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• 1 in 10 ICU Patients With Heart Issues Has Illicit Drugs in Their System
• 1 in 3 U.S. Public Health Workers Feels Threatened During Pandemic
• 1 in 5 Avoided Health Care During Pandemic, Study Finds
• 1 in 5 Hospitalized NYC COVID-19 Patients Needed ICU Care
• 11 States Could Face ICU Doc Shortages as Coronavirus Cases Surge
• 7 Out of 10 Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Have Long-Haul Symptoms
• A Dangerous Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria May Now Lurk in U.S. Water, Soil
• A Penicillin Allergy Is Bad News If You Get a Dental Implant
• A Probiotic May Equal Antibiotics in Fighting Staph Infection
• About 100,000 U.S. Nurses Left Workforce During Pandemic
• Across America, Black People Have Worse Health Outcomes
• After an ICU Stay, Social Support Crucial for Seniors' Survival
• Always Be Ready for a Trip to the ER
• Americans Still Avoiding ERs in Pandemic, But Uptick Seen in Mental Health Crises
• America's ER Docs Warn of Surge in Patients Due to 'Tripledemic'
• America's ERs Are Jammed, Affecting Patients on Other Wards
• Amid a Surge in RSV Cases, Hopes for a New Vaccine
• An 'AI Doctor' Is Helping Hospitals Predict Readmissions
• Another Enemy on the Front Lines in Ukraine: Antibiotic-Resistant Germs
• Another Health Threat: Drug-Resistant Mold Infections
• Another Study Casts Doubt on 'Convalescent Plasma' as COVID-19 Treatment
• Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumonia Is Killing Children in Bangladesh — Could It Spread?
• Antibiotic-Resistant 'Superbug' Now Widespread in Pigs, Can Jump to Humans
• Antibiotics Before Age 2 May Up Odds for Obesity, Allergies
• Antibiotics in Infancy May Weaken Response to Childhood Vaccines
• Antibiotics in Pregnancy Tied to Higher Odds for Asthma in Kids
• Antibiotics Losing Power Against Bloodstream Infections That Kill Newborns
• Antibiotics May Be Best First Treatment for Appendicitis
• Antibiotics Won't Help Fight Lung-Scarring Disease IDF: Study
• Appendicitis Often Spotted Later in Black Patients
• Are Antibiotics Really the Answer for UTIs in Women?
• Are Antibiotics the Cause, Not Solution, of Recurrent UTIs?
• Are ERs Safe? Patients, Nurses and Doctors Say No in New Survey
• As Omicron Rages, How Important Are Case Counts Anymore?
• As Omicron Spreads, Child Hospitalizations Climb 30% in Past Week
• As U.S. Vaccinations Rise, Hospitals Ease Restrictions on Visitors
• Asthma Isn't a Risk Factor for Worsening COVID-19: Study
• Asthma May Not Boost Odds of Severe COVID-19
• At One Hospital, ICU Workers' PPE May Have Kept Coronavirus at Bay
• Average COVID Hospital Bill for U.S. Seniors Nearly $22,000
• Average Hospital Bed Has a Big Carbon Footprint
• 'Awareness' Under C-Section Anesthesia May Be Less Rare Than Thought
• B 11/21 -- Which Kids With COVID Will Get Very Sick?
• Baby's Meningitis Case Highlights Growing Danger of Antibiotic Resistance
• Bedside COVID-19 Test Faster Than Standard PCR Test
• Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER
• Bee Healthy: Honey May Beat Cold Meds Against Cough
• Biden to Strengthen Push for Vaccine Mandates in New COVID Plan
• Big Weight Loss May Help Prevent Severe COVID-19
• Big Worry for Folks Heading to Hospital: Who'll Care for My Pet?
• Bike-Linked Head Injuries Plummet for U.S. Kids, But Not Adults
• Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids
• Black Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Need Hospital Care
• Blacks, Asians More Likely Than Whites to Have Severe COVID
• Blacks, Hispanics Account for More Than Half of COVID Deaths: Study
• Blood Pressure Meds Can Affect COVID-19 Care
• Blood Test Might Spot Most Dangerous COVID-19 Cases
• Cancer Care Tougher to Access in U.S. If English Second Language
• CDC Director Warns of Dire Winter Ahead for COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths
• CDC Warns of Rise of Drug-Resistant Shigella Bacteria
• Certain Antibiotics Linked With Upped Risk for Deadly Aortic Aneurysms
• Cheap Antidepressant Might Help Keep COVID Patients Out of Hospital
• Cheap, Effective Ventilator Made From Ambulance 'Resuscitation Bags'
• Child's Hospital Stay Can Cost Plenty, Even With Insurance
• Clues to Rare Disorder Affecting Kids With COVID-19
• Combo Drug May Fight Tough-to-Treat UTIs
• Common Dog Parasite Now Resistant to Drug Treatments
• Conservatorships Keep the Homeless in Psychiatric Wards Too Long: Study
• Coronavirus Takes Aim at Fat Cells, Study Shows
• Could a Quick Breathalyzer Test for COVID-19 Be on the Way?
