video The Effects of Hormones in Dairy Milk
- [Is it too late to get vaccinated for protection over the holidays?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/is-it-too-late-to-get-vaccinated-for-protection-over-the-holidays/) - December 21, 2023 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Hongos misteriosos son el centro de brote de intoxicación alimentaria](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hongos-misteriosos-son-el-centro-de-brote-de-intoxicacion-alimentaria/) - Un brote a causa de una intoxicación alimentaria que mató a dos personas y enfermó a 51, derivado de un restaurante de Montana, resalta lo poco que se sabe sobre las setas colmenillas y los riesgos al preparar este popular y costoso manjar. Después de este brote relacionado con el restaurante Dave’s Sushi en Bozeman
- [A partir del 1 de enero, todos los inmigrantes en California pueden calificar para Medi-Cal, más allá de su estatus legal](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-partir-del-1-de-enero-todos-los-inmigrantes-en-california-pueden-calificar-para-medi-cal-mas-alla-de-su-estatus-legal/) - Milagro, inmigrante peruana del condado de Riverside, ha tenido un acceso intermitente a la atención médica en las dos décadas que ha estado en este país. La mujer de 48 años, que trabaja como gerente administrativa en una organización sin fines de lucro, puede recibir atención de emergencia por un paquete limitado de beneficios que
- [Singapore urges public to continue getting vaccinated as cases surge](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/singapore-urges-public-to-continue-getting-vaccinated-as-cases-surge/) - SINGAPORE — Singapore's latest spike in Covid cases may be starting to peak — but the public needs to stay up to date on vaccinations, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung told CNBC on Thursday.Singapore reported 56,043 Covid cases in the week of Dec. 3 to 9, marking a 75% surge compared to the week before.
- [Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/deep-flaws-in-fda-oversight-of-medical-devices-and-patient-harm-exposed-in-lawsuits-and-records/) - Living with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream. The pump, manufactured by device maker Medtronic, connected plastic tubing to an insulin reservoir, which Gautney set to release doses of the vital hormone over the course of
- [The Year in Opioid Settlements: 5 Things You Need to Know](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-year-in-opioid-settlements-5-things-you-need-to-know/) - This year, about $1.5 billion has landed in state and local government coffers from court settlements made with more than a dozen companies that manufactured, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were sued for their role in fueling the opioid crisis. That money has gone from an emerging funding stream for which people had lofty
- [Parent reminder, health care professional audit increased adolescent HPV vaccination](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/parent-reminder-health-care-professional-audit-increased-adolescent-hpv-vaccination/) - December 21, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Inside the Pentagon’s Painfully Slow Effort to Clean Up Decades of PFAS Contamination](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/inside-the-pentagons-painfully-slow-effort-to-clean-up-decades-of-pfas-contamination/) - Oscoda, Michigan, has the distinction as the first community where “forever chemicals” were found seeping from a military installation into the surrounding community. Beginning in 2010, state officials and later residents who lived near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base were horrified to learn that the chemicals, collectively called PFAS, had leached into their rivers,
- [COVID-19, TB coinfection linked to reduced survival](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-19-tb-coinfection-linked-to-reduced-survival/) - December 20, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [The Market for Biosimilars Is Funky. The Industry Thinks PBMs Are To Blame](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-market-for-biosimilars-is-funky-the-industry-thinks-pbms-are-to-blame/) - Over the past year there’s been movement to rein in the three big PBMs, which face little regulation though they help set drug prices and drug choices for 80 percent of Americans and their doctors. The House voted Dec. 11, 320-71, for legislation that would require the PBMs to change some of the ways they
- [What a Bison Goring Can Teach Us About Rural Emergency Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-a-bison-goring-can-teach-us-about-rural-emergency-care/) - Millions of Americans live in “ambulance deserts” — areas that are more than a 25-minute drive to the nearest emergency medical services (EMS) station. The most rural areas can be more than an hour away from help. These sparsely populated communities can have trouble sustaining ambulance services, if small patient volumes and low reimbursements
- [Pharma had a year full of firsts](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pharma-had-a-year-full-of-firsts/) - Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDrugmakers are closing out a year when they achieved several historic firsts that will shape the pharmaceutical industry in 2024 and beyond. The weight loss drug market transformed into the pharmaceutical industry's newest gold rush this year, as demand for costly but highly effective treatments from Novo Nordisk and Eli
- [PharmDs explore new treatments, vaccines for infectious diseases](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pharmds-explore-new-treatments-vaccines-for-infectious-diseases/) - December 20, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [‘I Am Just Waiting to Die’: Social Security Clawbacks Drive Some Into Homelessness](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/i-am-just-waiting-to-die-social-security-clawbacks-drive-some-into-homelessness/) - More than a year after the federal government first cut off her disability benefits, Denise Woods drives nightly to strip malls, truck stops, and parking lots around Savannah, Georgia, looking for a safe place to sleep in her Chevy. Woods, 51, said she had rented a three-bedroom house she shared with her adult son and
- [A New Test Could Save Arthritis Patients Time, Money, and Pain. But Will It Be Used?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-new-test-could-save-arthritis-patients-time-money-and-pain-but-will-it-be-used/) - SAN DIEGO — Erinn Maury knew Remicade wasn’t the right drug for Patti Schulte, a rheumatoid arthritis patient the physician saw at her Millersville, Maryland, practice. Schulte’s swollen, painful joints hadn’t responded to Enbrel or Humira, two drugs in the same class. But the insurer insisted, so Schulte went on Remicade. It didn’t work either.
- [Holding abatacept, TNFi unnecessary for receiving COVID-19 booster](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/holding-abatacept-tnfi-unnecessary-for-receiving-covid-19-booster/) - December 20, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [SEC charges ex-CEO of Stimwave with fraud, says some devices were fake](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/sec-charges-ex-ceo-of-stimwave-with-fraud-says-some-devices-were-fake/) - The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021.Andrew Kelly | ReutersLaura Tyler Perryman, co-founder and former CEO of the medical device startup Stimwave Technologies, was charged with allegedly defrauding investors out of $41 million by making "false and misleading" statements about one of its devices,
- [Screen use delays sleep time for adolescents, study finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/screen-use-delays-sleep-time-for-adolescents-study-finds/) - December 18, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [New Doula Benefit ‘Life-Changing’ for California Mom](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-doula-benefit-life-changing-for-california-mom/) - VICTORVILLE, Calif. — When Mia Bloomer found out she was pregnant with her fourth child, she wanted a different birth experience. She wanted to feel empowered, informed, and heard — elements she found lacking during her earlier births. Somewhat by accident, Bloomer, 26, found Priya Kalyan-Masih six months into her pregnancy. Kalyan-Masih is a doula,
- [When a Quick Telehealth Visit Yields Multiple Surprises Beyond a Big Bill](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/when-a-quick-telehealth-visit-yields-multiple-surprises-beyond-a-big-bill/) - In September 2022, Elyse Greenblatt of Queens returned home from a trip to Rwanda with a rather unwelcome-back gift: persistent congestion. She felt a pain in her sinuses and sought a quick resolution. Covid-19 couldn’t be ruled out, so rather than risk passing on an unknown infection to others in a waiting room, the New
- [The 411 on Vitamin B12](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-411-on-vitamin-b12/) - Vitamin B12 is not made by plants or animals, but by microbes blanketing the earth. We presumably used to get B12 when we drank out of a mountain stream or sipped water from a well, based on studies showing vegetarians in developing countries who drink purified water appear to be at higher risk. Now, we
- [Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device — But at What Risk?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/patients-facing-death-are-opting-for-a-lifesaving-heart-device-but-at-what-risk/) - Too old and too sick for a heart transplant, Arvid Herrman was given a choice: Have a mechanical pump implanted in his heart, potentially keeping him alive for several years, or do nothing and almost certainly die within a year. The 68-year-old Wisconsin farmer chose the pump, called a HeartMate 3 — currently the only
- [New products join armamentarium for C. difficile](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-products-join-armamentarium-for-c-difficile/) - December 19, 2023 11 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Covid vaccine rates are falling in U.S.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-vaccine-rates-are-falling-in-u-s/) - A sign advertises Covid vaccine shots at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Aug. 14, 2023.Brian Snyder | ReutersThree years into the Covid-19 pandemic, few Americans are rolling up their sleeves to get a Covid vaccine. Only 15.7% of U.S. adults had received the newest Covid shots from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax as of Nov.
- [‘Long flu’ not as severe as long COVID but both need attention, experts say](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/long-flu-not-as-severe-as-long-covid-but-both-need-attention-experts-say/) - December 18, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [PrEP use, HIV testing increased among transgender people from 2014 to 2021](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prep-use-hiv-testing-increased-among-transgender-people-from-2014-to-2021/) - December 18, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Social Security Chief Apologizes to Congress for Misleading Testimony on Overpayments](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/social-security-chief-apologizes-to-congress-for-misleading-testimony-on-overpayments/) - The head of the Social Security Administration has sent a letter of apology to members of Congress about testimony in which she understated the extent of the agency’s overpayments to beneficiaries. “I want to apologize for any confusion or misunderstanding during the October hearing,” acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi wrote in a letter dated Dec. 11.
