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Acute Hospital Care at Home Shows Promise for Medically Complex Patients

A diverse group of medically complex patients receive acute hospital care at home (AHCaH), with low rates of mortality during hospitalization and at 30 days, ac

BNT162b2 Effective for Children, Teens During Delta, Omicron Waves

In children and adolescents, BNT162b2 was effective for COVID-19-related outcomes during the delta and omicron periods, according to a study published online Ja

Increase in Out-of-Pocket Costs Could Increase Abandonment of HIV PrEP Meds

An increase in out-of-pocket costs for HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications could increase abandonment of PrEP, leading to an increase in HIV diagnose

Therapeutic Vaccine Could Fight Pancreatic Cancer

Patients with the most common form of pancreatic cancer could benefit from an experimental therapeutic vaccine, a small new clinical trial shows.The vaccine, ca

Latest Data Show 22 U.S. Teens Die of Overdoses Each Week

from about 21 to 8 of 12th graders using drugs over the past two decades.Instead, the increase is due to fentanyl found in illicit versions of oxycodone, benzod

Teen Sports Pay Dividends for Bone Health Decades Later

TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 Teens who are active are doing their bones a lasting favor, Japanese researchers report. Physical exercise in adolescence affects BMD bone

Court Ruling Could Bring Higher Patient Costs for PrEP, and More HIV Infections

more than a third of patients would bail from the regimen.What might that mean for their health According to the UPenn news release, people who quit PrEP were t

Addiction Treatment for Teens in Crisis Is Often Hard to Find

people purporting to be the aunts and uncles of a 16-year-old who d recently survived a fentanyl overdose. They reached out to 160 residential treatment centers

One Liter of Bottled Water Contains 240,000 Tiny Bits of Plastic

Folks quenching their thirst with bottled water can expect to chug down hundreds of thousands of minute plastic particles with their refreshing H2O, a new study

More Insight Into How a Virus Might Cause MS

There s information emerging on how the common Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) might be crucial to triggering multiple sclerosis (MS).The virus, which also causes mono

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