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TUESDAY, June 28, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Your favorite summertime playlist probably has more songs about surfing than about potential health risks. But with much of the nation having already sweated out a historic heat wave in June, health experts would like to add a note of caution to the mix.Hot weather is like a stress test for your heart, said Dr. Lance Becker, chair of emergency medicine at Northwell Health, a health care provider in New York. And some people respond poorly to such stress. "They could have a heart attack. Their congestive heart failure symptoms could get much worse. Or they could have an arrhythmia," the medical term for an irregular heartbeat.The risk to your heart and brain can be serious.A 2020 report by the Centers for Disease Control and...

TUESDAY, June 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Deep-rooted bias may affect the way white patients physically respond to medical care provided by physicians of differing race or gender.Researchers assessed treatment reactions of nearly 200 white patients after they were randomly assigned to receive care from a male or female doctor who was either Black, white or Asian. White patients appeared to improve faster when treated by a white male -- the stereotypical doctor in the United States.But the experiment featured a twist: Each patient was unknowingly treated with a placebo medication, meaning it was drug-free.Their reactions suggest ingrained gender and race bias. The patients on average experienced demonstrably better physical results after being treated by a white male doctor, as...

TUESDAY, June 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Since January 2021, hospitals have been required to list online the prices for 300 common medical services, but new research has found that only 32% of hospitals have been fully compliant when it comes to knee and hip replacements."Although pricing information was generally available, it frequently did not meet requirements established by the [government] and was oftentimes difficult to access," said study author Dr. Atul Kamath, of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Kamath spoke in a news release from the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, where the findings were published.Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires hospitals to provide five types of online price...

TUESDAY, June 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adolescents who experience cyberbullying are more likely to think about suicide, a new study shows.Researchers found a link between being bullied online, through texts or on social media, and thoughts of suicide that go above and beyond the link between suicidal thoughts and traditional offline bullying."At a time when young adolescents are spending more time online than ever before, this study underscores the negative impact that bullying in the virtual space can have on its targets," said senior study author Dr. Ran Barzilay, an assistant professor at the Lifespan Brain Institute of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)."Given these results, it may be prudent for primary care providers to screen for cyberbullying routinely in the same...