Mindy Valcarcel

2 weeks ago | foodsafety.einnews.com | Andrew Rhoades |Mindy Valcarcel

FDA approves, expands use of natural food dyes Added to email alerts You've successfully added Nutrition and Fitness in Primary Care to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. You've successfully added Nutrition and Fitness in Primary Care to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. We were unable to process your request. Please try again later.

3 weeks ago | foodsafety.einnews.com | Andrew Rhoades |Mindy Valcarcel

HHS announces intent to phase out synthetic food dyes Add topic to email alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: HHS plans to phase out nine artificial food dyes by next year. However, some measures may have “minimal impact,” an expert told Healio. Evidence on the health effects of the dyes is mixed.

4 weeks ago | healio.com | Andrew Rhoades |Mindy Valcarcel

Key takeaways: A record number of Americans are unable to access affordable care — a trend “that must be turned back,” a researcher told Healio. Cost insecurity was particularly significant among Black and Hispanic adults. An estimated record-high 91 million Americans are unable to pay for quality health care if they needed it today, according to a new West Health and Gallup survey. The inability to pay was especially prevalent among Black and Hispanic adults.

1 month ago | healio.com | Andrew Rhoades |Mindy Valcarcel

Key takeaways: An expert said there is not enough urea in urine to effectively treat a jellyfish sting. Other common medical myths include using vitamin C to prevent a cold and becoming sick from a flu vaccination. NEW ORLEANS — At the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP, a professor of medicine at the University of Washington, addressed several common medical myths among patients. He said the myths can occur for various reasons.

1 month ago | healio.com | Deepti Pandita |John Schoen |Andrew Rhoades |Mindy Valcarcel

NEW ORLEANS — AI can be used in multiple ways to help reduce clinician burden, but human oversight is still needed, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting. “There is a lot of help coming,”Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIA, an associate professor of medicine, vice president of clinical informatics and chief medical information officer at the University of California, Irvine, told Healio.