Victoria Knight

Victoria Knight was a reporter for 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News until July 2022.

In-Home Teeth-Straightening Business Is Booming 鈥 But Better Brace Yourself

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SmileDirectClub and similar startup companies say they provide these services at what can be thousands of dollars less than office-visit teeth straightening, but proof is lacking and patients can be left with no recourse if problems arise.

Denuncian fraude a Medicare con aparatos ortop茅dicos a trav茅s de la telemedicina

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Llaman por tel茅fono o aparecen en un chat y preguntan si el adulto mayor siente alg煤n dolor. Luego le env铆an, en un caso, hasta 13 aparatos ortop茅dicos: rodilleras, cabestrillos, fajas. Facturan millones a Medicare.

Hace a帽os, este doctor relacion贸 un misterioso mal pulmonar con el “vaping”

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Este verano, funcionarios federales comenzaron a investigar un brote nacional de enfermedades pulmonares graves relacionadas con el vapeo que ha afectado a m谩s de 150 pacientes en 16 estados.

Years Ago, This Doctor Linked A Mysterious Lung Disease To Vaping

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In an exclusive interview, a West Virginia physician says that back in 2015 he had a sense a patient鈥檚 illness 鈥減robably wasn’t the first case ever seen nor would it be the last.鈥 Was it a sentinel event?

鈥楥limate Grief鈥: Fears About The Planet鈥檚 Future Weigh On Americans鈥 Mental Health

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Although there鈥檚 no official clinical diagnosis, the psychiatric and psychological communities have names for the phenomenon of worrying about the Earth鈥檚 fate: 鈥渃limate distress,鈥 鈥渃limate grief,鈥 鈥渃limate anxiety鈥 or 鈥渆co-anxiety.鈥 The concept also is gradually making its way into the public consciousness in television shows and movies.

I鈥檓 A CPAP Dropout: Why Many Lose Sleep Over Apnea Treatment

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An estimated 18 million American adults have sleep apnea. The go-to treatment 鈥 a CPAP machine 鈥 offers a healthy restful night鈥檚 sleep, but many people struggle to use it. As many as 50% of patients stop using the device.

American Medical Students Less Likely To Choose To Become Primary Care Doctors

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Only 41.5% of internal medicine positions were filled by U.S.-trained fourth-year students getting traditional medical degrees, the lowest share on record. Similar trends were seen this year in family medicine and pediatrics.