Healthcare is a necessary and never-ending service. As the pandemic clearly illustrated, new diseases and contagions always call for tech-driven innovation for better results. In the context of India, recent years have seen a greater emphasis on enhancing healthcare quality, affordability, and access, for which the universal health coverage has […]
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Mental Health In The Workplace
Employees and HR officials concur that treating workers’ mental health concerns is a major priority, according to recent workplace surveys and publications. However, it’s time to think about where this consensus will go and which workplace mental health issues will receive the most attention as we move ahead to 2023. […]
How To Increase Collagen Production And Make The Abdomen Skin Firmer?
Collagen is essential for the development and maintenance of all bodily tissues, and it has significant advantages for the skin, hair, nails, and joints1. It is normal for the body to experience changes throughout time that cause the skin’s collagen and elastin levels to drop. Cosmetic procedures can help to […]
3 Health Care Trends for 2023
3 Health Care Trends for 2023 : Understanding the current situation of access to care and other patients’ booking preferences may provide a sense of hope for 2023, as many individuals are getting ready to make health and wellness plans in the new year. Using data from appointment booking patterns […]
Black Patients’ Buy-In Suffers When They Are Not Included in Drug Trials
If more Black individuals were included in drug trials, Black patients and their doctors might be more receptive to innovative treatments, according to recent research. Only 5% of volunteers in drug trials now are Black Americans. In a recent study, nearly 75% of physicians said that patients frequently inquire about […]
Costs for health benefits are projected to increase by 5.4% in 2023.
According to a recent Mercer study, employers anticipate significant increases in health benefits expenditures in 2019 after seeing an increase of 3.2% in 2022. Cost increases last year increased to 6.3% as consumers caught up on their pandemic-related healthcare needs that had been postponed. Even while the increase this year […]
Machine learning analysis suggests that there are four sub-phenotypes of long COVID
Four sub-phenotypes of long COVID : Researchers recently found different sub-phenotypes of PASC [post-acute sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)] based on illnesses detected between 1 to 3 months of an acute infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in a paper published in Nature Medicine (SARS-CoV-2). Background Studies […]
How One State is Curbing Growth in Health Care Costs
The reputation of Massachusetts as one of the most costly states for healthcare has existed for a long time and is well-deserved. According to David Seltz, executive director of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, the state now has the third-most expensive health care system in the country, behind Alaska and […]
Twitter Lifted Its Ban On COVID Misinformation – Research Shows This Is A Grave Risk To Public Health
Researchers and public health professionals are deeply concerned about the potential effects of Twitter’s decision to no longer enforce its COVID-19 misleading policy, which was covertly posted on the website’s rules page and listed as effective Nov. 23, 2022. Misinformation about health is nothing new. The false information on a […]
World AIDS Day: Promoting youth engagement and awareness through sports
World AIDS Day : Significant access barriers to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment programmes still exist for young people. These inequities are supported by stigma, discrimination, harsh laws and policies, violence, and ingrained societal and gender inequalities that limit young people’s access to care and participation in society. The opportunity […]
