Impaired exercise ventilatory efficiency above the upper limit of normal was associated with a greater dyspnea burden and low peak VO2 among never smokers and smokers with or without COPD, researchers reported.“Activity-related dyspnea and exercise limitation . are common, even in mild COPD, and are associated with poor health status and increased mortality. The traditional focus of
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, health care providers are questioning how to help patients legally navigate reproductive care. After the ruling, several states moved to immediately ban abortions through so-called “trigger laws.” Jessie Hill, JD, the associate dean for research and faculty development and a professor at the Case Western University
U.S. Supreme Court justices made a “narrow” interpretation of Medicare’s Secondary Payer provision when ruling against DaVita Inc. in a case about how group health plans pay for dialysis care, the company CEO told investors.“ . We believe that the ruling ignores the long history of protection offered under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act [MSPA] to the dialysis patient
COVID-19 vaccines are effective in reducing the risk for hospitalization and death in all BMI Groups, though the odds for adverse outcomes were higher for vaccinated people with very high or very low BMI compared with normal weight.
“We had concerns that perhaps COVID-19 vaccines were less effective in people with obesity, given previous evidence from flu vaccines,” Carmen
Now that the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time since 2018, many in the financial media are revisiting the subject of inverted yield curves.Because the term yield curve inversion has returned to the news, you may wonder what this is, what it portends and why it is getting so much press.