Syphilis cases on the rise in the US: What to know

Fox News Flash top headlines for November 13 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Health care professionals are reportedly sounding the alarm as syphilis cases are on the rise in the U.S. Earlier this year, Alaska health officials reported a 49% increase in cases of the sexually transmitted […]

How a simple tool has brought health insurance to thousands

Maryland and Massachusetts, soon to be followed by other states, now allow taxpayers to begin the sign-up for health care coverage on their tax returns, aiming to draw many residents into low- or no-cost plans they may not know they qualify for. The effort is intended to gather in many of the last Americans—more than […]

Some cirrhosis patients given opioid prescriptions at outpatient visits

(HealthDay)—Almost one in five patients with cirrhosis receive opioid prescriptions during outpatient visits, according to a study presented at The Liver Meeting, the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, held virtually from Nov. 12 to 15. Anna Lee, M.D., from University of California in Los Angeles, and colleagues used […]

Type 1 diabetes: Adulthood diagnosis

I could have easily let my diagnosis derail my plans and aspirations, but I did not let myself become despondent. While I did not fully grasp what the condition would involve, I knew it would change everything. But as the saying goes, when one door closes, another opens. In fact, my diagnosis was the spark […]

The importance of telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new study published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice describes the use of telehealth among Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights its importance for providing care. When patients and physicians were separated due to public health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare temporarily implemented payment policies for telehealth services on […]

Quarantine and Tracing Rules Are All Over the Map for Students

At this point in the pandemic, most parents are familiar with “covid notification” letters. But the letters’ instruction on whether your kid must quarantine or not varies wildly from school to school. In Minneapolis, students exposed to covid-19 at school are supposed to quarantine for 10 days. In the suburban Anoka-Hennepin school district, a single […]

Genetic study of heart defects and autism finds new causative genes

Researchers identified almost two dozen genes that contribute to heart defects by studying genetic data from people born with congenital heart disease or autism. Hongyu Zhao of Yale University and colleagues developed a new algorithm to analyze genetic data from related conditions, which they describe in a new paper publishing November 4th in the journal […]

A low-cost repurposed drug can save COVID-19 patients' lives

An inexpensive repurposed drug called fluvoxamine can save the lives of COVID-19 patients and cut hospital admissions by up to 30 per cent, says a study co-led by McMaster University. McMaster researcher Edward Mills and his team treated 739 randomly selected Brazilian COVID-19 patients with fluvoxamine, with another 733 receiving a placebo, between Jan. 15 […]