- [Regulators would never approve it](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/regulators-would-never-approve-it/) - Jim Cramer urged Humana (HUM) not to pursue a merger with rival health insurer Cigna (CI), questioning the merits of a potential business combination and the likelihood of it passing U.S. antitrust review. Cigna and Humana could reach an agreement on a stock-and-cash transaction by the end of the year, The Wall Street Journal reported
- [Peanut bullying incident reveals opportunities for food allergy education, engagement](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/peanut-bullying-incident-reveals-opportunities-for-food-allergy-education-engagement/) - December 18, 2023 5 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [In New Year, All Immigrants in California May Qualify for Medicaid Regardless of Legal Status](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-new-year-all-immigrants-in-california-may-qualify-for-medicaid-regardless-of-legal-status/) - Milagro, a Peruvian immigrant in Riverside County, California, has had spotty access to health care in the two decades she’s been in this country. The 48-year-old, who works as the office manager at a nonprofit, can get emergency care through a narrow set of benefits the state makes available to immigrants without legal residency. And
- [Mysterious Morel Mushrooms at Center of Food Poisoning Outbreak](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mysterious-morel-mushrooms-at-center-of-food-poisoning-outbreak/) - A food poisoning outbreak that killed two people and sickened 51, stemming from a Montana restaurant, has highlighted just how little is known about morel mushrooms and the risks in preparing the popular and expensive delicacy. The FDA conducted an investigation into morel mushrooms after the severe illness outbreak linked to Dave’s Sushi in Bozeman
- [‘They See a Cash Cow’: Corporations Could Consume $50 Billion of Opioid Settlements](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/they-see-a-cash-cow-corporations-could-consume-50-billion-of-opioid-settlements/) - The marketing pitches are bold and arriving fast: Invest opioid settlement dollars in a lasso-like device to help police detain people without Tasers or pepper spray. Pour money into psychedelics, electrical stimulation devices, and other experimental treatments for addiction. Fund research into new, supposedly abuse-deterrent opioids and splurge on expensive, brand-name naloxone. These pitches land
- [Inhaled mRNA therapy may help combat seasonal, emerging respiratory viruses](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/inhaled-mrna-therapy-may-help-combat-seasonal-emerging-respiratory-viruses/) - December 13, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [2024 expectations for Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/2024-expectations-for-wegovy-ozempic-zepbound/) - George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWeight loss drugs exploded into the public eye this year, and 2024 will bring more change to the evolving market. The drugs skyrocketed in popularity in 2023 as they helped patients shed significant weight, despite hefty price tags, mixed insurance coverage and a handful of unpleasant side effects. Demand for the
- [Flu vaccine had ‘moderate’ effectiveness during 2022-2023 season](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/flu-vaccine-had-moderate-effectiveness-during-2022-2023-season/) - December 13, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Big Pharma takes on counterfeit drugs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/big-pharma-takes-on-counterfeit-drugs/) - In Las Vegas, Lazaro Hernandez was a flamboyant, jet-setting poker player shown in televised tournaments with stacks of colorful chips. But the casually dressed gambler spotted on security cameras with wads of cash at the casino cage was hiding a secret life.And federal investigators say he was gambling with people's lives. Hernandez, they say, oversaw
- [Newborns receiving very early ART achieve sustained HIV suppression](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/newborns-receiving-very-early-art-achieve-sustained-hiv-suppression/) - December 13, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Artificial intelligence accurately estimates diagnosis probabilities](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/artificial-intelligence-accurately-estimates-diagnosis-probabilities/) - December 14, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Flying solo without Cigna will keep Humana focused on 2 big priorities in 2024](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/flying-solo-without-cigna-will-keep-humana-focused-on-2-big-priorities-in-2024/) - It looks like Cigna has scrapped its takeover bid for Club holding Humana , removing a dark cloud over both stocks that's lingered since the acquisition talks surfaced nearly two weeks ago. Cigna and Humana were unable to agree on an acquisition price and other financial terms, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Cigna will
- [HARVI incidence nearly 3 times higher among pediatric patients than adults](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/harvi-incidence-nearly-3-times-higher-among-pediatric-patients-than-adults/) - December 15, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [High-dose flu vaccine may benefit adults younger than age 65 years](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/high-dose-flu-vaccine-may-benefit-adults-younger-than-age-65-years/) - December 15, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [New data on Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug shows its outlook is bright](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-data-on-eli-lillys-weight-loss-drug-shows-its-outlook-is-bright/) - The launch of Eli Lilly 's weight-loss drug Zepbound — a key pillar of our investment thesis in the pharmaceuticals giant — is going swimmingly in the U.S., Jefferies said Friday. Weekly Zepbound prescriptions totaled 7,700 in the week ended Dec. 8, its fourth on the U.S. market, according to Jefferies, which cited data compiled
- [Here's What Clinicians Can Do for Patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/heres-what-clinicians-can-do-for-patients/) - The nationwide shortage of stimulant medications approved for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remains unresolved nearly 1 year after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first announced a shortage of the short-acting stimulant Adderall (amphetamine mixed salts).1 More recently, supply chain issues have expanded to include other central nervous system (CNS) stimulants used
- [Wastewater sampling identifies viral illnesses in another study](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/wastewater-sampling-identifies-viral-illnesses-in-another-study/) - December 15, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Millions of Dollars Flow From Pharma to Patient Advocacy Groups](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/millions-of-dollars-flow-from-pharma-to-patient-advocacy-groups/) - Pharma money is all over the place — in universities, companies doing continuing medical education for doctors and in prominent patient advocacy organizations that are household names across America. Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy nonprofit, reports today that between 2010 and 2022, the drug industry’s main lobbying group and member companies provided at least $6
- [‘Financial Ruin Is Baked Into the System’: Readers on the Costs of Long-Term Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/financial-ruin-is-baked-into-the-system-readers-on-the-costs-of-long-term-care/) - Thousands of readers reacted to the articles in the “Dying Broke” series about the financial burden of long-term care in the United States. They offered their assessments for the government and market failures that have drained the lifetime savings of so many American families. And some offered possible solutions. In more than 4,200 comments, readers
- [More US teens abstaining from drugs, alcohol](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/more-us-teens-abstaining-from-drugs-alcohol/) - December 14, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [‘Until It Is Fixed’: Congress Ramps Up Action on Social Security Clawbacks](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/until-it-is-fixed-congress-ramps-up-action-on-social-security-clawbacks/) - The Senate Finance Committee is ramping up oversight of Social Security’s overpayment problem and plans to meet with the agency every month “until it is fixed.” The Social Security Administration assured lawmakers in the past that it had been addressed, but “what you all found in your reporting is that the problem hadn’t been fixed,”
- [How doctors are using Google's new AI models for health care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-doctors-are-using-googles-new-ai-models-for-health-care/) - Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020.Yves Herman | ReutersGoogle on Wednesday announced MedLM, a suite of new health-care-specific artificial intelligence models designed to help clinicians and researchers carry out complex studies, summarize doctor-patient interactions and more.The move
- [Hospital intervention increased STI testing among at-risk adolescents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hospital-intervention-increased-sti-testing-among-at-risk-adolescents/) - December 14, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Keto Diets and Diabetes ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/keto-diets-and-diabetes/) - Ketogenic diets are put to the test for diabetes reversal. As you can see at the start of my video Does a Ketogenic Diet Help Diabetes or Make It Worse?, ketogenic diets can lower blood sugars better than conventional diets. So much so, in fact, that there is a keto product company that claims ketogenic diets
- [‘Only a matter of time’ before mpox strain in Congo spreads](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/only-a-matter-of-time-before-mpox-strain-in-congo-spreads/) - December 14, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Moderna, Merck cancer vaccine reduces risk of skin cancer returning](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/moderna-merck-cancer-vaccine-reduces-risk-of-skin-cancer-returning/) - An exterior view of Moderna's clinical manufacturing facility. David L. Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty ImagesModerna and Merck's experimental cancer vaccine, when used in combination with Merck's blockbuster therapy Keytruda, reduced the risk of death or relapse in patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer by half after roughly three years, according to
- [Therapy choice in rheumatoid arthritis does not impact serious infection risk](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/therapy-choice-in-rheumatoid-arthritis-does-not-impact-serious-infection-risk/) - December 14, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Rift Over When to Use N95s Puts Health Workers at Risk Again](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rift-over-when-to-use-n95s-puts-health-workers-at-risk-again/) - Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of covid-19, occupational safety experts warn that those on the front lines may once again be at risk if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention takes its committee’s advice on infection control guidelines in health care settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, and jails. In early
- [Moderna’s mRNA-based RSV vaccine safe, effective for older adults](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/modernas-mrna-based-rsv-vaccine-safe-effective-for-older-adults/) - December 13, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Vertex nonopioid painkiller posts positive midstage trial results](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vertex-nonopioid-painkiller-posts-positive-midstage-trial-results/) - A sign hangs in front of the world headquarters of Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston on Oct. 23, 2019.Brian Snyder | ReutersShares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals jumped Wednesday after the company's painkiller, which is being tested as an alternative to opioids, significantly decreased pain in a midstage trial.Those positive results for diabetes patients suffering from a chronic
- [El condado de Los Angeles ofrece terapia virtual gratuita de salud mental para estudiantes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/el-condado-de-los-angeles-ofrece-terapia-virtual-gratuita-de-salud-mental-para-estudiantes/) - LOS ANGELES – Las escuelas públicas del condado de Los Angeles han puesto en marcha una ambiciosa iniciativa para ofrecer servicios gratuitos de salud mental a sus 1,3 millones de estudiantes de primaria y secundaria (K-12), una prueba clave del amplio programa de $4,700 millones del gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, para hacer frente a
- [Senior physicians see fewer underrepresented patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/senior-physicians-see-fewer-underrepresented-patients/) - December 13, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Republicans Once Championed Public Health. What Happened?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/republicans-once-championed-public-health-what-happened/) - It wasn’t that long ago that Republicans were all-in on boosting public health spending. “The highest investment priority in Washington should be to double the federal budget for scientific research,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) wrote in a 1999 op-ed in The Washington Post. Big spending increases for the National Institutes of Health soon
- [As Foundation for ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis Cracks, Fallout Spreads](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/as-foundation-for-excited-delirium-diagnosis-cracks-fallout-spreads/) - When Angelo Quinto’s family learned that officials blamed his 2020 death on “excited delirium,” a term they had never heard before, they couldn’t believe it. To them, it was obvious the science behind the diagnosis wasn’t real. Quinto, 30, had been pinned on the ground for at least 90 seconds by police in California and
- [Millions in Opioid Settlement Funds Sit Untouched as Overdose Deaths Rise](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/millions-in-opioid-settlement-funds-sit-untouched-as-overdose-deaths-rise/) - Nearly a year after Montana began receiving millions of dollars to invest in efforts to combat the opioid crisis, much of that money remains untouched. Meanwhile, the state’s opioid overdose and death counts continue to rise. The money is part of the approximately $50 billion that states and local governments will receive nationwide in opioid
- [Weight gain after stopping Eli Lilly's new obesity treatment should help, not hurt the stock](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/weight-gain-after-stopping-eli-lillys-new-obesity-treatment-should-help-not-hurt-the-stock/) - Some Eli Lilly investors appear concerned about clinical trial data that showed patients regained weight after they stopped taking the company's obesity drug Zepbound. The situation seems rather clear-cut to us: It's no reason to sell. Eli Lilly shares on Tuesday shook off afternoon losses to close higher by 0.12%, at $584.76 each — a
- [Migraine Prevention: 6 Tips for Managing the Condition](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/migraine-prevention-6-tips-for-managing-the-condition/) - Patients with recurrent migraines often experience significant impairment as a result of their condition, which negatively affects their quality of life.¹ When discussing migraine prevention with your patients, they may ask about preventive measures and whether they require lifestyle changes or a more targeted treatment approach. There are a number of options for patients seeking
