Sexual Orientation, Transgender Identity Not Reported in Psychotherapy Outcome Studies
June 22nd 2016Despite known mental health disparities on the basis of sexual orientation and nonbinary gender identification, researchers are not reporting sexual orientation and transgender identities of study subjects in psychotherapy outcome studies for anxiety and depression.
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How Can the US Build Capacity for the Mental Health Workforce It Needs?
June 20th 2016The Affordable Care Act and additional legislation that has mandated extending mental health parity coverage are contributing to an increased demand for mental health services that the United States is not meeting.
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Rising Unemployment Rate Linked to Increased Risk of Childhood Weight Gain
June 19th 2016Researchers at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that increases in unemployment in California during the Great Recession were associated with an increased risk for weight gain among 1.7 million public school children in the state.
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Patient Response to Receiving Genetic Test Results by Phone
June 17th 2016Delivering the results of complex genetic tests to at-risk patients over the telephone may be an effective way to reduce burdens and costs for patients with cancer or at risk for cancer and would not cause patients added stress, a study found.
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Insurers Are Selling More Individual Health Plans in ACA Marketplaces
June 13th 2016Fears that insurers would sell cheaper, “bare bones” plans to attract healthy enrollees away from the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s marketplaces and shift sicker, more costly enrollees into the ACA plans have been unfounded.
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Lack of Palliative, Hospice Care Seen Among Veterans Dying of Cancer
June 9th 2016Only half of US veterans who died from cancer received palliative care, while the use of hospice depended upon the care environment. Overall, there was a gap between the percentage of patients who received palliative care and recommended use.
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Sitagliptin Does Not Increase Heart Failure Risk for Patients With T2D
June 5th 2016A secondary analysis of data from the TECOS trial of sitagliptin finds that the drug does not affect the risk for heart failure hospitalization or related adverse clinical outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes
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Estimated 13 Million Adults Could Be Eligible for Clinton's Expanded Medicare Proposal
June 4th 2016An analysis by Avalere Health of Hillary Clinton’s proposal to allow Americans age 50 and over to Medicare estimates that 13 million adults who are uninsured or have individual coverage through the private market could be eligible for such a program.
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Close to Half of US New Cancer Diagnoses, Half of Cancer Deaths Preventable
May 29th 2016A substantial amount of US cancer diagnoses and deaths are preventable through lifestyle modification, according to a new study in JAMA Oncology, and the authors recommend that primary prevention remain a priority for cancer control.
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Children With Autism Now Diagnosed at Younger Ages
May 28th 2016Children with autism spectrum disorder who were born prior to the 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation that all children be screened for autism at the 18- and 24-month well-child visits were diagnosed significantly later than they are today, a new study found.
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CARE Act: The Implications of Repealing and Replacing the ACA
May 26th 2016How would the proposed Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment Act affect enrollment, premiums, federal spending, and out-of-pocket costs now that an estimated 20 million Americans have become newly insured?
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Offering a Price Transparency Tool Did Not Decrease Healthcare Spending
May 22nd 2016Only a small percentage of eligible employees used an online price transparency tool designed to help them understand healthcare spending. Furthermore, use of the tool was not associated with a decrease in spending.
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Study Suggests Medical Error Is Third Leading Cause of Death in US
May 19th 2016Medical error is the third-leading cause of death and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers are calling for better reporting on death certificates to help understand the scale of the problem and how to tackle it.
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