Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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Title X Funding Cuts Could Worsen STI Rates
In March, the federal government sent Title X health providers a budget that will result in further slashes to programs that screen, test, trace, and treat people with STIs. STI rates are rising sharply for the sixth year in a row. -
Outcomes of COVID-19-Associated Acute Myocarditis
In a review of COVID-19-associated acute myocarditis, investigators learned it is a rare complication that can occur without concomitant pneumonia, and frequently presents as cardiogenic shock. With supportive therapy, the short-term mortality rate is low.
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Drug Diversion: A Risk to Patients, Health Workers, and the Institution
Drug diversion is an ongoing problem for healthcare organizations. In identifying diverters, leaders are protecting patients and mitigating their institution’s substantial liability risk. -
White House Targets Long COVID
The Biden administration has launched a major initiative to bolster research on long COVID and improve the health of patients diagnosed with the mysterious collection of ailments. -
The Long Road Back for Healthcare Workers
Although it is more than two years into the pandemic, long COVID is poorly understood, and treatment often focuses on improving specific symptoms like fatigue and shortness of breath. Even definitions of the condition vary. -
Hospital Patient Care Is More Complex and Challenging Than Ever
When efficiency is the goal, case management and healthcare systems need to consider using technology and innovation solutions to improve the process of admitting patients to the right bed at the right time and transitioned to the right place. -
Cardiovascular Risks Increased After Recovery From COVID-19
Even 30 days post-infection, people with COVID-19 are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart failure and thromboembolic disease, researchers found. Case managers and healthcare providers across the care continuum will need to consider a past bout with COVID-19 as a new risk factor for heart problems. -
Telehealth Works, but Younger Patients Prefer Video Calls
Patients older than age 50 years are less likely to have access to smartphones and computers to carry out video visits with providers, researchers noted. -
COVID-19 Vaccine and the Menstrual Cycle
In a retrospective cohort analysis of prospectively tracked menstrual cycle data from the smartphone application “Natural Cycles,” the COVID-19 vaccine was associated with a less than one day change in menstrual cycle length and no change in menses length.
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Postmenopausal Estrogen May Prevent Death from COVID-19 Infection
Swedish researchers found taking postmenopausal estrogen was associated with a lower death rate from COVID-19 infection. Taking estrogen suppression therapy for breast cancer was associated with a higher death rate compared with controls.