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TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 — Young women who suffer a particularly deadly condition after a heart attack are 11% more likely to die from it than men, a new study finds. Not only that, women aged 18 to 55 are less likely to receive the tests and aggressive treatment that men routinely receive, and are more likely to die in […] The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled the airline industry. Passenger numbers are down more than two-thirds from last year, and airlines have been canceling flights and shutting down routes. It’s frustrating for travelers, but for patients on organ transplant waitlists, the loss of flights can put a life-saving kidney or heart out of reach. Our research shows just how valuable each […] Joe Biden speaks at an event about affordable health care. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Joe Biden's proposal to increase Affordable Care Act subsidies and open the marketplace to people with employer insurance could save millions of people hundreds of dollars a month, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. Why it matters: Biden's plan to build on […] The world officially recorded 1 million deaths from Covid-19 in one of the most sobering milestones of the pandemic, but the real tally might be almost double that. Actual fatalities from the worst outbreak in a century may be closer to 1.8 million — a toll that could grow to as high as 3 million by the end of the […] A landmark study published in the American Association of Cancer Research’s (AACR) prestigious journal ‘Cancer Prevention Research’ has shown that it is possible to identify healthy individuals with higher risk of cancer based on a simple blood draw. The study reports that seemingly normal, asymptomatic middle-aged men and women with no history of cancer but having detectable clusters of Circulating […] MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 — A company has agreed to pay $60 million to settle charges by U.S. state attorneys general that it failed to adequately inform women of dangerous side effects associated with permanent pelvic mesh devices. The payment by C.R. Bard Inc. and its parent company Becton, Dickinson and Co. will be shared by 48 states and the […] A wedding with nearly 300 guests in New York was broken up by sheriff's deputies over the weekend. The illegal gathering was shut down around 11:30 p.m. on Friday night, the New York City Sheriff's Office said on Twitter. A total of 284 people were in attendance at the event — a number well over the city's social distancing guidelines […] Long after a COVID-19 vaccination is developed and years after the coronavirus death toll is tallied, the impact on mental health will linger, continuing to inflict damage if not addressed, according to new research. Michael Zvolensky, University of Houston Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and director of the Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory/Substance Use […] The doctors still crippled by Covid-19 six months after they caught it: None of these medics were hospitalised after catching coronavirus yet they’ve all been struck by ‘long Covid’ – raising alarming questions about its lasting effects Doctors affected by ‘long Covid’ have written a joint letter published in the BMJ Some had barely any symptoms at first and none […] High blood pressure (hypertension) affects one in two U.S. adults and can cause hardening and thickening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), which can lead to heart attacks, strokes or other complications including chronic kidney disease. Dietary salt intake can evoke salt-sensitive hypertension, which exists in approximately half of hypertensive patients. A new study from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has […]
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
How the airline industry recovers from COVID-19 could determine who gets organ transplants
Joe Biden's plan to make the Affordable Care Act more affordable
Coronavirus: As Covid-19 deaths hit 1 million, scientist says toll may be double
Studies shows 230 times higher one year cancer risk if tumor cell clusters are detected in Blood of Normal Individuals
Company Pays $60 Million to Settle Pelvic Mesh Case
NYC Police Officers Break Up Indoor Wedding with Nearly 300 Guests in Violation of Social Distancing Rules
Pandemic sets off future wave of worsening mental health issues
The doctors still crippled by Covid-19 six months after they caught it
New potential treatment approach for patients with salt-sensitive hypertension
