Covid is causing a sharp rise in cases of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, a disorder of the autonomic nervous system that causes rapid heart rate, fainting and dizziness February 27, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST Angelica Baez uses a motorized chair to get around a park in Sacramento on Feb. 3. Baez developed postural tachycardia […]
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KFF’s Kaiser Health News and CBS News Team Up to Investigate a Dental Device That Allegedly Has Left a Trail of Mangled Mouths and Devastated Patients
In a months-long challenge, KFF’s Kaiser Health and fitness Information correspondent Brett Kelman joined forces with CBS News Countrywide Purchaser Investigative Correspondent Anna Werner to look into an unregulated dental system that is at the coronary heart of many accounts of suffering and disfigurement. At the very least 10,000 dental sufferers have been fitted with […]
Worker shortages mean hospitals can’t admit mental health patients
By Rose Hoban Mental health patients in need of admission to state-run psychiatric hospitals across North Carolina might spend hours, days or even weeks in an emergency department, waiting for an open bed in a facility that is better staffed and equipped for their needs. The state Department of Health and Human Services created a […]
LGBTQ+ Patients Have Higher Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
LGBTQ+ clients with breast cancer encounter delays in analysis and have worse results than cisgender heterosexual individuals, according to investigate released in JAMA Oncology. Scientists located that LGBTQ+ sufferers have a better threat of cancer recurrence, and they are additional very likely to decrease their oncologist’s advisable study course of remedy. This retrospective, situation-regulate study […]
Some providers ignore psych patients’ directives
EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to stigma attached to mental illness and psychiatric hospitalization, this article assigns the pseudonyms Sue and Michael to a mother and son in Charlotte. NC Health News verified their identities and reviewed legal and medical records relevant to this story. If you need mental health support, call or text 988 or consult […]
It’s ‘Telehealth vs. No Care’: Doctors Say Congress Risks Leaving Patients Vulnerable
When the covid-19 pandemic hit, Dr. Corey Siegel was a lot more organized than most of his friends. 50 percent of Siegel’s patients — numerous with private insurance plan and Medicaid — had been by now utilizing telehealth, logging onto appointments by means of telephones or desktops. “You get to meet up with their family […]