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Survey puts a price on health improvement
Forty percent of Americans say that they need a financial incentive to exercise.
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Darwin’s diet of species, umbrellas’ searing SPF, and trypophobia terror
Plus, science seeks explanations for the rapid evolution of earth’s most fearsome creature: Godzilla!
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United States now over 1,000 measles cases this year
Outbreaks have ended in three states, but two other states reported their first cases of the year.
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The costs of surviving cancer
Annual out-of-pocket spending is 60% higher for survivors, the CDC reported.
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Opposing cost trends seen for prescribed medications
Overall drug spending per person went up, while out-of-pocket spending per person went down.
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Air-conditioned cognition, brain worm, and six-fingered success
Plus, a giant heroin spoon visits the alleged villains in the nation’s opioid crisis.
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Measles cases now at highest level since 1992
The CDC reports that United States has now passed the 963 cases reported in 1994.
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Cost of physician burnout estimated at $4.6 billion a year
Conservative analysis focused on costs related to turnover and lost clinical hours.
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Human cheddar, bacteria-bashing berries, and constipation amnesia
And contrary to everyone’s favorite line from “Kindergarten Cop,” it was a tumor.
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Cholesterol guideline: Risk assessment gets personal
A 2018 AHA/ACC document promotes “careful adherence to lifestyle recommendations at an early age [to] decrease the need for preventive drug...
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Measles count for 2019 now over 900 cases
Two more states reported their first cases of the year to the CDC last week.
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Costs of oral cancer drugs rising faster than inflation
Out-of-pocket spending per patient is expected to exceed $10,000 in 2019.
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When adolescents visit the ED, 10% leave with an opioid
Compared with outpatient clinics, prescription rate is more than six times higher in the emergency department.
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By the numbers: Readmissions for skin conditions
The 5-year analysis shows rates are highest for vascular hamartomas, dermatomyositis, and mycosis fungoides.