Deaths From Substance Abuse Rose Sharply Among Older Americans in 2020
In the pandemic’s first year, death rates linked to alcohol and drugs climbed among seniors as lockdowns and isolation spread. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin
Month: November 2022
Changes to the COVID-19 dashboard and COVID-19 vaccination surveillance report
The COVID-19 pandemic led to enormous public interest in statistics, with sudden and urgent need to track the virus almost in real time. Whilst this was a big challenge for our statisticians, it led to real innovation in the way we manage and present data and statistics. UKHSA’s COVID-19 dashboard has been a huge success … Read more
Is Spreading Medical Misinformation a Doctor’s Free Speech Right?
Two lawsuits in California have pre-emptively challenged a new law that would punish doctors for misleading patients about Covid-19. View original article Contributor: Steven Lee Myers
Is It Toxic to Tell Everyone to Get Therapy?
It has become a social credential to be in therapy. It’s also incredibly difficult to access. View original article Contributor: Zachary Siegel
When He Stood Up Quickly, He Sometimes Fainted. What Was It?
The attending physician, a doctor for 45 years, had never seen the obscure problem causing these symptoms. View original article Contributor: Lisa Sanders, M.D.
Many Asthma Patients Don’t Follow Their Medication Plans. Here’s How to Change That
In 2017, an expert commission organized by the Lancet examined the current state of asthma care. That commission identified poor medication adherence as one of the principal barriers standing between people with asthma and improved disease outcomes. Adherence is “the biggest elephant in the room,” the commission wrote. “Although lip service is paid to optimizing … Read more
Researchers Are Studying Whether Paxlovid Can Treat Long COVID
Months after catching COVID-19 in December 2021, Lavanya Visvabharathy was still testing positive on antigen tests and suffering from symptoms including headaches and intense fatigue. So Visvabharathy, a research assistant professor of neurology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine who has studied Long COVID since 2020, decided to conduct an experiment on herself. … Read more
Alzheimer’s Drug May Benefit Some Patients, New Data Shows
The drug, lecanemab, made by Eisai and Biogen, also carried risks of brain swelling and bleeding and should be studied further, a report of the findings said. View original article Contributor: Pam Belluck
RHR: Addressing Complex Chronic Illness, with Sunjya Schweig
Dr. Sunjya Schweig, Founder and President of the California Center for Functional Medicine, joins Chris on this episode of Revolution Health Radio to discuss the unique challenges associated with complex chronic illness, the “invisible” experiences of patients who suffer from these ailments, how the conventional medical system handles (and fails) them, why Functional Medicine is … Read more
Michael Pertschuk, Antismoking and Auto Safety Crusader, Dies at 89
As an obscure but muscular congressional staffer and chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, he helped usher into law a raft of consumer protections. View original article Contributor: Sam Roberts