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TTVR plus optimal medical therapy yields greater improvement in disease-specific and general health status than OMT alone

In those with known/suspected sleep apnea, dementia risk was 4.7 percent higher in women and 2.5 percent higher in men

By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak.The World Health Organization first declared the mpox …

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Low-income patients’ access to blockbuster weight-loss drugs through Medicaid remains limited, a new KFF analysis has found.Only 13 states currently allow Medicaid to cover treatment of obesity using glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1) medications, researchers discovered.Under the Medicaid system, individual …

Median travel time longer for patients living outside metropolitan statistical areas, especially for specialty care

Policies varied in the testing required, funding, processes after a positive screening result, and decision-making around concerning results

Interventions associated with significantly greater improvements in HOMA-IR, free androgen index, menstrual frequency

Moderate and extreme anxiety/depression linked to HRQoL losses, regardless of pain or discomfort

Orbital atherectomy does not yield greater minimal stent area or reduce rate of target vessel failure at one year

Win ratio favoring valve replacement versus medical therapy alone was 2.02 at one year