Cheaper OTC Hearing Aids Should Be in Stores by October, FDA Says
Until now, people have had to pay thousands of dollars for a device that could only be adjusted by a professional audiologist
Pregabalin Benefits Not Linked to Prior Gabapentin Use
Same relief for those who had/had not received gabapentin
Flu Shot More Popular Than COVID-19 Vaccine Among Older Adults
58 percent of adults aged 50 to 80 years report being somewhat or very likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Health Care Spending Expected to Grow 5.6% Annually to 2025
National health expenditures expected to represent 19.9 percent of gross domestic product by 2025
Four in 10 Adults Choose Telemedicine Visits
Video visits less likely among older patients and those without internet access
Neurologic Features Tied to ARDS in Severe COVID-19 Described
Unclear whether critical illness, medication, infection itself may cause encephalopathy, agitation, confusion
AMA: Physicians Driving the Slowing of Health Care Costs
Physicians' spending grew more slowly over 2003 to 2013 than hospital and clinical spending
4% Increase in Population of Actively Licensed Physicians
Total population up to 916,264 in 2014; 12,168 more physicians being added annually than lost
Black, Poor Patients Present With More Advanced Peripheral Artery Disease
Lower-extremity bypass chronic limb-threatening ischemia increases odds of amputation and other complications
Older Age, Black or Hispanic Race Tied to Higher Risk for Colorectal Cancer
Findings seen in a large study of veterans undergoing diagnostic colonoscopy