- [Longer interval between COVID-19 vaccine doses increases antibody levels in IRD patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/longer-interval-between-covid-19-vaccine-doses-increases-antibody-levels-in-ird-patients/) - December 12, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Muscle Shrinkage and Bone Loss on Keto Diets? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/muscle-shrinkage-and-bone-loss-on-keto-diets/) - Ketogenic diets have been found to undermine exercise efforts and lead to muscle shrinkage and bone loss. An official International Society of Sports Nutrition position paper covering keto diets notes the “ergolytic effect” of keto diets on both high- and low-intensity workouts. Ergolytic is the opposite of ergogenic. Ergogenic means performance-boosting, whereas ergolytic means performance-impairing. For nonathletes,
- [Gun Violence Is a Plague. Could Medicaid Help?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/gun-violence-is-a-plague-could-medicaid-help/) - To tackle America’s gun problem, a growing number of states are allowing Medicaid dollars to fund community-based violence programs intended to stop shootings. The idea is to boost resources for violence prevention programs, which have been overwhelmed in some cities by a spike in violent crime since the covid-19 pandemic. An infusion of reliable funding,
- [COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths in patients with SAIRDs declined during omicron wave](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-19-hospitalizations-deaths-in-patients-with-sairds-declined-during-omicron-wave/) - December 12, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Listen: What Our 2-Year-Long Investigation Into Medical Debt Reveals](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/listen-what-our-2-year-long-investigation-into-medical-debt-reveals/) - Noam N. Levey Across the country, Americans are losing their homes, emptying their retirement accounts, and struggling to feed and clothe their families because of medical debt. For two years, KFF Health News and NPR have been investigating this crisis through the “Diagnosis: Debt” project. The award-winning project has exposed the enormous scale of this
- [Cigna shares jump on abandoned Humana buyout, buyback plans](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cigna-shares-jump-on-abandoned-humana-buyout-buyback-plans/) - Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesShares of Cigna jumped Monday following reports that the health-care giant has scrapped its plans to buy rival Humana due to disagreements on price, putting an early end to what would have been one of the largest deals of the decade.Cigna late Sunday also announced plans to buy back
- [LA County Invests Big in Free Virtual Mental Health Therapy for K-12 Students](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/la-county-invests-big-in-free-virtual-mental-health-therapy-for-k-12-students/) - LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County public schools are rolling out an ambitious effort to offer free mental health services to their 1.3 million K-12 students, a key test of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sweeping, $4.7 billion program to address a youth mental health crisis. Spearheaded by the county’s Medi-Cal plans — which provide health
- [People With Disabilities Hope Autonomous Vehicles Deliver Independence](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/people-with-disabilities-hope-autonomous-vehicles-deliver-independence/) - GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. ― Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people like her, who live outside big cities and have disabilities that prevent them from driving. Peterson, who has quadriplegia, is an enthusiastic participant in an unusual test of autonomous vehicles in this corner of northern
- [Study links ‘shocking’ rise in child suicide rates to opioid crisis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/study-links-shocking-rise-in-child-suicide-rates-to-opioid-crisis/) - December 11, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Patients on Eli Lilly drug regain weight after stopping it](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/patients-on-eli-lilly-drug-regain-weight-after-stopping-it/) - Eli Lilly's drug tirzepatide was approved for weight loss by the FDA.Courtesy of Eli LillyPatients who took Eli Lilly's weight loss drug Zepbound regained around half the weight they shed after stopping the newly approved treatment for a year, according to data released Monday. The data, which represents the full results from an 88-week study funded
- [Health workers report errors in infection prevention during height of COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/health-workers-report-errors-in-infection-prevention-during-height-of-covid-19/) - December 11, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Watch: She Had a Home and a Good-Paying Job. Then Illness and Debt Upended It All.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/watch-she-had-a-home-and-a-good-paying-job-then-illness-and-debt-upended-it-all/) - Noam N. Levey and Hannah Norman, KFF Health News Sharon Woodward used to travel the country as a medical technician. She made good money and prided herself on her skills. But in her mid-40s, Woodward retired after being diagnosed with a debilitating form of arthritis. Her condition required expensive drugs and regular medical care, which
- [Biology, Anatomy, and Finance? More Med Students Want Business Degrees Too](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biology-anatomy-and-finance-more-med-students-want-business-degrees-too/) - Jasen Gundersen never considered a career in business when he entered medical school nearly three decades ago to become a rural primary care doctor. But, today, he isn’t working in rural America and he doesn’t do primary care. In fact, he no longer practices medicine at all. As CEO of CardioOne, which provides back-office support
- [Nashville's heath tech startup scene is booming. Here's why.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nashvilles-heath-tech-startup-scene-is-booming-heres-why/) - Tourists visit the bars and country music venues in the Lower Broadway entertainment district in Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 1, 2019.Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesOn a flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this month, 36-year-old Robin Shah settled into his seat and prepared to crank out some work for his
- [How One Genetic Variant Could Ward Off Weight Gain](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-one-genetic-variant-could-ward-off-weight-gain/) - A new study reveals a genetic variant in the GIP receptor that may help resist obesity by altering metabolism. Mice with this variant processed sugar more efficiently and remained leaner. This finding, alongside the observation that the variant influences insulin release, opens new avenues for obesity treatment, emphasizing the importance of understanding genetic differences in
- [Routine lab monitoring for cefazolin, ceftriaxone in OPAT may be ‘excessive’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/routine-lab-monitoring-for-cefazolin-ceftriaxone-in-opat-may-be-excessive/) - December 07, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Startup Orchid launches test to identify genetic defects in IVF embryos](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/startup-orchid-launches-test-to-identify-genetic-defects-in-ivf-embryos/) - Noor Siddiqui, founder and CEO of Orchid, during the web summit for careers during Day 2 of the 2014 Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 5, 2014.Stephen McCarthy | Getty ImagesReproductive technology startup Orchid on Tuesday announced a comprehensive new genetic test that may help many prospective parents across the U.S. breathe a little easier. The
- [The complexity of managing long COVID](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-complexity-of-managing-long-covid/) - December 08, 2023 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Fauci, others explain why they chose ‘vast and inclusive’ field of ID](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fauci-others-explain-why-they-chose-vast-and-inclusive-field-of-id/) - December 09, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [AbbVie to acquire Cerevel Therapeutics for $8.7 billion](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/abbvie-to-acquire-cerevel-therapeutics-for-8-7-billion/) - AbbVie on Wednesday said it will acquire neuroscience drugmaker Cerevel Therapeutics for roughly $8.7 billion. Under the terms of the deal, AbbVie will pay $45 per share for Cerevel. AbbVie said it expects to complete the acquisition in the middle of 2024. Shares of Cerevel jumped 16% after the close Wednesday to nearly $43 per share, just
- [A guide to STI prophylaxis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-guide-to-sti-prophylaxis/) - December 08, 2023 5 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Journalists Delve Into Gun Violence, Medicaid's 'Unwinding,' Opioid Lawsuits, and More](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/journalists-delve-into-gun-violence-medicaids-unwinding-opioid-lawsuits-and-more/) - Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of all sizes and in communities large and small. We appreciate all forms of engagement from our readers and listeners, and
- [Party school ranking, campus Greek life increase meningococcal risk for college students](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/party-school-ranking-campus-greek-life-increase-meningococcal-risk-for-college-students/) - December 08, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [First CRISPR gene-editing treatment approved in U.S.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/first-crispr-gene-editing-treatment-approved-in-u-s/) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the country's first gene-editing treatment, Casgevy, for use in patients with sickle cell disease.The approval comes about a decade after the discovery of CRISPR technology for editing human DNA, representing a significant scientific advancement. Yet reaching the tens of thousands of people who could benefit from
- [Cases of S almonella linked to pre-cut cantaloupe have doubled, CDC says](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cases-of-s-almonella-linked-to-pre-cut-cantaloupe-have-doubled-cdc-says/) - December 08, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Does Increased Cardiorespiratory Fitness Decrease Alzheimer’s Risk? The Impact of Physical Fitness on Neurodegeneration](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/does-increased-cardiorespiratory-fitness-decrease-alzheimers-risk-the-impact-of-physical-fitness-on-neurodegeneration/) - Dementia is a worldwide public health concern. There are 35.6 million people worldwide with dementia; by 2030, estimates are that 75.6 million people worldwide will have dementia. Dementia prevalence doubles every 5 years after age 65, and by age 90, nearly 1 in 3 adults will meet the diagnostic criteria for dementia.1 Hallmarks of aging
- [Being Black and Pregnant in the Deep South Can Be a Dangerous Combination](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/being-black-and-pregnant-in-the-deep-south-can-be-a-dangerous-combination/) - Lauren Sausser O’laysha Davis was a few weeks shy of her due date when in mid-August she decided it was time to switch doctors. Davis had planned to give birth at a small community hospital about 20 minutes from her home in North Charleston, South Carolina. But that changed when her medical team started repeatedly
- [Hospital-associated infections declined in 2022, CDC finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hospital-associated-infections-declined-in-2022-cdc-finds/) - December 07, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-administration-asserts-power-to-seize-drug-patents/) - President Joe Biden speaks about protecting Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug costs, during a visit to OB Johnson Park and Community Center, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Nov. 1, 2022.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThe Biden administration on Thursday opened the door to seizing the patents of certain costly medications from drugmakers in a new
- [COVID-19 vaccination reduces risk for ED visit, hospitalization by 40% among children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-19-vaccination-reduces-risk-for-ed-visit-hospitalization-by-40-among-children/) - December 07, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Dodging the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Can Be Costly](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/dodging-the-medicare-enrollment-deadline-can-be-costly/) - Susan Jaffe Angela M. Du Bois, a retired software tester in Durham, North Carolina, wasn’t looking to replace her UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan. She wasn’t concerned as the Dec. 7 deadline approached for choosing another of the privately run health insurance alternatives to original Medicare. But then something caught her attention: When she went to
- [Encuesta revela que persiste la discriminación racial en la atención médica](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/encuesta-revela-que-persiste-la-discriminacion-racial-en-la-atencion-medica/) - Muchas personas de grupos raciales y étnicos minoritarios dicen que se preparan mentalmente para recibir insultos y ser prejuzgados antes de las citas médicas, según una nueva encuesta entre pacientes que reafirma la prevalencia de la discriminación racial en el sistema de salud de Estados Unidos. La encuesta de KFF, que se realizó con casi
- [The Safety of Keto Diets ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-safety-of-keto-diets/) - What are the effects of ketogenic diets on nutrient sufficiency, gut flora, and heart disease risk? Given the decades of experience using ketogenic diets to treat certain cases of pediatric epilepsy, a body of safety data has accumulated. Nutrient deficiencies would seem to be the obvious issue. Inadequate intake of 17 micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals
- [Programas ponen los medicamentos sin usar en manos de pacientes que los necesitan](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/programas-ponen-los-medicamentos-sin-usar-en-manos-de-pacientes-que-los-necesitan/) - En una reciente tarde de noviembre, Angie Phoenix esperaba, en una farmacia de la segunda ciudad más grande de Colorado, para recoger los medicamentos con los que trata su hipertensión y las convulsiones que sufre en uno de sus brazos. Pero esta compra era diferente de las que ocurren cada día en miles de farmacias
- [Colorado culpa a Biden y a farmacéuticas por retrasar importaciones de medicamentos de Canadá](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/colorado-culpa-a-biden-y-a-farmaceuticas-por-retrasar-importaciones-de-medicamentos-de-canada/) - Las autoridades de Colorado aseguran que su plan de importar medicamentos más baratos de Canadá se ha visto obstaculizado por la oposición de las farmacéuticas y la falta de acción por parte de la administración Biden, según un informe estatal obtenido por KFF Health News. El informe del 1 de diciembre, preparado para la legislatura
- [New NIH director will prioritize equitable health care delivery](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-nih-director-will-prioritize-equitable-health-care-delivery/) - December 07, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Candidates Clashed But Avoided Talk of Abortion at 4th GOP Primary Debate](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/candidates-clashed-but-avoided-talk-of-abortion-at-4th-gop-primary-debate/) - Raised voices and sharp words marked Wednesday night’s fourth Republican presidential primary debate as four candidates argued about everything from their own electability to the continued front-runner status of former President Donald Trump. Abortion was never mentioned. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former New Jersey Gov.
