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Democratic members of the House and Senate introduced a resolution Wednesday calling for the repeal of new Medicare prior authorization requirements under the Wasted and Improper Service Reduction (WISeR) model. Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Maria Cantwell of Washington, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York called for the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to be invoked through a resolution (PDF). A companion resolution (PDF) was introduced in the House by Reps. Susan DelBene, D-Wash., and Greg Landsman, D-Ohio. This comes a week after the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) determined the model was subject to the CRA.…

A new UNLV-led wastewater surveillance study brings scientists one step closer to a global race to detect and stop the proliferation of potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria that puts hospitalized patients at risk of serious blood, heart and brain infections. candida auris It poses an ongoing challenge to Nevada’s health care facilities. By 2025, the Silver States alone will account for 22% of the approximately 7,200 states in the United States. C.ear Number of cases – 1,605 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, higher than California’s approximately 1,550 cases and Texas’ 830 cases. Adjusted for population, Nevada…

People who experience high levels of anxiety about missing out on social events exhibit specific patterns of brain activity when receiving digital approval. A recent experiment found that people with a strong fear of missing out have increased neural sensitivity to positive social feedback in the form of a digital thumbs up icon. This study Journal of Affective Disorders. Fear of missing out (often abbreviated as FoMO) is the pervasive feeling of anxiety that others will be enjoying a rewarding experience without you. Psychologists link this particular anxiety to a basic human need known as the need to belong. When…

Scientists at UCLA Health Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new cytokine-enhanced CAR-T cell therapy that improves the immune system’s attack on aggressive brain tumors in mice, while reducing the dangerous side effects that have long limited immune-based treatments for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most treatment-resistant brain tumors. This therapy works by reprogramming CAR-T cells to release immune-stimulating proteins called IL-12 and DR-18, which activate the body’s own immune system and enhance the overall anti-cancer response. In mouse models, this approach has improved tumor control, including cancers composed of mixed cell populations that often escape treatment. The…

Sabiavirus causes acute hemorrhagic neurological syndrome. Four deaths have been recorded in São Paulo state since 1990. This virus has been circulating in Brazil for about 142 years. Genome analysis of two cases recorded in 2019 and 2020 shows that the virus undergoes genetic changes over time, explaining why existing tests were not able to identify the virus. These results are part of a study published in the journal Tropical diseases ignored by PLOS. The study was supported by FAPESP and carried out by researchers from the Brazil-UK Collaborative Center for Arbovirus Discovery, Diagnosis, Genomics and Epidemiology (CADDE), a research…

More than 1 in 10 children with complex medical conditions experience an incident reported by home health agency staff, according to a recently published multi-state study. JAMA network open. Half of the reported incidents involved safety and a quarter involved harm to children. Children with complex medical conditions often require complex home care plans, such as gastrostomy tubes or invasive mechanical ventilation, but we don’t really know how often medical safety issues occur in the home, making it difficult to track and improve this type of care. Our research is a first step in tracking the incidence of safety…

Although the majority of students sought and received therapy or counseling within the past 12 months, fewer than 40 percent received the recommended combination of treatment/counseling and antipsychotic medication, suggesting potential barriers to accessing this medication. Although the overall prevalence of mental illness in the United States is low, affecting 3% of the population, it is a serious public health concern because people often delay seeking treatment for an average of 74 weeks after symptoms appear. Because psychosis tends to occur in early adulthood, it is important to understand why youth who experience psychosis do or do not seek mental…

SAN FRANCISCO — When Tippi McKenzie was a postdoctoral researcher in the early 2000s, she and her lab colleagues conducted experiments using then-new gene replacement therapy techniques to treat genetic diseases before mice were born. It worked for me over and over again. They cured mice with hemophilia and mice with tyrosinemia. And people kept telling her that gene therapy for human fetuses was just around the corner, and would happen in just five years. Twenty-five years later, such a reality has yet to materialize. But after promising talks with the Food and Drug Administration, McKenzie is now closer than…

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the U.S. Surgeon General’s recommendations urging families, schools and health care providers to reduce screen time for children, according to a draft report reviewed by STAT. The report, filed by the Surgeon General’s Office despite no Senate-confirmed nominees, calls for parents, schools and all levels of government to work together to transition the use of devices with screens, saying some patterns of use “have the potential to cause real harm to children.” The report provides a long list of requests for action from policymakers, industry and parents, but stops short…

Recent research published in journals sexual and relationship therapy Studies suggest that orgasms, especially those achieved through masturbation using sex toys, can help alleviate the physical and emotional symptoms of menopause. This study provides evidence that sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, and psychological well-being all play interacting roles in how people experience this biological change. The findings suggest that people in non-monogamous relationships or dating younger partners tend to experience less menopause overall. The authors of the new study wanted to better understand how relationship style and sexual behavior influence the often difficult symptoms of menopause and menopause. Perimenopause is the…