Dive Brief: Erosion in the volume of hospital inpatient admissions during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic was remarkably uniform, a study published Thursday in Health Affairs concluded. The volumes began to bounce back significantly in June. However, there were some differences among demographic groups. Admissions among patients living in majority Black and Latino… Read More »
New research from Wuhan, China shows that, in patients with COVID-19 but without a previous diagnosis of diabetes, abnormally high blood sugar is associated with more than double the risk of death and also an increased risk of severe complications. The study is by Dr Yang Jin, Union Hospital and Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University… Read More »
The prevalence is higher in older people because they’re more is thought that alpha-adrenergic activity can worsen OH, such higher beta blockers which reduce the heart rate and alpha blockers which can reduce blood pressure; treat an enlarged prostate. The precise mechanism of orthostatic hypertension remains unclear, but it likely to take drugs that may… Read More »
If you don’t belong somewhere, that’s not where you’re going to look for help. That sums up a key difficulty in addressing mental health issues among minority students on campus, according to experts who gathered at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. While college is a time of transition for all students, the… Read More »
MONDAY, June 24, 2019 — U.S. veterans with PTSD are twice as likely as the general population to die from suicide, accidents and viral hepatitis, a new study finds. Veterans with PTSD also have a higher risk of death from diabetes and liver disease, according to the study published June 24 in the American Journal… Read More »