FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with class II obesity, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is cost saving compared with semaglutide, according to a study published online April 12 in JAMA Network Open. Muhammad Haseeb, M.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues examined the cost-effectiveness …
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FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Significantly higher hepatitis C virus cure rates are seen for patients receiving opioid treatment program-integrated facilitated telemedicine versus off-site hepatitis specialist referral, according to a study published online April 3 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Andrew H. Talal, M.D., M.P.H., …
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FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Mailed at-home self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing increases cervical cancer screening participation in underscreened populations by almost threefold, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held from April 5 to 10 in San Diego. Jane R. …
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FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Among people with hypothyroidism, the prevalence of type D personality (a vulnerability factor for general psychological distress) is high, according to a study published online April 9 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Petros Perros, M.B.B.S., M.D., from Newcastle University in …
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FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly a quarter of Americans who lost their pandemic-era Medicaid coverage say they’re now without any health insurance, a new survey finds. More than half (54%) of these currently uninsured adults cited cost as the reason keeping them from having coverage. The survey …
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THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — U.S. measles elimination status was maintained as of the end of 2023, but there was an increase in the number of measles cases reported in the first quarter of 2024, according to research published in the April 11 issue of the U.S. Centers …
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THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Among women aged 50 to 74 years, specific adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) and health-related social needs (HRSNs) are associated with not having had a mammogram in the past two years, according to research published in the April 9 early-release issue of …
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THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Midlife deaths from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholic liver disease, collectively known as deaths of despair, increased from 1999 through 2022, according to a research letter published online April 10 in JAMA Psychiatry. Joseph Friedman, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Helena Hansen, M.D., Ph.D., from …
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THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Behaviorally designed gamification and financial incentives boost physical activity in patients at high risk for cardiovascular events, according to a study published online April 7 in Circulation to coincide with the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, held from April 6 …
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THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Forage fish (e.g., herring, sardines, and anchovies) are a promising alternative to red meat, according to a study published online April 9 in BMJ Global Health. Shujuan Xia, from the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Tsukuba, Japan, and colleagues examined the impact of …
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