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High out-of-pocket costs hindering treatment of diabetesActively managing diabetes is crucial to preventing long-term health complications, but rising costs are creating barriers to treatment.... Read more
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IVF 'add on' treatments: Fair choice or false hope?Many Australians using Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to conceive are paying for costly "add-on" treatments that lack high-quality evidence that they will improve their chances of taking home a healthy baby.... Read more
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Researcher: The 'jab market' of private COVID vaccines is a good thing for public health—but not for health inequalityCOVID vaccines will go on sale privately in England and Scotland from April 1 for all those aged 12 and over. In the US, they have been available to buy commercially since 2023, with the private sector already accounting for a substantial proportion of vaccine sales. It is likely that... Read more
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Lockdown skin cancer diagnosis delays linked to deaths and £6bn costs in EuropeDelays in diagnosing melanoma due to COVID-19 lockdown may have contributed to over 100,000 years of life lost across Europe and over £6bn in costs, mainly indirectly due to loss of productivity, finds a new study led by UCL and University Hospital of Basel researchers.... Read more
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Choice and consistent shift patterns could improve nurses' work-life balanceResearch by the University of Southampton has found nurses value both choice and consistency in their shift patterns to help balance work with commitments in their home life. Providing a good work-life balance is one way of helping to retain nurses in the NHS to ensure safe levels of care... Read more
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Burnout rate high among Michigan nurses, survey findsNinety-four percent of Michigan nurses report emotional exhaustion, with younger nurses significantly more likely to report burnout than colleagues over 45, according to a University of Michigan School of Nursing survey.... Read more
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States target health insurers' 'prior authorization' red tapeChristopher Marks noticed an immediate improvement when his doctor prescribed him the type 2 diabetes medication Mounjaro last year. The 40-year-old truck driver from Kansas City, Missouri, said his average blood sugar reading decreased significantly and that keeping it within target range took less insulin than before.... Read more
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In fight over Medicare payments, the hospital lobby shows its strengthIn the battle to control health care costs, hospitals are deploying their political power to protect their bottom lines.... Read more
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'GoFundMe' has become a health care utilityGoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting "ideas and dreams," and, as GoFundMe's co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, "for life's important moments." In the early years, it funded honeymoon trips, graduation gifts, and church missions to overseas hospitals in need. Now GoFundMe has become a... Read more
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Doctors found to be quitting over stress and cost of finding suitable childcareSecuring suitable childcare for the irregular and long working hours demanded by a medical career is a crippling financial burden and a draining source of stress for doctor parents, reveals an exclusive snapshot survey by The BMJ today.... Read more
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Companies are adopting feminist narratives to influence women's health, researchers argueFeminist health narratives are being co-opted by commercial interests to market new technologies, tests, and treatments that are not backed by evidence, argue researchers in The BMJ today.... Read more
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Huge delays in dealing with complaints against UK drug companies revealedProcessing times for complaints against drug companies suspected of having breached their industry code of practice have more than tripled in a nearly two-decade period, an investigation by The BMJ has found.... Read more
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How can organizations get better quality food to more people?Nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide suffer from food insecurity, or inconsistent access to enough nutritious food.... Read more
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Routinely changing surgical gloves and instruments is cost-effective and safer, finds trialSurgeons who routinely change surgical gloves and instruments are incurring similar costs to those using the same equipment, a new study has found.... Read more
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Review addresses medicolegal issues and disorders of consciousnessA narrative review article in a themed issue on disorders of consciousness (DoC) guest edited by Dr. Caroline Schnakers and Dr. Nathan Zasler in the journal NeuroRehabilitation addresses the topic of the medicolegal challenges of litigating cases involving patients with DoC.... Read more