Healthcare spending growth projected to outpace GDP to 2032
Jun 13, 2024
National health expenditures are projected to have increased 7.5% in 2023, when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended.
Pandemic-era tax credits made healthcare more affordable, but they’re set to expire
Jun 18, 2024
In a success story for Americans seeking affordable healthcare coverage, tax credits put in place during the pandemic helped millions gain health insurance, a new report found. But the credits are set...
Expert panel develops new definition of long COVID
Jun 11, 2024
A new proposed definition for Long COVID could help patients get the help they need, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says.
The 5-Cog paradigm improves diagnosis, management of dementia
Jun 11, 2024
A threefold improvement was seen in dementia care actions with the 5-Cog paradigm, a culturally adept cognitive detection tool.
Lifestyle intervention can improve cognition, function in early Alzheimer’s disease
Jun 13, 2024
A significant correlation was seen between lifestyle and both cognitive function and Aβ42/40 ratio.
1999 to 2020 saw diet quality improve among U.S. adults
Jun 17, 2024
However, disparities in diet quality were persistent or worsened by age, sex, race and ethnicity, education and income.
Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir no aid for long COVID symptoms
Jun 10, 2024
The findings based on symptoms at 10 weeks following 15-day course in vaccinated cohort.
Systemic side effects of COVID-19 vaccine tied to greater nAB response
Jun 11, 2024
Each 1-degree Celsius increase in skin temperature after a dose was linked to a 1.8- and 3.1-fold higher neutralizing antibody response one and six months later.
Heat exposure increases myocardial blood flow
Jun 11, 2024
There was an approximately twofold increase seen from preexposure values with core temperature increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Emotional awareness and expression therapy beneficial for pain relief
Jun 17, 2024
Emotional awareness and expression therapy was superior to cognitive behavioral therapy for racial and ethnically diverse older veterans with chronic pain.