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Online Therapy, Coaches Help Ease Eating Disorders

Online Therapy, Coaches Help Ease Eating DisordersMONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Most college students with an eating disorder never seek treatment, but more than 8 in 10 were willing to try a new treatment that combines digitally guided therapy with coaching assistance, a new study reports. Even better, the new technique was more effective at reducing eating disorder symptoms than the usual care students receive. "Eating disorders can be associated with a lot of shame, and there are a lot of barriers to treatment. Students may perceive they don't have time for treatment. They may feel the counseling center can't help, or they may not want to be seen at the counseling center," explained study author Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft. She's an assistant professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St....

ER Visits for E-Scooter Injuries Nearly Double in One Year

31 August 2020
ER Visits for E-Scooter Injuries Nearly Double in One YearMONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As the popularity of electric scooters has accelerated in the United States, so have serious injuries, which nearly doubled in just one year, a new study reveals. In 2019, more than 29,600 e-scooter riders were treated in U.S. emergency rooms, up from about 15,500 the year before, the researchers found. "I probably operate on at least two to three people that have scooter injuries every month, especially during the summer months," said study co-author Dr. Eric Wagner, director of upper extremity surgery research at Emory University, in Atlanta. "These injuries are increasing and they aren't benign. Many of them are fractures, many of them are head injuries, and some of the head injuries require hospital admission, which means that they're...

AHA News: Unpredictability of Advanced Heart Failure...

31 August 2020
AHA News: Unpredictability of Advanced Heart Failure Complicates End-of-Life Care, Doctors SayMONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Some people with advanced heart failure live for a long time, while others don't. That uncertain timeline poses challenges for doctors, their patients and families dealing with end-of-life care. "We've had quality indicators for cancer for many years, which have been used to make sure that end-of-life patients get high-quality care," said Dr. Rebecca Hutchinson, a hospice and palliative medicine specialist at Maine Medical Center in Portland. "With heart failure, we don't have those indicators." That discrepancy motivated Hutchinson and five colleagues to conduct in-depth interviews with 23 cardiologists and primary care physicians across Maine about treating people with advanced heart failure. The study, published Monday in...

A Guide to Managing Children's Diabetes During COVID-19

31 August 2020
A Guide to Managing Children`s Diabetes During COVID-19MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Parents worry that COVID-19 can make a diabetic child's condition worse, but an expert has some tips for keeping kids healthy during the pandemic. "If a child has good control of their diabetes, it does not seem as though there will be severe effects if they were to get the virus," said Dr. Michael Yafi, an associate professor of pediatric endocrinology at McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. "However, children with poorly controlled diabetes are at a high risk of becoming severely ill if they were to get the virus," Yafi said in a university news release. High blood sugar levels can weaken the immune system, making it harder for people with diabetes to fend off infections like COVID-19, he...

Booze, Drug Use Common at Virtual Parties During Pandemic

31 August 2020
Booze, Drug Use Common at Virtual Parties During PandemicMONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Drug use is common among people taking part in virtual raves and happy hours during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study finds. "We explored whether stay-at-home orders changed how people use drugs -- and it appears that drug use during virtual gatherings is somewhat prevalent among the party-going population we studied," said study author Joseph Palamar. He's associate professor of population health at NYU Langone Health in New York City. The researchers conducted online surveys in April and May 2020 with 128 New Yorkers who said they attend electronic dance music parties and reported recent drug use. About 56% said they had attended virtual raves and about 70% attended virtual happy hours during the pandemic. Of those, more than one-third...

Remote Monitoring May Help Control High Blood Pressure

31 August 2020
Remote Monitoring May Help Control High Blood PressureMONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine might help people with stubbornly high blood pressure get their numbers down -- and possibly lower their risk of heart disease and stroke in the long run, a new study suggests. Doctors already recommend that people with high blood pressure use a home monitor to track their numbers. But research suggests that home readings, alone, only make a small difference in getting the condition under control. "People really don't have the agency to act [on those readings] on their own," said Dr. Karen Margolis, executive director of research at the HealthPartners Institute in Minneapolis. And if there is no clear plan for what to do about high home numbers, she said, any issues may only come to light at the periodic doctor visit. So...

Quick and Cheap, New COVID-19 Test Could Enhance U.S. Screening Efforts

31 August 2020
Quick and Cheap, New COVID-19 Test Could Enhance U.S. Screening EffortsMONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The new rapid COVID-19 test approved last week is probably not the most reliable option for determining whether someone is infected. But it's cheap and it's fast, and if used correctly, it could be the basis of a screening strategy to keep Americans safe as they return to school and work, infectious disease experts say. The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card produced by Abbott Laboratories is an antigen test, a type of scan that looks for specific structural proteins of the coronavirus that form during infection. The test will produce results within 15 minutes and cost $5, Abbott says. Antigen tests are notorious for producing many false positives, indicating that people are infected when they really aren't, said Dr. Gary Procop, medical director and...

Most Americans Wear Masks, But Myths Linger: Poll

31 August 2020
Most Americans Wear Masks, But Myths Linger: PollMONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are generally well-versed about the use of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, although knowledge gaps about face coverings persist, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll reveals. About nine in 10 Americans said they are knowledgeable about mask-wearing and that they sometimes, often or always wear a mask when they leave their home and are unable to social distance, the online poll shows. Six in 10 said they always wear a mask in such situations, compared with one in 10 who said they rarely or never do. Answers to true/false statements about masks showed that most folks do indeed have a good understanding of protective masks: Seven in 10 knew that most adults can safely wear masks for long periods of time. Over two-thirds knew that...

U.S. COVID Cases Pass 6 Million, With Infections Rising...

MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As the number of coronavirus cases in the United states passed the dubious milestone of 6 million on Sunday, a new report shows COVID-19 is now spreading...

Seniors With Depression Show Resilience in Face of Pandemic

SUNDAY, Aug. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Older Americans with depression have held up well to the threat of COVID-19, a new study finds. Researchers saw no increase in their depression and...
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