Gerontology & Geriatrics
Tough choices: When it's time to move from home to assisted living
While 8 in 10 Americans ages 65 and older say they want to age in their homes, it's not always possible when health declines.
Jun 27, 2022
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Health
Pandemic politics: People in Republican counties were more likely to die from COVID-19, new analysis shows
The partisan divide in the United States throughout the COVID-19 pandemic stretched beyond differences in attitudes about masking, social distancing and vaccines. According to a new study led by a University of Maryland researcher, ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
It's Day 6 of COVID-19, and a rapid antigen test comes back positive. Stay home, say virologists
What does it mean if a person's rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to COVID-19? According to the experts, that person is most likely still carrying a viral load high enough to infect ...
Feb 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Low-income patients may be less likely to receive medical assistance in dying
In Canada, low-income hospital patients under palliative care are less likely to receive medical assistance in dying compared to those who are high income, according to a study published in British Medical Journal Open (BMJ ...
Jul 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Across US, COVID-19 death rate higher for those with IDD
The COVID-19 death rate for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is higher than the general population in several states across the U.S., according to a new study published in Disability and Health ...
May 20, 2021
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Medical economics
Study explores how private equity acquisitions impact hospitals
Private equity investment in hospitals has grown substantially in the 21st century, and it accelerated in the years leading up the COVID-19 pandemic. Now a new study of short-term acute care hospitals acquired by private ...
May 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Japan rolls out vaccine slowly, despite looming Olympics
Three months before it hosts the Olympics—the biggest international event since the pandemic began—Japan has fully vaccinated less than one percent of its population in a cautious, slow-moving programme.
Apr 23, 2021
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Addiction
Pandemic has blocked access to treatment for many Americans hooked on opioids
The COVID-19 pandemic may have kept some Americans from getting vital medication to treat opioid addiction—possibly contributing to the national surge in overdose deaths, a new study suggests.
Apr 21, 2021
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Medications
COVID-19 reduces access to opioid dependency treatment for new patients
COVID-19 has been associated with increases in opioid overdose deaths, which may be in part because the pandemic limited access to buprenorphine, a treatment used for opioid dependency, according to a new study led by Princeton ...
Apr 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A first-time look at how COVID hit every town in New Jersey
A new report issued by the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at Rutgers University–Camden unmasks the broad, regional impact of COVID-19 upon New Jersey municipalities during two waves in 2020. The report, ...
Apr 8, 2021
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