• Could Antibiotics Make Breast Milk Less Healthy for Babies?
• Could Binge Drinking Set Your Heart Rhythm Off-Kilter?
• Could Diphtheria Become Resistant to Vaccines?
• Could Hospital Visit Records Help Docs Spot ADHD, Autism Early?
• Could Men's Testosterone Play Role in COVID Survival?
• Could Raw Dog Food Pose 'Superbug' Dangers?
• Could the 'Alzheimer's Gene' Raise Risks for Severe COVID-19?
• Could Too Many Antibiotics Raise Your Odds for Colon Cancer?
• COVID Booster Cuts Death Rate by 90%, Israeli Study Finds
• COVID Can Affect Brains of Hospitalized Kids
• COVID Can Be More Deadly for Hospitalized Trauma Patients
• COVID Hospitalizations Rising in Kids Too Young for Vaccine
• COVID Infection Unlikely From Hospital Surfaces: Study
• COVID Pandemic Slowed Progress Against Antibiotic-Resistant 'Superbugs'
• COVID Patient Survival Falls When Local Area Has Higher Caseload: Study
• COVID Plus 'Bleeding' Stroke Doubles a Patient's Death Risk
• COVID Vaccines Cut Odds of Hospitalization By Two-Thirds
• COVID-19 Fears Had Sick, Injured Americans Avoiding ERs
• COVID-19 ICU Patients Have High Risk of Clots, Research Shows
• COVID-19 Ills No Greater for Those With Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis
• COVID-19 Is Far More Lethal, Damaging Than Flu, Data Shows
• COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room
• COVID-19 Patients Rarely Survive Cardiac Arrest: Study
• COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys
• Crowded Emergency Rooms Cost Lives: Study
• C-Section Antibiotics Show No Link to Asthma in Childhood
• Daily Average of COVID Hospitalizations in US Hits 100,000
• Delirium May Be Only Sign of Severe COVID in Elderly: Study
• Dementia Patients Wind up in the ER 1.4 Million Times a Year, Study Shows
• Dexamethasone Can Help the Sickest COVID Patients Survive. So Why Are Too Few Getting It?
• Dirty Air Could Raise COVID Risks for People With Asthma, COPD
• Do Women or Men Make the Best Doctors?
• Doctors' Group Says Antibiotics Can Be Taken for Shorter Periods
• Doctors Often Miss Signs of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids
• Does an Arthritis Drug Help Patients Battling Severe COVID? It Depends on the Study
• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients
• Drug Could Be Non-Antibiotic Alternative to Treat UTIs
• Early Dialysis Doesn't Improve Outcomes With Acute Kidney Failure
• Early in Pandemic, Were Antibiotics Prescribed Too Often?
• Early U.S. Vaccine Rollout Saved 140,000 Lives, Prevented 3 Million COVID Cases
• Emergency Care Vs. Urgent Care: What's the Difference?
• ERs Are Flooded With Kids in Mental Health Crisis, U.S. Doctors' Groups Warn
• ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction
• Even When Cancer Is in Remission, Patients' Risks of Severe COVID Rise
• Even When Stroke Centers Are Near, Black Americans Often Lack Access
• Even Without Symptoms, COVID Infection Raises Risks for Trauma Patients
• Experimental Pill May Fight Antibiotic-Resistant UTIs
• Extremely Low Incidence of COVID Hospitalization After Vaccine, Boosters: Study
• Fewer Suicide-Related ER Visits in COVID Era, and That Has Experts Worried
• Fewer Surprise Bills: Most U.S. Hospitals Now Transparent on Prices
• Finding a Doctor Is Tough and Getting Tougher in Rural America
• First 10 Days After Hospital Discharge Especially Risky for COVID Survivors
• 'Flattening the Curve' Saves More Lives Than Thought
• Flipping the Odds: Turning Patients Prone Helps Fight COVID-19
• Frequent Use of Antibiotics Linked With Higher Odds for Crohn's, Colitis
• Genetic Sign of Aging Linked to Risk of Fatal COVID
• Give Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Blood Thinners to Help Save Lives: Study
• Giving Birth During the Pandemic? Facts You Need to Know
• Guard Against Lyme Disease This Summer
• Had COVID or Gotten Vaccine? Hospitalization Is 'Extremely Uncommon'
• Heart Attack Cases at ERs Fall by Half – Are COVID Fears to Blame?
