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Measuring the COVID-19 Mortality Burden in the United States : A Microsimulation Study
CONCLUSION: Beyond excess deaths alone, the COVID-19 pandemic imposed a greater life expectancy burden on persons aged 25 to 64 years, including those with average or above-average life expectancies, and a disproportionate burden on Black and Hispanic communities.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Institute on Aging.PMID:34543588 | DOI:10.7326/M21-2239
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - September 20, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Julian Reif Hanke Heun-Johnson Bryan Tysinger Darius Lakdawalla Source Type: research
Why Acupuncture Is Going Mainstream in Medicine
When the opioid addiction crisis began to surge in the U.S. about a decade ago, Dr. Medhat Mikhael spent a lot of time talking to his patients about other ways to heal pain besides opioids, from other types of medications to alternative treatments.
As a pain management specialist at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., he didn’t anticipate leaving behind the short-term use of opioids altogether, since they work so well for post-surgical pain. But he wanted to recommend a remedy that was safer and still effective.
That turned out to be acupuncture.
“Like any treatment, acupuncture...
Source: TIME: Health - April 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate medicine Source Type: news
Alcohol-Related Deaths Have Soared During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The pandemic and its attendant anxiety, boredom, and loneliness have not been good for people who struggle with alcohol use. According to a new study published in JAMA Network Open, alcohol-related deaths among U.S adults ages 25 and up increased 25% in 2020, and 22% in 2021, compared to average annual deaths from 2012 to 2019.
Led by Dr. Yee Hui Yeo, an internal medicine physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the study relied on a massive database maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) that registers nearly all deaths in the U.S. and their causes. From 2012 to 2019, a...
Source: TIME: Health - May 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Decreasing rates of cost-related medication non-adherence by age advancement among American generational cohorts 2004-2014: a longitudinal study
Conclusion
The paradox of decreasing CRN rates, independent of disease burden, income and insurance status, suggests populations’ CRN behaviours change as Americans age, bearing implications to social policy.
Source: BMJ Open - May 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Zhang, J., Bhaumik, D., Meltzer, D. Tags: Open access, Health economics Source Type: research
Pregnancy-related cardiovascular conditions and outcomes in a United States Medicaid population
Conclusion
This US cohort of Medicaid-funded women have a high incidence of severe cardiovascular conditions during pregnancy. Cardiometabolic conditions of pregnancy conferred threefold higher odds of severe cardiovascular outcomes.
Source: Heart - September 12, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Marschner, S., von Huben, A., Zaman, S., Reynolds, H. R., Lee, V., Choudhary, P., Mehta, L. S., Chow, C. K. Tags: Open access, Editor's choice Cardiac risk factors and prevention Source Type: research
Heterogeneity of the long-term economic burden of severe sickle cell disease: a 5-year longitudinal analysis
CONCLUSION: Results indicate high clinical need and economic burden among patients with severe presentation of SCD. These findings not only highlight the need for improved therapeutic options to limit or prevent disease progression, but also starts to provide insight on lifetime costs of SCD that will be needed in the evaluation of emerging curative intent therapies.PMID:36222016 | DOI:10.1080/13696998.2022.2133824
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - October 12, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Meghan Gallagher Anjulika Chawla Brenna L Brady Sherif M Badawy Source Type: research
