Researchers who study long COVID say its debilitating symptoms are often misdiagnosed by clinicians and dismissed by employers or loved ones because so little is known about the new syndrome. The results can be devastating ...
Apr 1, 2024
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Recent decades have seen an increasing proportion of the youth population engaging in university level education, and the university period usually coincides with other important life events such as moving away from home. ...
Feb 2, 2024
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Compared to patients who had a virtual visit with their own family doctor, those who received virtual care from a doctor outside of their family care team were 66% more likely to visit the emergency department within seven ...
Dec 27, 2023
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Senior physicians may avoid seeing racial minorities and lower paying Medicaid-insured patients compared to junior physicians in the same practice, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dec 13, 2023
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New research from McMaster University has found that not only is virtual care a safe way to hold medical appointments, but that patients and physicians were able to use it appropriately and effectively with minimal guidance.
Nov 27, 2023
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Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries in the United States for adults ages 65 and older. With 1 in 4 older adults falling annually, 27,000 deaths, 8 million emergency department (ED) visits, and ...
Nov 20, 2023
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An artificial intelligence tool developed by researchers at the University of Rochester can help people with Parkinson's disease remotely assess the severity of their symptoms within minutes. A study in npj Digital Medicine ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Annual rates of emergency department visits for cannabis-involved traffic injury increased by 475% over 11 years, according to a new study from The Ottawa Hospital, Bruyère Research Institute, and ICES.
Sep 6, 2023
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When it comes to health care, it's best to ask a professional. This oft-repeated adage also applies to scientists who might be tempted to use the ChatGPT artificial intelligence model for medical writing.
Aug 14, 2023
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Finding evidence of what is known as "anchoring bias," UCLA-led research suggests that patients with congestive heart failure experiencing shortness of breath are less likely to be tested in the emergency department for a ...
Jun 26, 2023
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