- [U.S. poised to approve breakthrough treatment](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/u-s-poised-to-approve-breakthrough-treatment/) - At age 19, Joe Tsogbe underwent his first hip replacement. In his 20s, he averaged about nine hospitalizations a year. By his 30s, that rose to more than a dozen. All the result of sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder where a genetic mutation causes normally full-moon shaped red blood cells to form into half
- [Colorado Blames Biden Team and Drugmakers for Delaying Canadian Imports](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/colorado-blames-biden-team-and-drugmakers-for-delaying-canadian-imports/) - Colorado officials say their plan to import cheaper medicines from Canada has been stymied by opposition from drugmakers and inaction by the Biden administration, according to a state report obtained by KFF Health News. The Dec. 1 report, prepared for the state legislature by Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy & Financing, says that state
- [Food Sovereignty Movement Sprouts as Bison Return to Indigenous Communities](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/food-sovereignty-movement-sprouts-as-bison-return-to-indigenous-communities/) - BOZEMAN, Mont. — Behind American Indian Hall on the Montana State University campus, ancient life is growing. Six-foot-tall corn plants tower over large green squash and black-and-yellow sunflowers. Around the perimeter, stalks of sweetgrass grow. The seeds for some of these plants grew for millennia in Native Americans’ gardens along the upper Missouri River. It’s
- [Social Security Clawbacks Hit a Million More People Than Agency Chief Told Congress](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/social-security-clawbacks-hit-a-million-more-people-than-agency-chief-told-congress/) - The Social Security Administration has demanded money back from more than 2 million people a year — more than twice as many people as the head of the agency disclosed at an October congressional hearing. That’s according to a document KFF Health News and Cox Media Group obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
- [Bluetooth system an effective tool for health care worker COVID-19 contact tracing](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/bluetooth-system-an-effective-tool-for-health-care-worker-covid-19-contact-tracing/) - December 06, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Eli Lilly weight loss drug Zepbound available at U.S. pharmacies](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/eli-lilly-weight-loss-drug-zepbound-available-at-u-s-pharmacies/) - The FDA approves Eli Lilly's Zepbound, a weight loss drug similar to Ozempic and Wegovy.Courtesy: Eli LillyEli Lilly on Tuesday said its recently approved weight loss treatment Zepbound is now available at pharmacies across the U.S., serving as an alternative to rival obesity drugs such as Wegovy that are facing supply issues. Zepbound is the latest
- [Watch: The Long-Term Care Crisis: Why Few Can Afford to Grow Old in America](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/watch-the-long-term-care-crisis-why-few-can-afford-to-grow-old-in-america/) - By Jordan Rau December 6, 2023 Article HTML Jordan Rau, KFF Health News For many in America, especially people in the middle class, old age is a daily struggle to keep up with basic activities. For some, the trials of dementia add to the emotional and financial burden for loved ones and caregivers. Long-term care
- [These Programs Put Unused Prescription Drugs in the Hands of Patients in Need](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/these-programs-put-unused-prescription-drugs-in-the-hands-of-patients-in-need/) - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — On a recent November evening, Angie Phoenix waited at a pharmacy here in Colorado’s second-largest city to pick up prescription drugs to treat her high blood pressure and arm seizures. But this transaction was different from typical exchanges that occur every day at thousands of pharmacies across the United States. The
- [Grassroots College Networks Distribute Emergency Contraceptives on Campus](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/grassroots-college-networks-distribute-emergency-contraceptives-on-campus/) - Limya Harvey and Cydney Mumford set up a folding table a few times a month on the University of Texas-San Antonio campus to give away kits containing emergency contraceptives, condoms, and lube, or menstrual products like tampons and pads. They typically bring 50 of each type of kit, and after just an hour or two
- [Prosthetic joint infection therapy gets breakthrough designation from FDA](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prosthetic-joint-infection-therapy-gets-breakthrough-designation-from-fda/) - December 05, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Biden Wants States to Ensure Obamacare Plans Cover Enough Doctors and Hospitals](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-wants-states-to-ensure-obamacare-plans-cover-enough-doctors-and-hospitals/) - The Biden administration plans to push states to boost oversight of the number of doctors, hospitals, and other health providers insurers cover in Obamacare plans, under rules proposed in November. The annual regulatory proposal, known as the payment parameters rule, also seeks to expand access to adult dental coverage in Affordable Care Act marketplaces and
- [Readers Slam Hospital Monopolies and Blame the Feds for Understaffed Nursing Homes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/readers-slam-hospital-monopolies-and-blame-the-feds-for-understaffed-nursing-homes/) - Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Why Hospital Monopolies Are a Bad Idea I recently read the article about Ballad Health by Brett Kelman and Samantha Liss regarding the Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System
- [Antiviral use remains low in children with flu](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/antiviral-use-remains-low-in-children-with-flu/) - December 05, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [CVS to change how it prices prescription drugs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cvs-to-change-how-it-prices-prescription-drugs/) - A person walks by a CVS pharmacy store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021.Andrew Kelly | ReutersCVS Health on Tuesday said it will revamp how it prices prescription drugs and scrap a complex model that typically sets how much pharmacies get reimbursed and what patients pay for those medications.The new effort makes CVS
- [Watch and Listen: Opioid Settlement Case Triggers Protests Outside the High Court](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/watch-and-listen-opioid-settlement-case-triggers-protests-outside-the-high-court/) - By Aneri Pattani December 5, 2023 Article HTML Aneri Pattani The Supreme Court heard a case this week about who could claim bankruptcy protection from civil lawsuits. The case stems from the opioid epidemic and lawsuits brought by state and local governments against the companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers — in this
- [Vaginal ring for HIV prevention authorized in 11 African countries](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/vaginal-ring-for-hiv-prevention-authorized-in-11-african-countries/) - December 04, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Can You Sustain Weight Loss on Ketosis? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/can-you-sustain-weight-loss-on-ketosis/) - Might the appetite-suppressing effects of ketosis improve dietary compliance? The new data are said to debunk “some, if not all, of the popular claims made for extreme carbohydrate restriction,” but what about ketones suppressing hunger? In a tightly controlled metabolic ward study where the ketogenic diet made things worse, everyone ate the same number of
- [Colorado Says Drug Industry Blocked Its Canada Dreams – And Biden Hasn’t Helped](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/colorado-says-drug-industry-blocked-its-canada-dreams-and-biden-hasnt-helped/) - Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Colorado’s leaders had grand plans to import cheaper medicines from Canada, after the Trump administration issued rules in 2020 allowing states to try it. But officials in Denver say they’ve been stymied by opposition from drugmakers — as well as the Biden administration’s inaction on the policy. That’s according to
- [Patients Expected Profemur Artificial Hips to Last. Then They Snapped in Half.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/patients-expected-profemur-artificial-hips-to-last-then-they-snapped-in-half/) - Bradley Little, a physical education teacher in Arizona, was leading his class through a school hallway in 2017 when he collapsed. Little feared he was having a stroke. Or, in a sign of the times, that he’d been shot. He tried to stand, but his leg wouldn’t move. A student ran for help. Firefighters arrived
- [California’s Ambitious Medicaid Experiment Gets Tripped Up in Implementation](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/californias-ambitious-medicaid-experiment-gets-tripped-up-in-implementation/) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly two years into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $12 billion experiment to transform California’s Medicaid program into a social services provider for the state’s most vulnerable residents, the institutions tasked with providing the new services aren’t effectively doing so, according to a survey released Tuesday. As part of the ambitious five-year initiative, called
- [Many People of Color Worry Good Health Care Is Tied to Their Appearance](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/many-people-of-color-worry-good-health-care-is-tied-to-their-appearance/) - Many people from racial and ethnic minority groups brace themselves for insults and judgments before medical appointments, according to a new survey of patients that reaffirms the prevalence of racial discrimination in the U.S. health system. The KFF survey of nearly 6,300 patients who have had care in the past three years found that about
- [Free ChatGPT may incorrectly answer drug questions, study says](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/free-chatgpt-may-incorrectly-answer-drug-questions-study-says/) - Harun Ozalp | Anadolu | Getty ImagesThe free version of ChatGPT may provide inaccurate or incomplete responses — or no answer at all — to questions related to medications, which could potentially endanger patients who use OpenAI's viral chatbot, a new study released Tuesday suggests.Pharmacists at Long Island University who posed 39 questions to the
- [Booster COVID-19 vaccine dose protects against breakthrough infection in vasculitis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/booster-covid-19-vaccine-dose-protects-against-breakthrough-infection-in-vasculitis/) - December 05, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Primary care intervention reduced asthma-related ED visits by 33%](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/primary-care-intervention-reduced-asthma-related-ed-visits-by-33/) - December 04, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Roche enters obesity market with Carmot takeover](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/roche-enters-obesity-market-with-carmot-takeover/) - BRAZIL - 2021/11/26: In this photo illustration a F. HoffmannLa Roche AG logo is seen on a screen and a hand holding a pill. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSwiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche is set to acquire anti-obesity drug developer Carmot Therapeutics, becoming the latest company
- [Black children with eczema less likely to undergo testing to confirm food allergy](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/black-children-with-eczema-less-likely-to-undergo-testing-to-confirm-food-allergy/) - December 04, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [What to Know About Home Care Services](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-to-know-about-home-care-services/) - Most older Americans want to live at home as long as they can, but finding and affording the help they need often isn’t easy. There are severe shortages of home health aides in many parts of the country. Hiring them is costly. And most middle-class people will have to pay for home care themselves if
- [Doctors on (Video) Call: Rural Medics Get Long-Distance Help in Treating Man Gored by Bison](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/doctors-on-video-call-rural-medics-get-long-distance-help-in-treating-man-gored-by-bison/) - GANN VALLEY, S.D. — Rural medics who rescued rancher Jim Lutter after he was gored by a bison didn’t have much experience handling such severe wounds. But the medics did have a doctor looking over their shoulders inside the ambulance as they rushed Lutter to a hospital. The emergency medicine physician sat 140 miles away
- [Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/desperate-families-search-for-affordable-home-care/) - It’s a good day when Frank Lee, a retired chef, can slip out to the hardware store, fairly confident that his wife, Robin, is in the hands of reliable help. He spends nearly every hour of every day anxiously overseeing her care at their home on the Isle of Palms, a barrier island near Charleston,
- [Biotech stocks jump on AbbVie deal to buy cancer drugmaker ImmunoGen](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biotech-stocks-jump-on-abbvie-deal-to-buy-cancer-drugmaker-immunogen/) - Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed AbbVie logo in this illustration taken on May 21, 2021.Dado Ruvic | ReutersBiotech stocks rose Thursday as AbbVie announced plans to buy cancer drug developer ImmunoGen for $10.1 billion. Shares of ImmunoGen closed nearly 83% higher Thursday, while AbbVie's stock closed almost 3% higher. ImmunoGen develops cancer
- [HCPs welcome approval of updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hcps-welcome-approval-of-updated-novavax-covid-19-vaccine/) - November 30, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Nearly half of ID fellowship programs go unfilled as shortage persists](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nearly-half-of-id-fellowship-programs-go-unfilled-as-shortage-persists/) - November 30, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Why Pfizer's stumble in the obesity market is a boon for Eli Lilly](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-pfizers-stumble-in-the-obesity-market-is-a-boon-for-eli-lilly/) - Pfizer (PFE) has suffered another setback in its efforts to develop a weight-loss pill — and that's good news for Club holding Eli Lilly (LLY) as it looks to maintain an edge in the fast-growing obesity-treatment market. Pfizer said Friday it will discontinue its twice-daily weight-loss pill, danuglipron, after patients in a mid-stage trial experienced
- [CDC warns against eating pre-cut cantaloupe amid growing Salmonella outbreak](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cdc-warns-against-eating-pre-cut-cantaloupe-amid-growing-salmonella-outbreak/) - December 01, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Global malaria cases surpass pre-COVID levels](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/global-malaria-cases-surpass-pre-covid-levels/) - December 02, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Pfizer weight loss pill joins list of obesity drug flops](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pfizer-weight-loss-pill-joins-list-of-obesity-drug-flops/) - Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesPfizer's twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill has now joined a long list of other scrapped drugs that aimed to treat obesity but came with unintended consequences. The drugmaker on Friday said it will stop developing the twice-daily treatment, danuglipron, after obese patients taking the drug lost significant
- [RSV, flu vaccine coadministration safe for older adults, study shows](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/rsv-flu-vaccine-coadministration-safe-for-older-adults-study-shows/) - December 01, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Study finds COVID-19 caused surge in premature births](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/study-finds-covid-19-caused-surge-in-premature-births/) - December 01, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Pfizer to discontinue twice-daily version of weight loss pill](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pfizer-to-discontinue-twice-daily-version-of-weight-loss-pill/) - Pfizer on Friday said it would stop developing the twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill after obese patients taking the drug lost significant weight but had trouble tolerating the drug in a mid-stage clinical study. The drugmaker observed high rates of adverse side effects, which were mostly mild and gastrointestinal, among patients. A significant
- [Biden’s Got a New Set of Orders for Obamacare. Is It His Last?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/bidens-got-a-new-set-of-orders-for-obamacare-is-it-his-last/) - The Biden administration has issued its latest official wish list for Obamacare insurance plans, potentially one of the last major Affordable Care Act health policy efforts in the president’s first term. Changes on tap for 2025? For one, the administration wants states that run their own ACA marketplaces to crack down on what’s called “network
- [Antibiotic stewardship bundle reduces prescribing without increasing health care contacts](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/antibiotic-stewardship-bundle-reduces-prescribing-without-increasing-health-care-contacts/) - November 30, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Explosive DeSantis-Newsom Debate Reflects Nation’s Culture Wars](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/explosive-desantis-newsom-debate-reflects-nations-culture-wars/) - Fox News officially titled it “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate.” But the faceoff quickly turned into a full-out political brawl between Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor who isn’t running for president; and Ron DeSantis, the Florida Republican governor who is, and is not gaining ground against former President Donald Trump in voter polls.
