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Earlier this year, experts warned of a rise in suicides,overdose deaths, and mental health problems resulting from COVID-19 and its economic and social stressors. In this update, we look at how views have evolved with a vaccine now on the horizon.
If nine family members are left behind to grieve each of the nation s 320,000+ COVID-19 deaths, nearly 3 million Americans are grappling with loss on an unprecedented scale of mass bereavement.
But unlike past disasters in which communities could come together to heal, this one has kept them six feet apart. If you think of that bereavement as grief, that s not necessarily mental illness . that s just pain, emotional pain, that needs to be validated and normalized and expressed out loud, said Jessica Gold, MD, of Washington University in St. Louis. Until we really do that, I think we re kind of stalled in healing.
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A retrospective cohort study found that testing for primary aldosteronism in patients with treatment-resistent hypertension was rare and also associated with higher rates of evidence-based treatment and better longitudinal blood pressure control. The findings are published in
Annals of Internal Medicine.
Primary aldosteronism is a common cause of secondary hypertension and is highly prevalent among patients with treatment-resistant hypertension. Primary aldosteronism is associated with a 4- to 12-fold increased risk for adverse cardiovascular events compared with primary hypertension and can be effectively treated with MRAs or surgery. Although clinical practice guidelines recommend aldosteronism screening for such patients, they may not be followed.
Birth mortality, heart attack deaths worse in U.S. than other wealthy nations
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The wealthiest U.S. residents have worse overall health outcomes than those of other countries, despite spending more for care, a new study has found. Photo by fernandozhiminaicela/Pixabay
Dec. 28 (UPI) Infant and maternal mortality rates among the wealthiest people in the United States are higher than those for 12 high-income countries globally, an analysis published Monday by JAMA Internal Medicine found.
In addition, survival rates for affluent U.S. residents with breast or colon cancer, two of the most common forms of the disease, were comparable or worse than those for average residents of these other countries, the data showed.
Laurel Libby: Are lockdowns benefiting our elderly?
Rather than dictating what our elders must do, we should engage in a discourse that includes them in the conversation and considers both their health and their autonomy. To do otherwise is to infantilize them, and disrespects and dishonors our elders.
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Rep. Laurel Libby
At an assisted-living facility in Central Maine, two chairs sit side-by-side, with plexiglass mounted between. These chairs are supposed to be used by residents and their visitors, but have remained empty for months. Since March, nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Maine and across the country have been locked down, with family visits a rarity. The rationale? We have to protect the vulnerable.