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20th Annual ‘State of Tobacco Control’ Report Reveals Florida Still Lags Behind on Policies to Reduce Tobacco Use

Feb 15, 2022 at 03:33 pm by pj

  New report reveals Florida tobacco control successes over past 20 years, and outlines path to end tobacco use and save lives   The American Lung Association&rsq.... Read More

Working with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in our Patients

Feb 15, 2022 at 03:28 pm by pj

By MARY-CATHERINE SEGOTA, Psy.D   According to the NIMH (2014), patients diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder experience more physical ailments, including heart.... Read More

Threats, Intimidation Against Doctors and Health Workers Must End

Feb 09, 2022 at 05:07 pm by pj

By GERALD E. HARMON, MD, President AMA The AMA has advocated against the culture of violence in America, including domestic violence, gun violence, racism, police b.... Read More

Polio, Chickenpox, Measles, Now Covid. It’s Time to Consult History on School Vaccine Mandates

Feb 09, 2022 at 05:02 pm by pj

By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News  The rapid spread of omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protectio.... Read More

‘Decision Fatigue’: Another Pandemic Malady

Feb 09, 2022 at 04:49 pm by pj

By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News  Most all of us have felt the exhaustion of pandemic-era decision-making. Should I travel to see an elderly relative? Can I see m.... Read More

At Nursing Homes, Long Waits for Results Render Covid Tests ‘Useless’

Feb 02, 2022 at 10:49 am by pj

By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News  More nursing homes are waiting longer for covid-19 test results for residents and staffers, according to federal data, makin.... Read More

The Advice to ‘Vaccinate and Test’ Isn’t Much Help to Parents with Kids Under Five

Feb 02, 2022 at 10:39 am by pj

By Bram Sable-Smith, Kaiser Health News  Just before my son’s 9-month checkup, my wife and I debated whether to postpone it. It was a “well baby visit,&.... Read More

Read This if You Feel Out of Control and Powerless to Change

Jan 26, 2022 at 06:40 pm by pj

  By JACKIE JACKSON When I hear people say, “I’m a total control freak,” I think: ‘Sure, aren’t we all?’ I mean, we’re all hu.... Read More

Pharmacies Are Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th Covid Shot

Jan 26, 2022 at 12:47 pm by pj

By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News  Patients with weakened immune systems — who are at high risk from covid-19 — say pharmacies are turning them away when.... Read More

UF Health Team Receives $6.6 Million to Study Treatments to Boost Cognition for Those with HIV

Jan 22, 2022 at 08:49 pm by pj

By JILL PEASE With advancements in HIV treatments, people with HIV are living longer. More than half of Americans with HIV are now over age 50. Yet with longer lives comes.... Read More

Five Things to Know About ‘Free’ At-Home Covid Tests

Jan 19, 2022 at 09:53 am by pj

By Damon Darlin, Kaiser Health News Americans keep hearing that it is important to test frequently for covid-19 at home. But just try to find an “at-home” ra.... Read More

Officials Struggle to Regulate Pop-Up Covid Testing Sites — And Warn Patients to Beware

Jan 19, 2022 at 09:42 am by pj

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News NEW YORK — In recent months, mobile covid-19 testing tents and vans have sprouted on urban sidewalks and street curbs as de.... Read More

What’s New in Pilonidal Sinus Disease Treatment?

Jan 16, 2022 at 12:44 pm by pj

By SERGIO LARACH, MD, FASCRS, FACS; AMY MORRISON, BS   Surgical management of pilonidal sinus disease more often involves a large, wide, en bloc excision of inflammator.... Read More

As Omicron Surges, Effort to Vaccinate Young Children Stalls

Jan 16, 2022 at 11:46 am by pj

By Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht, Kaiser Health News Two months after Pfizer’s covid vaccine was authorized for children ages 5 to 11, just 27%.... Read More

Incidental Cases and Staff Shortages Make Covid’s Next Act Tough for Hospitals

Jan 16, 2022 at 11:23 am by pj

  By Lauren Weber and Phil Galewitz and Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News  The Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Florida, on Jan. 11 was treating.... Read More

UF Researchers Develop Genetic Score to Improve Pediatric Cancer Treatments

Jan 14, 2022 at 09:13 am by pj

By Matt Splett University of Florida researchers have developed a new genomics-based score to deliver more personalized and effective chemotherapy treatments to pediatric leu.... Read More

Why Medical Clearance Is Really a Preoperative Evaluation

Jan 12, 2022 at 05:34 pm by pj

By DEBRA DAVIDSON, MJ, CPHRM and DAVID L. FELDMAN, MD, MBA, FACS   The term medical clearance is subject to debate in the medical community. Depending on how the term i.... Read More

Black-Owned Hospice Seeks to Bring Greater Ease in Dying to Black Families

Jan 12, 2022 at 05:11 pm by pj

  By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News This time, it didn’t take much persuading for Mary Murphy to embrace home hospice. When her mot.... Read More

A New Paradigm Is Needed: Top Experts Question the Value of Advance Care Planning

Jan 10, 2022 at 07:49 pm by pj

  By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News  For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming termi.... Read More

With Sexually Transmitted Infections Off the Charts, California First to Push At-Home Tests

Jan 05, 2022 at 05:13 pm by pj

  By Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has become the first state to require health insurance plans to cover at-home tes.... Read More