Health Care

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who used positive airway pressure consistently for 4 hours or more per night over 3 years had lower health care costs than patients with infrequent use, according to results published in CHEST.

Nearly 20% of deceased patients in a Californian health care system were marked as alive with a serious illness in the electronic health record, resulting in hundreds of unnecessary outreach efforts, according to researchers.

Climate change, driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases, has become a major threat to global health. Paradoxically, the health care industry is a large part of the problem.

During an introductory press briefing, new NIH Director Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, called for a greater focus in clinical research to improve access to care.

ORLANDO — Caregivers of patients in the U.K. with Dravet syndrome would benefit from better communication, access to health care and increased psychosocial interventions, per a poster at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting.

The AAP has received a grant of more than $1.7 million to support research in addressing health care disparities for children and adolescents.

A new study has shown that Orbis International’s online course helps nonophthalmic health care workers, who are already trained to recognize diabetic retinopathy, identify signs of glaucoma comparable to ophthalmologists.

Healio released a new resource for health care providers who are interested in using Threads, the newest social media platform.

President Joe Biden recently announced an executive order to establish standards for artificial intelligence safety, equity and security in health care and several other industries.

Sexual and gender minority health care in child neurology is “such an important topic that just hasn’t gotten enough attention,” according to Ariel Maia Lyons-Warren, MD, PhD.