Getting the correct food allergy diagnosis leads to increased diet diversity and potentially improved nutrition when suspected allergies are ruled out, making it critical to take the right diagnostic approach from the beginning. The post Transforming Allergy Care: The Power of Advanced Diagnostics in Improving Patient Outcomes appeared first on MedCity News.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of an Affordable Care Act provision requiring insurance coverage of certain preventive services without cost-sharing. Many healthcare leaders applauded the decision, though some concerns remain. The post How Healthcare Leaders Are Responding to the Supreme Court’s Preventive Care Ruling appeared first on MedCity News.
Sharpen your quills, brave souls. The spirits of health care bills past, present, and future are calling … and they demand haikus. Submissions are now open for KFF Health News’ seventh annual Halloween haiku competition. KFF Health News has been publishing reader-submitted health care haikus for years and is dying to read your frightful inspirations….
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A growing number of people — many of them older and homeless — are freezing to death during winter. Hypothermia from exposure to cold temperatures was the underlying or contributing cause of death for 166 Californians last year, more than double the number a decade ago, according to provisional death certificate data…
This issue brief gives an overview of the main systems used by the federal government to track vaccine safety and adverse events following vaccinations. The brief reviews the history of federal vaccine safety systems, describes the key systems and their strengths and limitations, and also discusses how vaccine safety issues have become the subject of…
The lobby at this St. John’s Community Health clinic in South Los Angeles bustles with patients. But community health worker Ana Ruth Varela is worried that it’s about to get a lot quieter. Many patients, she said, are afraid to leave their homes. “The other day I spoke with one of the patients. She said:…
This factsheet provides an overview of the impact of HIV on women in the U.S.
Rocket Pharmaceuticals adjusted the clinical trial design to include use of approved drug to avert an excessive immune response to its Danon disease gene therapy. The patient who died was one of two who received this drug under the revised protocol. The post Death in Rocket Pharma Gene Therapy Study Puts Spotlight on Trial Change…
A very small percentage of health outcomes are tied to direct healthcare activities. The non-medical factors, conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and work in, more often than not, impact health outcomes more than the clinical care they receive. The post A Reality Check on SDOH: Challenges We Can’t Ignore appeared first on…
BioAge Labs’ lead drug candidate, azelaprag, is in Phase 2 testing in combination with Eli Lilly’s weight management medication Zepbound. The biotech’s oral drug activates a receptor it says can mimic certain biological effects of exercise. The post Exercise Benefit in a Pill: BioAge Labs Goes Public, Raising More Than $200M for Clinical Trials appeared…