- [Insomnia and Neurologic Disorders: Exploring the Bidirectional Relationship](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/insomnia-and-neurologic-disorders-exploring-the-bidirectional-relationship/) - Disordered sleep is known to increase the risk for neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD). Similarly, patients with neurologic disorders commonly report sleep disorders, including excessive daytime sleepiness and insomnia, suggesting a bidirectional relationship between sleep and brain health.1 Although researchers have identified a strong association between sleep disorders, specifically
- [‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Freshwater Fish, Yet Most States Don’t Warn Residents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/forever-chemicals-found-in-freshwater-fish-yet-most-states-dont-warn-residents/) - Bill Eisenman has always fished. “Growing up, we ate whatever we caught — catfish, carp, freshwater drum,” he said. “That was the only real source of fish in our diet as a family, and we ate a lot of it.” Today, a branch of the Rouge River runs through Eisenman’s property in a suburb north
- [Young children have highest mortality rate among people treated for HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/young-children-have-highest-mortality-rate-among-people-treated-for-hiv/) - November 30, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Novo Nordisk sues pharmacies over impure Wegovy, Ozempic dupes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/novo-nordisk-sues-pharmacies-over-impure-wegovy-ozempic-dupes/) - A 0.25 mg injection pen of Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Wegovy is shown in this photo in Oslo, Norway, on Aug. 31, 2023.Victoria Klesty | ReutersNovo Nordisk on Thursday said it sued two compounding pharmacies in Florida for allegedly selling impure and "potentially unsafe" drugs claiming to contain semaglutide, the active ingredient in the
- [Prenatal vaccination protects infants from COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prenatal-vaccination-protects-infants-from-covid-19/) - November 30, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [El daño colateral de la crisis de Medicaid: miles están perdiendo beneficios de alimentos](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/el-dano-colateral-de-la-crisis-de-medicaid-miles-estan-perdiendo-beneficios-de-alimentos/) - Una hora antes del amanecer, Shelly Brost caminó una milla bajo la lluvia helada hasta la oficina de asistencia pública de Missoula, en Montana. Se le estaba acabando el tiempo para demostrar que aún calificaba para recibir ayuda para comprar alimentos, después de intentar en vano comunicarse por teléfono. En dos ocasiones, intentó usar la
- [Adultos mayores, detectives contra avisos engañosos de Medicare Advantage](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/adultos-mayores-detectives-contra-avisos-enganosos-de-medicare-advantage/) - Después de una ofensiva sin precedentes contra las publicidades engañosas de las aseguradoras que venden planes privados de Medicare Advantage y de medicamentos, la administración Biden espera utilizar un arma especial para asegurarse que las empresas sigan las nuevas reglas: esa arma eres tú. Funcionarios de los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS)
- [In Congress, Calls Mount for Social Security to Address Clawbacks](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-congress-calls-mount-for-social-security-to-address-clawbacks/) - An investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group gained further traction on Capitol Hill this week as additional members of Congress formally demanded answers from the Social Security Administration about billions of dollars it mistakenly paid to beneficiaries — and then ordered they repay. Two members of a Senate panel that oversees Social Security
- [Can You Lose Weight on a Keto Diet? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/can-you-lose-weight-on-a-keto-diet/) - Let’s dive into ketogenic diets and their $33-billion gimmick. The carbohydrate–insulin model of obesity, the underlying theory that ketogenic diets have some sort of metabolic advantage, has been experimentally falsified. Keto diet proponents’ own studies showed the exact opposite: Ketogenic diets actually put you at a metabolic disadvantage and slow the loss of body fat.
- [Desantis, Newsom to Tangle Over Hot-Button Health Issues](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/desantis-newsom-to-tangle-over-hot-button-health-issues/) - Angela Hart and Daniel Chang Florida’s Republican presidential hopeful, Ron DeSantis,and Democratic firebrand Gavin Newsom of California square off today in a contest of governors that can best be described as the debate to determine ¿quién es más macho? — who is more manly — about protecting your freedoms. Both men have led their respective
- [Uncle Sam Wants You ... to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/uncle-sam-wants-you-to-help-stop-insurers-bogus-medicare-advantage-sales-tactics/) - Susan Jaffe After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare Advantage and drug plans, the Biden administration hopes to unleash a special weapon to make sure companies follow the new rules: you. Officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are encouraging seniors and other members of the public
- [FTC Chief Gears Up for a Showdown With Private Equity](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ftc-chief-gears-up-for-a-showdown-with-private-equity/) - A recent Federal Trade Commission civil lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest anesthesiology groups of monopolistic practices that sharply drove up prices is a warning to private equity investors that could temper their big push to snap up physician groups. Over the past three years, FTC and Department of Justice officials have signaled they
- [Moxidectin noninferior to ivermectin for strongyloidiasis treatment](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/moxidectin-noninferior-to-ivermectin-for-strongyloidiasis-treatment/) - November 29, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Medicare Advantage Increasingly Popular With Seniors — But Not Hospitals and Doctors](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicare-advantage-increasingly-popular-with-seniors-but-not-hospitals-and-doctors/) - A hospital system in Georgia. Two medical groups in San Diego. Another in Louisville, Kentucky, and nearly one-third of Nebraska hospitals. Across the country, health care providers are refusing to accept some Medicare Advantage plans — even as the coverage offered by commercial insurers increasingly displaces the traditional government program for seniors and people with
- [Language barrier increases health care use in children with asthma](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/language-barrier-increases-health-care-use-in-children-with-asthma/) - November 29, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Cigna, Humana shares fall after report health-care giants could merge](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cigna-humana-shares-fall-after-report-health-care-giants-could-merge/) - The Cigna Group headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut, on Oct. 27, 2023.BlooJoe Buglewicz | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Cigna and Humana slid Wednesday after a report that the two health-care giants are in talks to merge.A Cigna spokesperson did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on the report from The Wall Street Journal,
- [Hospitals and Doctors Are Fed up With Medicare Advantage](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hospitals-and-doctors-are-fed-up-with-medicare-advantage/) - Medicare Advantage plans are pretty popular with both lawmakers and ordinary Americans — they now enroll about 31 million people, representing just over half of everyone in Medicare, by KFF’s count. But among doctors and hospitals, it’s a different story. Across the country, provider grumbling about claim denials and onerous preapproval requirements by Advantage plans
- [‘Forever Chemicals’ in Thousands of Private Wells Near Military Sites, Study Finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/forever-chemicals-in-thousands-of-private-wells-near-military-sites-study-finds/) - Water tests show nearly 3,000 private wells located near 63 active and former U.S. military bases are contaminated with “forever chemicals” at levels higher than what federal regulators consider safe for drinking. According to the Environmental Working Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that analyzed Department of Defense testing data, 2,805 wells spread across 29 states
- [GOP Presidential Hopefuls Use Trump’s Covid Record to Court Vaccine Skeptics](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/gop-presidential-hopefuls-use-trumps-covid-record-to-court-vaccine-skeptics/) - Former President Donald Trump often seems proud to advertise his administration’s record on speedily developing covid-19 vaccines. On the campaign trail to win another term in the White House, though, he also has knocked the use of those very vaccines. In October, for example, he unleashed a barrage of social media attacks on Ron DeSantis’
- [Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Makes Other Public Assistance Harder to Get](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicaid-unwinding-makes-other-public-assistance-harder-to-get/) - MISSOULA, Mont. — An hour before sunrise, Shelly Brost walked a mile in freezing rain to the public assistance office. She was running out of time to prove she still qualified for food aid after being stymied by a backlogged state call center. Twice, she’d tried to use Montana’s public assistance help line to complete
- [Hooked on ID with Mary Foote, MD, MPH](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hooked-on-id-with-mary-foote-md-mph/) - November 28, 2023 3 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Mycobacterial infections rare among people with diabetic foot infections](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mycobacterial-infections-rare-among-people-with-diabetic-foot-infections/) - November 28, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Medicaid’s ‘Unwinding’ Can Be Especially Perilous for Disabled People](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/medicaids-unwinding-can-be-especially-perilous-for-disabled-people/) - Earlier this year, Beverly Likens thought she’d done everything she needed to do to keep her Medicaid. Then came an unwelcome surprise: Ahead of surgery to treat chronic bleeding, the hospital said her insurance was inactive, jeopardizing her procedure. Likens had just been diagnosed with severe anemia and given a blood transfusion at the emergency room. “I
- [Children with MIS-C warrant cardiology follow-up, study findings suggest](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/children-with-mis-c-warrant-cardiology-follow-up-study-findings-suggest/) - November 27, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Testing the Keto Diet Theory ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/testing-the-keto-diet-theory/) - Do low-carb and ketogenic diets have a metabolic advantage for weight loss? When you don’t eat enough carbohydrates, you force your body to burn more fat. “However, this rise in fat oxidation [burning] is often misconstrued as a greater rate of net FM [fat-mass] reduction” in the body, ignoring the fact that, on a ketogenic
- [‘Everybody in This Community Has a Gun’: How Oakland Lost Its Grip on Gun Violence](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/everybody-in-this-community-has-a-gun-how-oakland-lost-its-grip-on-gun-violence/) - OAKLAND, Calif. — The red-tipped bullet pierces skin and melts into it, Javier Velasquez Lopez explains. The green-tipped bullet penetrates armored vests. And the hollow-tipped bullet expands as it tears through bodies. At 19, Velasquez Lopez knows a lot about ammunition because many of his friends own guns, he said. They carry to defend themselves
- [She Once Advised the President on Aging Issues. Now, She’s Battling Serious Disability and Depression.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/she-once-advised-the-president-on-aging-issues-now-shes-battling-serious-disability-and-depression/) - The GoFundMe request jumped out at me as I was scrolling through posts on LinkedIn. Nora Super, executive director of the 2015 White House Conference on Aging and former director of the Milken Institute’s Center for the Future of Aging, was seeking contributions after suffering a severe spinal cord injury. “Right now, I have no
- [Back Pain? Bum Knee? Be Prepared to Wait for a Physical Therapist](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/back-pain-bum-knee-be-prepared-to-wait-for-a-physical-therapist/) - Mark Kreidler At no point along his three-year path to earning a degree in physical therapy has Matthew Lee worried about getting a job. Being able to make a living off that degree? That’s a different question — and the answer is affecting the supply of physical therapists across the nation: The cost of getting
- [Jim Cramer knocks down a new analyst sell rating on a medtech stock as shortsighted](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/jim-cramer-knocks-down-a-new-analyst-sell-rating-on-a-medtech-stock-as-shortsighted/) - Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here's a recap of Monday's key moments. 1. Wall Street was mixed Monday after the Dow , the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq finished higher for the fourth straight week. With the last trading day
- [Chlorine no more effective than water at killing C. diff icile , study finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/chlorine-no-more-effective-than-water-at-killing-c-diff-icile-study-finds/) - November 27, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [When to consider a babesiosis diagnosis in children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/when-to-consider-a-babesiosis-diagnosis-in-children/) - November 27, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [La atención de salud, en el centro del debate entre DeSantis y Newsom](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/la-atencion-de-salud-en-el-centro-del-debate-entre-desantis-y-newsom/) - Daniel Chang and Angela Hart Florida Gobernador Ron DeSantisEdad: 45Población de Florida: 22.2 million California Gobernador Gavin NewsomEdad: 56Población de California: 39 million El candidato presidencial republicano Ron DeSantis y el gobernador demócrata Gavin Newsom —rivales políticos y representantes de la América roja y azul— se enfrentarán en un debate sin precedentes el 30 de
- [Mounjaro superior to Ozempic for weight loss, study says](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mounjaro-superior-to-ozempic-for-weight-loss-study-says/) - The blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro is more effective for weight loss than another highly popular treatment, Ozempic, in overweight or obese adults, according to a large analysis of real-world data published Monday.Patients taking Eli Lilly's Mounjaro were significantly more likely to lose 5%, 10% and 15% of their body weight overall and saw larger reductions
- [Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/health-care-is-front-and-center-as-desantis-and-newsom-go-mano-a-mano/) - Daniel Chang and Angela Hart Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisAge: 45Florida population: 22.2 million California Gov. Gavin NewsomAge: 56California population: 39 million Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — political rivals from opposite coasts and proxies for red and blue America — are set to square off for a first-of-its-kind debate Nov.