• Heart Damage Seen in Many Hospitalized COVID Patients: Study
• Heart Troubles Ease Over Time in Kids With MIS-C
• High Blood Pressure Doubles Odds That COVID Will Be Severe
• High Blood Sugar Ups COVID Risks, Even in Non-Diabetics
• High-Tech Drug Infusion Pumps in Hospitals Vulnerable to Damage, Hackers
• High-Tech Socks Could Prevent Falls in At-Risk Patients
• Hospitalizations for Teens With Eating Disorders Rose Sharply During Pandemic
• Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion
• Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home
• Hospitals: One Reason COVID Is More Lethal for Black Americans
• Hot Days Can Send Even Younger Folks to the ER
• How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger
• How Hospitals Can Cut Patients' Falls
• How Moving the Homeless to Hotels During the Pandemic Helps Everyone
• How Much Will That Hip Replacement Cost? Many Hospitals Still Aren't Saying
• How One Hospital Kept COVID Transmissions at Nearly Zero
• How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients
• How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care
• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake
• Hurricanes Threaten Many U.S. Coastal Hospitals With Serious Flooding
• ICU Bed Shortages Could Mean More COVID-19  Deaths
• If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills
• India's COVID Crisis Could Spawn Another: Antibiotic Misuse
• Infusion of Certain Immune Cells May Help in Severe Coronavirus Cases
• Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?
• Is It Time to End Universal Masking in Hospitals, Clinics?  Many Experts Think So
• It Can Take Weeks for Some Patients With Severe COVID to Recover Consciousness
• Keeping Same Nurse for All Home Health Care May Be Crucial for Dementia Patients
• Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study
• Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19
• Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault
• La COVID más un ACV hemorrágico duplican el riesgo de muerte de un paciente
• Language Can Make the Difference Between Home, Hospital Care: Study
• Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope
• Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays
• Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients
• Long-Haul COVID Symptoms? Getting Vaccine Won't Make You Feel Worse, Study Finds
• Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study
• Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis
• Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It
• Major Drug Shortages Not Likely After Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant, FDA says
• Many At-Risk Kids With COVID Can Be Cared for at Home
• Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken
• Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study
• Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge
• Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms
• Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home
• Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
• Many Older Adults Confused About Proper Use of Antibiotics: Poll
• Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds
• Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
• Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage
• Many Strains of a Dangerous Foodborne Bacteria Are Now Antibiotic-Resistant
• Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms
• Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms
• Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
• More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment
• More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study
• More Pot-Linked Poisoning Cases as Edibles' Popularity Booms
• 'Morning After' Antibiotics Could Slash Odds for Common STDs
• Morning-After Antibiotics May Help Curb STDs
• Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
• Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal
• Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated
• Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay
• New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year
• New Type of Antibiotic Could Fight Tough-to-Treat UTIs
• New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office
• Number of U.S. Kids Hospitalized With COVID Is Likely Overcounted: Study
• Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
• Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use
• Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study
• Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study
• On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives
• Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
• Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs
• Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids
• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
• Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis
• Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study
• Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths
• Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
• Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
• Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack
• Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant
• Patient-to-Patient Transmission Not to Blame for Most C. Difficile Infections in Hospitals
• People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
• People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox
• Pet Store Puppies Passing Drug-Resistant Bacteria to People
• Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17
• Pfizer Warns of Looming Shortage of Long-Acting Penicillin for Kids
• Pfizer Warns of Shortage of Antibiotic Used to Fight Syphilis
• Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second
• Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
• Polluted Air Linked to Dangerous Antibiotic Resistance
• Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER
• Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID
• Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service
• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
• Prescription Opioids, Antibiotics in Pregnancy Won't Raise Birth Defect Risk: Studies
• Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients
• Prescriptions for U.S. Kids Declined During Pandemic
• Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
• Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery
• Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study
• Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida
• Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients
• Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
• Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
• RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
• Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
• Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
• Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder
• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
• Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
• Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
• Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
• Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls
• Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
• Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
• Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
• Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study
• Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key
• Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
• Study Delivers More Evidence of a Mental Health Crisis Among Teens, Particularly Girls
• Study Finds Good Long-Term Outcomes for Appendicitis Treated Without Surgery
• Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID
• 'Superbug' Fungus Spreads Among Vulnerable in Two U.S. Cities
• Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
• Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak
• Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative
• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
• 'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes
• Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
• The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
• There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19
• 'Time Is Brain': More Americans Waiting Longer for Best Care After Stroke
• Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later
• Too Many Antibiotics Might Raise Colon Cancer Risk
• Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci
• Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
• Troubling Signs TB Is Gaining Resistance Against Combo Antibiotics
• U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials
• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak
• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen
• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week
• U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million
• U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
• U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen
• U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
• Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End
• Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?
• VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
• Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization
• Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study
• 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
• What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes
• When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back
• When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer
• When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve
• Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?
• Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
• Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List
• Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
• Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?
• Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
• Will a Cheap Pill Cure Gonorrhea? New Test Can Tell
• With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
• Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
• Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
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