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Cancer survivors with high-deductible health plans are more likely to experience delayed or foregone care

Delayed/Foregone Care More Likely for Cancer Survivors With HDHPs

Having a health savings account can mitigate the impact of the high-deductible health plan

Exercise Intervention Beneficial for Health Care Workers

12-week app-based intervention reduced depressive symptoms, burnout, and absenteeism

HealthDay Reports: Why Are Blacks

Racial Disparities Seen in Excess Mortality Early in Pandemic

Adjusted excess all-cause mortality was 6.8 per 10,000 for Blacks and 1.5 per 10,000 for Whites, with considerable variation across states

Magnetic resonance imaging measures can predict outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension

MRI Measures Can Predict Pulmonary Arterial HTN Outcome

Adjusted RV-end-systolic-volume-index, relative area change of pulmonary artery predict death
Medication organization devices may cause medication-related adverse events in unintentionally nonadherent older people

Medication Organization Devices Tied to Adverse Effects

Study identifies design elements for future trials to evaluate device effectiveness in elderly
Postmarketing adverse events related to the CardioMEMS HF System are infrequent

Postmarketing Adverse Events Low for CardioMEMS HF System

Of the 5,500 implants during the first three years after FDA approval, 155 reports described 177 events
Endotheliopathy is present in COVID-19 and is associated with critical illness and death

Endotheliopathy ID’d in COVID-19, Tied to Higher Mortality Risk

Soluble thrombomodulin concentration >3.26 ng/mL linked to lower rates of hospital discharge, survival
As HIV becomes a lifetime disease instead of a fatal disease

AACR: Cancer Burden Changing for Americans With HIV

AIDS-linked tumors predicted to decline by 2030
Structured physical activity may prevent poor sleep quality in older adults

Structured Exercise Prevents Sleep Issues in Older Adults

However, physical activity intervention not found to resolve existing sleep issues
In another troubling sign that the spread of COVID-19 might be accelerating

Nine U.S. States Seeing Spikes in COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Hospitalization data challenge the notion that spike in new cases is solely because of increased testing