High Remote Patient Monitoring Practices Offer Improved Hypertension Care
Increase seen in hypertension medication fills, days' supply, and unique medications received, but increase in HTN-linked spending also seen
Maintenance Immunosuppressive Drugs Tied to Severe COVID-19
Findings seen for recipients across solid organ transplant types
Pharmacist-Led Rx Intervention to Manage Hypertension Saves Lives, Money
Over 30 years, model predicted $1.137 trillion in cost savings and 30.2 million life years saved
CDC Advisors Recommend Masks in Hospitals Without Naming Type
Health care workers frustrated that the draft recommendation does not specify what kind of mask should be worn
Few Adults Talk to Providers About BP Risks of OTC Pain Relievers
Findings show fewer than half of patients with high blood pressure have had these conversations
E-Cigarette Use Common Among Young Adults
Users of e-cigarettes aged 18 to 24 years are least likely to report ever combustible cigarette use
Incidence of Drug Overdose-Related Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Up Fivefold
Substantial differences in presentation and outcomes seen by drug profile
MI Classified Into Four Stages Based on Myocardial Tissue Injury
Four stages of progressively worsening myocardial tissue injury described
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Increases Risk for Later Arrhythmias
Findings seen for inflammatory bowel disease overall, as well as individual diseases
Rate of Current Use of Any Tobacco Product Down in High Schoolers in 2023
Use of any tobacco product reported by 10.0 percent of U.S. middle and high school students in 2023