- [Progressive and Anti-Abortion? New Group Plays Fast and Loose to Make Points](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/progressive-and-anti-abortion-new-group-plays-fast-and-loose-to-make-points/) - This summer pedestrians, drivers, and passengers in Washington, D.C., saw a new type of graffiti among the usual urban scrawls: anti-abortion advocacy designed to troll this ultra-blue city. On sidewalks, on bridge overpasses, and near Metro stations some people had stenciled or spray-painted missives like “Be Gay: Ban Abortion” and, in stylized lettering, “Abortion Is
- [How the Thyroid Gland Mystifies Doctors and Patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-the-thyroid-gland-mystifies-doctors-and-patients/) - By Oona Tempest and Andy Miller November 27, 2023 Article HTML Oona Tempest and Andy Miller About 25 years ago, Andy Miller learned he had hypothyroidism, a condition that afflicts millions of other Americans. Curious about how this condition was affecting others, the KFF Health News journalist interviewed endocrinologists who treat hypothyroidism and several patients
- [Many Autoimmune Disease Patients Struggle With Diagnosis, Costs, Inattentive Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/many-autoimmune-disease-patients-struggle-with-diagnosis-costs-inattentive-care/) - After years of debilitating bouts of fatigue, Beth VanOrden finally thought she had an answer to her problems in 2016 when she was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disorder. For her and millions of other Americans, that’s the most common cause of hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland in the
- [Why the American Red Cross makes money from donated blood](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-the-american-red-cross-makes-money-from-donated-blood/) - The American Red Cross has long been recognized as the universal symbol of humanitarian services —and it's an expensive operation. In 2022, the American Red Cross generated more than $3.2 billion in operating revenue and spent just over $3 billion in expenses the same year, according to its financial statements.Contributions only make up about a
- [Sleep disorders associated with frailty among middle-aged, older people with HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/sleep-disorders-associated-with-frailty-among-middle-aged-older-people-with-hiv/) - November 20, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Pediatricians a source of medical info for families traveling abroad](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pediatricians-a-source-of-medical-info-for-families-traveling-abroad/) - November 20, 2023 1 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Hyperbaric oxygen therapy led to ‘significant cognitive improvement’ in long COVID](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-led-to-significant-cognitive-improvement-in-long-covid/) - November 21, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [A brief history of vaccines — and a warning — from Sarah S. Long, MD](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-brief-history-of-vaccines-and-a-warning-from-sarah-s-long-md/) - November 21, 2023 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [China says no new pathogens detected amid surge in respiratory illnesses](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/china-says-no-new-pathogens-detected-amid-surge-in-respiratory-illnesses/) - Crowd gathers during China's Lunar New Year celebrations.Nurphoto | Getty ImagesChinese authorities reportedly called for vigilance Friday as a spike in respiratory illness continues to pile pressure on health care facilities in the north of the country, despite assurances that no "unusual or novel pathogens" have been detected.The World Health Organization said Thursday that Beijing
- [Neck injection may help patients regain smell after COVID-19](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/neck-injection-may-help-patients-regain-smell-after-covid-19/) - November 21, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Backlash to Affirmative Action Hits Pioneering Maternal Health Program for Black Women](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/backlash-to-affirmative-action-hits-pioneering-maternal-health-program-for-black-women/) - For Briana Jones, a young Black mother in San Francisco, a city program called the Abundant Birth Project has been a godsend. Designed to counter the “obstetric racism” that researchers say leads a disproportionate number of African American mothers to die from childbirth, the project has provided 150 pregnant Black and Pacific Islander San Franciscans
- [What Would a DeSantis Presidency Look Like for Health Care?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-would-a-desantis-presidency-look-like-for-health-care/) - On the presidential campaign trail, Republican Ron DeSantis touts himself as a champion of medical freedom, outlawing vaccine mandates and protecting doctors who refuse to provide certain medical treatments on moral grounds. His record as Florida’s governor suggests a presidency that would prioritize individual freedom over public health, but his push for such freedoms ends
- [Levofloxacin reduces risk for multidrug-resistant TB in children, adults](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/levofloxacin-reduces-risk-for-multidrug-resistant-tb-in-children-adults/) - November 21, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [When to suspect a primary immune system issue in children](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/when-to-suspect-a-primary-immune-system-issue-in-children/) - November 21, 2023 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Keto Diet to Effectively Fight Cancer? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/keto-diet-to-effectively-fight-cancer/) - What does the science say about the clinical use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy and cancer? Blood sugar, also known as blood glucose, is the universal go-to fuel for the cells throughout our bodies. Our brain burns through a quarter pound of sugar a day because “glucose is the preferred metabolic fuel.” We can break
- [MRIs reveal brain microstructure changes in people with long COVID](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/mris-reveal-brain-microstructure-changes-in-people-with-long-covid/) - November 22, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [More than two-thirds of people diagnosed with mpox had prior STIs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/more-than-two-thirds-of-people-diagnosed-with-mpox-had-prior-stis/) - November 22, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [1 in 3 People Dropped by Utah Medicaid Left Uninsured, a ‘Concerning’ Sign for Nation](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/1-in-3-people-dropped-by-utah-medicaid-left-uninsured-a-concerning-sign-for-nation/) - About 30% of Utah residents who were cut from Medicaid this year say they became uninsured, according to state officials who conducted a first-of-its-kind survey of people disenrolled from the program. Utah has dropped more than 130,000 out of about 500,000 Medicaid beneficiaries since April, after the federal government lifted a pandemic-era requirement that states
- [A Wishlist From Patients With Atrial Fibrillation](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-wishlist-from-patients-with-atrial-fibrillation/) - Globally, atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia,1 with a prevalence rate as high as 3% in Western populations in patients aged older than 20 years. In addition to its symptom burden, it further carries risk for peripheral embolism, stroke (unfortunately sometimes the first symptom), heart failure, and death.2 Some risk factors for
- [People with HIV have increased risk for developing some mental health disorders](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/people-with-hiv-have-increased-risk-for-developing-some-mental-health-disorders/) - November 22, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Watch: A Nation in Transition](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/watch-a-nation-in-transition/) - Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of all sizes and in communities large and small. We appreciate all forms of engagement from our readers and listeners, and
- [Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-long-term-care-insurance-falls-short-for-so-many/) - For 35 years, Angela Jemmott and her five brothers paid premiums on a long-term care insurance policy for their 91-year-old mother. But the policy does not cover home health aides whose assistance allows her to stay in her Sacramento, California, bungalow, near the friends and neighbors she loves. Her family pays $4,000 a month for
- [From Hospital to Hospitality: Spin Doctors Brand Getting Sick as an Adventure. It's Not.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/from-hospital-to-hospitality-spin-doctors-brand-getting-sick-as-an-adventure-its-not/) - The last time I stepped on a plane for vacation, for fun, was more than three years ago. I haven’t been able to visit California, whose coast I adore. Nor Rome, where my husband and I lived for some time. And yet, I’m told, I’ve been on a journey. Two journeys, actually: First, a “traumatic
- [Anti-Abortion Groups Shrug Off Election Losses, Look to Courts, Statehouses for Path Forward](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/anti-abortion-groups-shrug-off-election-losses-look-to-courts-statehouses-for-path-forward/) - Anti-abortion groups are firing off a warning shot for 2024: We’re not going anywhere. Their leaders say they’re undeterred by recent election setbacks and plan to plow ahead on what they’ve done for years, including working through state legislatures, federal agencies, and federal courts to outlaw abortion. And at least one prominent anti-abortion group is
- [A Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-guide-to-long-term-care-insurance/) - If you’re wealthy, you’ll be able to afford help in your home or care in an assisted living facility or a nursing home. If you’re poor, you can turn to Medicaid for nursing homes or aides at home. But if you’re middle-class, you’ll have a thorny decision to make: whether to buy long-term care insurance.
