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March 14, 2024
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VIDEO: With early-onset colorectal cancer cases on the rise, ‘everyone should be screened’

VIDEO: With early-onset colorectal cancer cases on the rise, ‘everyone should be screened’

In this Healio video, Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil, emphasizes the importance of educating patients about colorectal cancer risk and screening all individuals at the “right age and at the right interval.”

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March 05, 2024
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Top in ID: New COVID-19 isolation guidance; booster shots for older adults

Top in ID: New COVID-19 isolation guidance; booster shots for older adults

The CDC updated its COVID-19 isolation guidance for the first time in 2 years, saying that people with COVID-19 no longer have to isolate for 5 days if they are showing certain signs of improvement.

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March 04, 2024
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World Optometry Week highlights profession’s commitment to equitable, global eye care

World Optometry Week highlights profession’s commitment to equitable, global eye care

The theme for this year’s World Optometry Week, March 17 to 23, is “Advancing Optometry’s Commitment to Global Eye Care,” the World Council of Optometry announced in a press release.

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March 01, 2024
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VIDEO: ‘We all need to be concerned’ about consequences of inequity in health care

VIDEO: ‘We all need to be concerned’ about consequences of inequity in health care

In a video exclusive, Healio’s Health Equity Award winner Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil, discusses the importance of a collective, nationwide effort to recognize health care disparities and support disadvantaged populations.

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February 26, 2024
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Mortality rates return to pre-COVID-19 ‘normal’ for most groups in the US

Mortality rates return to pre-COVID-19 ‘normal’ for most groups in the US

Mortality in the United States has returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels for the most part, but several groups continue to experience disparities that existed before March 2020, according to a study.

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February 14, 2024
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Q&A: The importance of using waist-to-hip ratio to measure obesity

Q&A: The importance of using waist-to-hip ratio to measure obesity

PCPs should use the waist-to-hip ratio rather than BMI to evaluate obesity among Hispanic and Latino adults, according to experts.

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February 02, 2024
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VIDEO: Patient Voice winners driven to create global advocacy solutions, education for IBD

VIDEO: Patient Voice winners driven to create global advocacy solutions, education for IBD

In this video, members of the South Asian IBD Alliance, which received Healio’s 2023 Patient Voice Disruptive Innovator Award, share how their initial goal to dispel cultural stigma has grown into a space for community, support and advocacy.

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January 30, 2024
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More accurate sex, gender reporting vital for equitable ophthalmic research

More accurate sex, gender reporting vital for equitable ophthalmic research

Consideration of sex and gender in trial design, enrollment and data analysis is needed to improve the validity and equity of ophthalmology trials associated with FDA drug approvals, according to research in JAMA Ophthalmology.

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January 22, 2024
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How PCPs can help patients manage the dangerous effects of chronic stress

How PCPs can help patients manage the dangerous effects of chronic stress

Chronic stress can be detrimental to health, but primary care providers can help patients manage its causes and effects, according to experts.

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January 11, 2024
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‘Impact and Reach’ with Avital O'Glasser, MD

‘Impact and Reach’ with Avital O'Glasser, MD

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Avital O’Glasser, MD, about the challenges facing non-traditional scholarship, amplifying diverse voices in medicine and more.

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