- [A review of COVID-19, flu and RSV for general pediatricians](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-review-of-covid-19-flu-and-rsv-for-general-pediatricians/) - November 22, 2023 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Outcomes similar in people with gram-negative bacteremia despite antibiotic duration](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/outcomes-similar-in-people-with-gram-negative-bacteremia-despite-antibiotic-duration/) - November 21, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Nikki Haley (And Her Opponents) Struggle With a Vaccine Message](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/nikki-haley-and-her-opponents-struggle-with-a-vaccine-message/) - Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley portrays herself as a voice of reason in the Republican Party. “Let’s find consensus,” she said about abortion during the first GOP primary debate. “Let’s treat this like a respectful issue.” It’s talk like that — and strong polling in a hypothetical matchup against President Biden — that has
- [Explore Native American Cuisine with Chef Lois Ellen Frank](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/explore-native-american-cuisine-with-chef-lois-ellen-frank/) - Meet Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. We had the pleasure of talking with her about food history, health, and culture. Read on and enjoy her recipe for Three Sisters Stew. Tell us a little about your work. Chef Walter Whitewater and I are based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at Red Mesa Cuisine, a catering company specializing in the
- [Out for Blood? For Routine Lab Work, the Hospital Billed Her $2,400](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/out-for-blood-for-routine-lab-work-the-hospital-billed-her-2400/) - Reesha Ahmed was on cloud nine. It was January and Ahmed was at an OB-GYN’s office near her home in Venus, Texas, for her first prenatal checkup. After an ultrasound, getting anti-nausea medication, and discussing her pregnancy care plan, she said, a nurse made a convenient suggestion: Head to the lab just down the hall
- [Lost in the Mix of Medicaid ‘Unwinding’: Kentucky Cut Off Her Health Care Over a Clerical Error](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/lost-in-the-mix-of-medicaid-unwinding-kentucky-cut-off-her-health-care-over-a-clerical-error/) - Rachana Pradhan The day her Medicaid coverage ended, Beverly Likens was in the hospital after a scary trip to the emergency room. The Kentucky resident was diagnosed with severe anemia and given a blood transfusion after her hemoglobin levels had plummeted. Likens, 48 at the time, was days from having surgery to treat chronic uterine
- [Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose reduces severe infection risk by 65% in patients with SARDs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fourth-covid-19-vaccine-dose-reduces-severe-infection-risk-by-65-in-patients-with-sards/) - November 21, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Evolving Overdose Crisis Shakes Previously Effective Treatments](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/evolving-overdose-crisis-shakes-previously-effective-treatments/) - BURLINGTON, Vt. — “You can’t inject a horse tranquilizer and think nothing bad is gonna happen” to you, said Ty Sears, 33, a longtime drug user now in recovery. Sears was referring to xylazine, a sedative used for animal surgeries that has infiltrated the illicit drug supply across the country, contributing to a steady climb
- [Free at home Covid tests available starting Monday](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/free-at-home-covid-tests-available-starting-monday/) - COVID-19 home test kits are pictured in a store window during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 19, 2022.Carlo Allegri | ReutersThe Biden administration on Monday said it is offering another round of free at-home Covid tests to U.S. households ahead of the holiday
- [Navigating drug shortages in pediatric ID](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/navigating-drug-shortages-in-pediatric-id/) - November 20, 2023 1 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [US offering more free COVID-19 tests ahead of holiday season](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/us-offering-more-free-covid-19-tests-ahead-of-holiday-season/) - November 20, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Biden Administration Nibbles at the Maternal Health Crisis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-administration-nibbles-at-the-maternal-health-crisis/) - Choosing where to give birth typically comes down to what hospital is most convenient to your home, where your obstetrician practices and your insurance company’s provider network. Now, the Biden administration has given expectant parents another factor to consider: whether their hospital has won the government’s new “birthing friendly” designation. But don’t worry — a
- [What to Know About Assisted Living](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-to-know-about-assisted-living/) - Are you confused about what an assisted living facility is, and how it differs from a nursing home? And what you can expect to pay? Here’s a guide to this type of housing for older people. What is assisted living? Assisted living facilities occupy the middle ground of housing for people who can no longer
- [A hotter world makes it harder to stop the spread of superbugs](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-hotter-world-makes-it-harder-to-stop-the-spread-of-superbugs/) - A microbiologist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology prepares a bacterial colony of the strain Streptococcus pyogenes on a blood agar plate.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesAlready recognized as one of the leading public health threats facing humanity today, it is feared that a warming world is making it harder to stop the insidious
- [US Military Says National Security Depends on ‘Forever Chemicals’](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/us-military-says-national-security-depends-on-forever-chemicals/) - Patricia Kime The Department of Defense relies on hundreds, if not thousands, of weapons and products such as uniforms, batteries, and microelectronics that contain PFAS, a family of chemicals linked to serious health conditions. Now, as regulators propose restrictions on their use or manufacturing, Pentagon officials have told Congress that eliminating the chemicals would undermine
- [Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/extra-fees-drive-assisted-living-profits/) - Assisted living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live independently, promising a cheerful alternative to the institutional feel of a nursing home. But their cost is so crushingly high that most Americans can’t afford them. These highly profitable facilities often charge $5,000 a month
- [Is Novavax, the Latecomer Covid Vaccine, Worth the Wait?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/is-novavax-the-latecomer-covid-vaccine-worth-the-wait/) - Erin Kissane, a co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project, rolled up her sleeve for the Novavax covid-19 vaccine in mid-October soon after it was finally recommended in the United States. Like many people with autoimmune diseases, she wants to protect herself from a potentially devastating covid infection. Kissane’s autoimmune arthritis seems to make her susceptible
- [Coming updates for the 2024 Red Book](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/coming-updates-for-the-2024-red-book/) - November 19, 2023 3 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [AI could ‘shift’ practice in pediatric infectious diseases](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/ai-could-shift-practice-in-pediatric-infectious-diseases/) - November 19, 2023 3 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [US experiencing shortage of RSV immunization](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/us-experiencing-shortage-of-rsv-immunization/) - November 18, 2023 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Providers need to ‘double our efforts’ against congenital syphilis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/providers-need-to-double-our-efforts-against-congenital-syphilis/) - November 18, 2023 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Adopting new pneumococcal vaccines into pediatric practice](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/adopting-new-pneumococcal-vaccines-into-pediatric-practice/) - November 18, 2023 2 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium bids farewell to longtime presenters](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/infectious-diseases-in-children-symposium-bids-farewell-to-longtime-presenters/) - November 16, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Journalists Delve Into Open Enrollment, School Nurse Shortages, and More](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/journalists-delve-into-open-enrollment-school-nurse-shortages-and-more/) - Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of all sizes and in communities large and small. We appreciate all forms of engagement from our readers and listeners, and
- [Patients with rheumatoid arthritis report ‘many symptoms’ of long COVID prior to infection](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/patients-with-rheumatoid-arthritis-report-many-symptoms-of-long-covid-prior-to-infection/) - November 17, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [New Social Security Report Shows Growing Overpayment Problem Tops $23B](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/new-social-security-report-shows-growing-overpayment-problem-tops-23b/) - A new financial report released by the Social Security Administration this week shows that the scope of the agency’s overpayment problem has continued to grow. As of Oct. 1, the SSA had an uncollected balance of $23 billion in overpayments — money the agency had determined it mistakenly paid to beneficiaries across the country but
- [STD leaders call for US to declare emergency over congenital syphilis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/std-leaders-call-for-us-to-declare-emergency-over-congenital-syphilis/) - November 17, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [CDC expedites release of Sanofi, AstraZeneca drug amid shortage](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/cdc-expedites-release-of-sanofi-astrazeneca-drug-amid-shortage/) - A RSV-infected child receives treatment, as RS-Virus infections spread among children at Missio children's clinic Moenchberg, in Wuerzburg, Germany, December 2, 2022. Heiko Becker | ReutersThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expedited the release of more than 77,000 additional doses of a new drug designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus amid an ongoing
- [Why Do We Pay For so Much Worthless Health Care?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-do-we-pay-for-so-much-worthless-health-care/) - Medical advances are expensive. Take Wegovy, the wildly successful obesity drug that we learned last week may also reduce the risk of heart disease. If just 10 percent of Medicare beneficiaries start taking the drug, taxpayers could be on the hook for nearly $27 billion a year. So how can the country afford the latest
- [Body Image and Disordered Eating Among LGBTQ+ Individuals: How to Treat?](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/body-image-and-disordered-eating-among-lgbtq-individuals-how-to-treat/) - Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or another sexual or gender minority (LGBTQ+) face numerous health disparities compared to heterosexual and cisgender individuals. These include higher rates of chronic physical illness, substance use, and mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety.1 In addition, accumulating research has shown substantially elevated rates of
- [Beyond Insulin: Medi-Cal Expands Patient Access to Diabetes Supplies](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/beyond-insulin-medi-cal-expands-patient-access-to-diabetes-supplies/) - LOS ANGELES — June Voros sprang from her couch as a high-pitched beep warned her that she needed a quick dose of sugar. Her blood sugar was plummeting, and the beep came from a continuous glucose monitor attached to her abdomen. The small but powerful device alerts Voros when her blood sugar is dangerously high
- [Most States Ban Shackling Pregnant Women in Custody, Yet Many Report Being Restrained](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/most-states-ban-shackling-pregnant-women-in-custody-yet-many-report-being-restrained/) - Ashley Denney was about seven months pregnant in 2022 when police handcuffed her during an arrest in Carroll County, Georgia. Officers shackled her even though the state bans the use of restraints on pregnant women in custody beginning at the second trimester. In early July, she said, it happened again. “I asked the officer, ‘Please,
- [In-house PCR testing for C. auris on admission leads to fewer hospital-onset cases](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/in-house-pcr-testing-for-c-auris-on-admission-leads-to-fewer-hospital-onset-cases/) - November 16, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Measles deaths spike more than 40%, CDC and WHO say](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/measles-deaths-spike-more-than-40-cdc-and-who-say/) - November 16, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Can You Lose Weight with Pills? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/can-you-lose-weight-with-pills/) - Studies show that many doctors either tend to overestimate the amount of weight that can be lost with obesity drugs or are simply clueless. Current options for weight-loss medications include the ridiculously named Qsymia, a combination of phentermine (the phen in fen-phen) and topiramate, a drug that can cause seizures if you stop it abruptly.
- [IDSA outlines policy priorities for infectious diseases](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/idsa-outlines-policy-priorities-for-infectious-diseases/) - November 15, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [It’s Getting Harder to Find Long-Term Residential Behavioral Health Treatment for Kids](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/its-getting-harder-to-find-long-term-residential-behavioral-health-treatment-for-kids/) - HELENA, Mont. — Connie MacDonald works for the State Department at the U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It’s a dream job, and she loved living abroad with her two sons. But earlier this year, MacDonald said, her 8-year-old son started to become aggressive. At first the family thought it was ADHD. Her son was
- [Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/compensation-is-key-to-fixing-primary-care-shortage/) - Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation. Substantial disparities between what primary care physicians earn relative to specialists like orthopedists and cardiologists can weigh into medical students’ decisions about which field to choose. Plus, the system that Medicare and
- [FDA approves DefenCath for adults with kidney failure on chronic hemodialysis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-approves-defencath-for-adults-with-kidney-failure-on-chronic-hemodialysis/) - November 15, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Norovirus doubles death risk for older veterans, study finds](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/norovirus-doubles-death-risk-for-older-veterans-study-finds/) - November 15, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Abortion “Until the Day of Birth” Is Almost Never a Thing](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/abortion-until-the-day-of-birth-is-almost-never-a-thing/) - It’s one of the most frequent claims made by antiabortion lawmakers: That abortion rights supporters favor allowing abortions literally until the end of pregnancy. “Frankly I think it’s unethical and immoral to allow for abortions up until the day of birth,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said at last week’s GOP presidential primary debate. At that
- [Prevención del VIH: proponen que Medicare cubra PrEP para adultos mayores](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prevencion-del-vih-proponen-que-medicare-cubra-prep-para-adultos-mayores/) - Michael Scaturro La propuesta de una nueva norma federal tiene como objetivo proteger a estadounidenses mayores de contraer el VIH ofreciendo medicamentos preventivos gratuitos, el más reciente esfuerzo para alcanzar a gran parte de Europa y África en la lucha contra la propagación del virus. Según el plan de la administración Biden, Medicare cubriría el
- [Legisladores de Texas, Florida y otros estados socavan esfuerzos de vacunación contra covid](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/legisladores-de-texas-florida-y-otros-estados-socavan-esfuerzos-de-vacunacion-contra-covid/) - Katherine Wells quiere pedirle a su comunidad de Lubbock, Texas, que se vacune contra covid. “Eso podría salvar a muchas personas de enfermarse gravemente”, afirmó Wells, directora de salud pública de la ciudad. Pero no puede. Una norma agregada al presupuesto de Texas, que entró en vigencia el 1 de septiembre, prohíbe a los departamentos
- [The Unusual Way a Catholic Health System Is Wielding an Abortion Protest Law](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/the-unusual-way-a-catholic-health-system-is-wielding-an-abortion-protest-law/) - A Catholic hospital system is suing several California patients and their advocates because the patients allegedly refused to be discharged. The suits invoke a novel legal approach: accusing them of trespassing under a California law intended to stop anti-abortion protesters from blocking access to health facilities. Dignity Health has filed three lawsuits in Sacramento County
- [Biden Administration’s Limit on Drug Industry Middlemen Backfires, Pharmacists Say](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/biden-administrations-limit-on-drug-industry-middlemen-backfires-pharmacists-say/) - The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug industry’s price negotiators is backfiring, pharmacists say. Instead, it’s adding to the woes of the independent drugstores it was partly designed to help. The so-called PBMs have long clawed back a fee from pharmacies weeks or
- [Pitavastatin lowers plaque volume, progression in lower-risk patients with HIV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pitavastatin-lowers-plaque-volume-progression-in-lower-risk-patients-with-hiv/) - November 14, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria frequently given inappropriate antibiotics](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/patients-with-asymptomatic-bacteriuria-frequently-given-inappropriate-antibiotics/) - November 14, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [One-third of US adults do not think their vaccine decisions affect others](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/one-third-of-us-adults-do-not-think-their-vaccine-decisions-affect-others/) - November 14, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Do Republican Spending Cuts Threaten Federal HIV Funding? For Some Programs, Yes.](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/do-republican-spending-cuts-threaten-federal-hiv-funding-for-some-programs-yes/) - Grace Abels, PolitiFact Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.” President Joe Biden on Oct. 14, 2023, in remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner. Are Republicans threatening to stop spending federal money to end one of the world’s most pressing public health epidemics? That’s
- [What Long-Term Care Looks Like Around the World](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-long-term-care-looks-like-around-the-world/) - Around the world, wealthy countries are struggling to afford long-term care for rapidly aging populations. Most spend more than the United States through government funding or insurance that individuals are legally required to obtain. Some protect individuals from exhausting all their income or wealth paying for long-term care. But as in the United States, middle-class
- [Is It Safe to Take Weight-Loss Pills? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/is-it-safe-to-take-weight-loss-pills/) - Why don’t more people take the weight-loss medications currently on the market? Despite the myriad menus of FDA-approved medications for weight loss, they’ve only been prescribed for about 1 in 50 patients with obesity. We tend to worship medical magic bullets in the United States, so what gives? As I discuss in my video Friday
- [Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/facing-financial-ruin-as-costs-soar-for-elder-care/) - Reed Abelson, The New York Times and Jordan Rau, KFF Health News Margaret Newcomb, 69, a retired French teacher, is desperately trying to protect her retirement savings by caring for her 82-year-old husband, who has severe dementia, at home in Seattle. She used to fear his disease-induced paranoia, but now he’s so frail and confused
- [Adult Children Discuss the Trials of Caring for Their Aging Parents](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/adult-children-discuss-the-trials-of-caring-for-their-aging-parents/) - “It is emotionally and physically draining.” Natasha Lazartes 39, Brooklyn, New YorkTherapist I am 39 years old. I had to care for my father, who passed from cancer in 2019; my mother, who passed in November 2021 from cancer; and since my mother’s passing, I have inherited the care of my grandmother. She is 97,
- [Gender gap in life expectancy widens amid COVID-19, drug overdose crisis](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/gender-gap-in-life-expectancy-widens-amid-covid-19-drug-overdose-crisis/) - November 13, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Pfizer enters weight loss drug market with Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pfizer-enters-weight-loss-drug-market-with-novo-nordisk-eli-lilly/) - CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesAs its Covid gains evaporate, Pfizer wants a chunk of the budding weight loss drug market. Analysts say upcoming data on Pfizer's experimental obesity pill, danuglipron, will be crucial in determining how competitive the company can be against the space's dominant players Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.Those companies helped spark
- [COVID-19 rebounds in one in five Paxlovid users](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/covid-19-rebounds-in-one-in-five-paxlovid-users/) - November 13, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [What One Expectant Mom’s Effort To Get an RSV Shot Says About Health Policy](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/what-one-expectant-moms-effort-to-get-an-rsv-shot-says-about-health-policy/) - Today we bring you the story of a patient seeking the RSV vaccine — and how her frustrating journey illustrates why it can be so hard in the United States to get an important medicine recommended by federal regulators. Hannah Fegley of Silver Spring, Md., says she spent seven hours on the phone last month
- [TMP-SMX reduces serious infections ‘by about half’ in patients with GPA using rituximab](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/tmp-smx-reduces-serious-infections-by-about-half-in-patients-with-gpa-using-rituximab/) - November 13, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [How Lawmakers in Texas and Florida Undermine Covid Vaccination Efforts](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/how-lawmakers-in-texas-and-florida-undermine-covid-vaccination-efforts/) - Katherine Wells wants to urge her Lubbock, Texas, community to get vaccinated against covid-19. “That could really save people from severe illness,” said Wells, the city’s public health director. But she can’t. A rule added to Texas’ budget that went into effect Sept. 1 forbids health departments and other organizations funded by the state government
- [Aether Biomedical, bionic hand startup, gets $5.8 million to scale](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/aether-biomedical-bionic-hand-startup-gets-5-8-million-to-scale/) - Andrew Hitz with the Zeus hand.Courtesy of Aether BiomedicalIn 2011, Jeremy Schroeder was driving a four-wheeler near Sherwood, Ohio, when he crashed into a stop sign he hadn't seen as the stone path suddenly turned to asphalt. The sign left a deep gash in Schroeder's arm; he was rapidly losing blood. Shroeder, who was 30 at
- [Why It’s So Tough to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Care](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/why-its-so-tough-to-reduce-unnecessary-medical-care/) - The U.S. spends huge amounts of money on health care that does little or nothing to help patients, and may even harm them. In Colorado, a new analysis shows that the number of tests and treatments conducted for which the risks and costs exceed the benefits has barely budged despite a decade-long attempt to tamp
- [Preventing serious reactions comes first in treating children with food allergy](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/preventing-serious-reactions-comes-first-in-treating-children-with-food-allergy/) - November 12, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Liver transplantation using COVID-19 positive donors may be safe option to expand access](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/liver-transplantation-using-covid-19-positive-donors-may-be-safe-option-to-expand-access/) - November 12, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Health AI startup Cercle debuts with backing from Sheryl Sandberg](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/health-ai-startup-cercle-debuts-with-backing-from-sheryl-sandberg/) - Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook, at Vanity Fair's 6th Annual New Establishment Summit.Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty ImagesA new health tech startup called Cercle launched Wednesday and announced major global partners and investors, including Meta's former COO Sheryl Sandberg.Cercle uses artificial intelligence to try and advance women's health, particularly within fertility care. The company's platform
- [Use of chatbot AI ‘hazardous’ without ID consultant input, experts say](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/use-of-chatbot-ai-hazardous-without-id-consultant-input-experts-say/) - November 09, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Burden of RSV in pregnant people lower than older adults, children but still significant](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/burden-of-rsv-in-pregnant-people-lower-than-older-adults-children-but-still-significant/) - November 10, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Weight loss drug Wegovy slashes risk of serious heart complications](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/weight-loss-drug-wegovy-slashes-risk-of-serious-heart-complications/) - Still life of Wegovy an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. It should be used with a weight loss plan and physical activity. Michael Siluk | UCG | Getty ImagesNovo Nordisk's Wegovy cut the risk of serious cardiovascular complications in people with obesity and heart disease in a closely watched trial,
- [FDA approves world’s first chikungunya vaccine](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/fda-approves-worlds-first-chikungunya-vaccine/) - November 10, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Single oral immunotherapy desensitizes patients to multiple foods](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/single-oral-immunotherapy-desensitizes-patients-to-multiple-foods/) - November 10, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Pharmacy walkout organizers launch national push to unionize staff](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/pharmacy-walkout-organizers-launch-national-push-to-unionize-staff/) - A small number of employees and supporters picket outside the headquarters of drugstore chain Walgreens during a three-day walkout by pharmacists in Deerfield, Illinois, November 1, 2023.Vincent Alban | ReutersThe organizers of a recent retail pharmacy staff walkout are helping to launch a national push to organize those employees on Wednesday, a potential step to
- [Food allergies more likely to be outgrown when children have private insurance](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/food-allergies-more-likely-to-be-outgrown-when-children-have-private-insurance/) - November 10, 2023 3 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [AAN Panel Releases New Guideline for Brain Death in Adult and Pediatric Patients](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/aan-panel-releases-new-guideline-for-brain-death-in-adult-and-pediatric-patients/) - An expert panel from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), including representatives from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Child Neurology Society (CNS), and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), updated the practice guideline on brain death/death by neurologic criteria in adult and pediatric patients. The multidisciplinary panel published the consensus-based guideline in
- [Who Will Care for Older Adults? We’ve Plenty of Know-How but Too Few Specialists](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/who-will-care-for-older-adults-weve-plenty-of-know-how-but-too-few-specialists/) - Judith Graham Thirty-five years ago, Jerry Gurwitz was among the first physicians in the United States to be credentialed as a geriatrician — a doctor who specializes in the care of older adults. “I understood the demographic imperative and the issues facing older patients,” Gurwitz, 67 and chief of geriatric medicine at the University of
- [Many health care personnel not up to date on COVID-19, flu vaccines](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/many-health-care-personnel-not-up-to-date-on-covid-19-flu-vaccines/) - November 09, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Prenuvo offers $2,500 full-body MRI scans that can detect cancer early](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/prenuvo-offers-2500-full-body-mri-scans-that-can-detect-cancer-early/) - Prenuvo MRI machineCourtesy of PrenuvoWhile celebrating the July Fourth holiday last year on a boat in Tyler, Texas, Dr. Julianne Santarosa received the results from her full-body MRI scan. What she saw put a damper on the festivities.Radiologists at Prenuvo, which performed the scan, had identified a nodule in her lungs. Santarosa, who works as
- [Study identifies 16 predictors of infant hospitalization for RSV](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/study-identifies-16-predictors-of-infant-hospitalization-for-rsv/) - November 09, 2023 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [High Metabolism – Scientists Uncover New Early Sign of Alzheimer’s Disease](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/high-metabolism-scientists-uncover-new-early-sign-of-alzheimers-disease/) - New research has revealed that an increase in hippocampal metabolism is an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease, offering a potential early diagnostic indicator and new avenues for intervention. This discovery could lead to early treatments that target cellular energy and waste management processes to slow the disease’s progression.Researchers from Karolinska Institute have identified a metabolic
- [member discounts on health-care services](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/member-discounts-on-health-care-services/) - Amazon (AMZN) said on Wednesday that it's offering Prime members a discount on its new health-care service — another perk that should help bring more people into the online retailer's ecosystem. The One Medical service, which typically costs $199 annually, will be available to Prime subscribers for $9 a month or $99 per year. It
- [Kindergarten vaccination rates remain below pre-pandemic levels](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/kindergarten-vaccination-rates-remain-below-pre-pandemic-levels/) - November 09, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [Tap, Filtered, or Bottled Water? ](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/tap-filtered-or-bottled-water/) - There are disinfection byproducts in tap water. What happened when Brita, PUR, ZeroWater, and refrigerator water filters were put to the test? Though many distrust the safety of tap water, a study of 35 brands of bottled water did not find them to be necessarily safer, cleaner, or of a higher quality than water straight
- [Gubernatorial Candidates Tout Opioid Settlements](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/gubernatorial-candidates-tout-opioid-settlements/) - Tuesday’s election served as a testing ground for themes that could resonate with voters in 2024. Abortion is obviously among the biggest. One that’s not getting as much attention as it deserves: opioid settlement money. In Kentucky, both the newly reelected Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, and his Republican challenger, Attorney General Daniel Cameron, were involved
- [Another GOP Primary Debate … Another Night of Verbal Clashes](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/another-gop-primary-debate-another-night-of-verbal-clashes/) - On Wednesday night, a shrinking group of GOP Republican presidential hopefuls — former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — faced off in Miami for their party’s third debate. Our PolitiFact partners fact-checked the candidates in real time. You
- [Healio releases Threads social media guide for health care providers](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/healio-releases-threads-social-media-guide-for-health-care-providers/) - November 09, 2023 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . " data-action="subscribe"> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have
- [A New RSV Shot Could Help Protect Babies This Winter — If They Can Get It in Time](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/a-new-rsv-shot-could-help-protect-babies-this-winter-if-they-can-get-it-in-time/) - Emily Bendt was in her third trimester of pregnancy when she first heard the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had approved a new shot for infants to protect them from the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. By Oct. 5, Bendt was cuddling with her new baby, Willow, on the couch at home in Vancouver,
- [Underdiagnosed and Undertreated, Young Black Males With ADHD Get Left Behind](https://dailyzhealthpress.com/underdiagnosed-and-undertreated-young-black-males-with-adhd-get-left-behind/) - As a kid, Wesley Jackson Wade should have been set up to succeed. His father was a novelist and corporate sales director and his mother was a special education teacher. But Wade said he struggled through school even though he was an exceptional writer and communicator. He played the class clown when he wasn’t feeling
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