In 2022, over 77 percent of U.S. adults were affected by obesity, at least one chronic condition, or both, and that number rose to 99 percent among adults aged 80 and older. A new research findings ...

Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) prescription stimulant misuse is associated with being under age 30, being White, and living in metropolitan areas, according to a new evidence ...

Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, Virginia, uses and contributes to the AHRQ Healthcare Simulation Dictionary, which international simulation experts developed to standardize the ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) relies on AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program systematic reviews to inform a number of guidelines advising best treatment practices for ...

Editor’s Note: Due to the Memorial Day holiday, the next issue of AHRQ News Now will be Wednesday, May 28. AHRQ Stats: Priority Conditions and High Healthcare Spending Between 2018 and 2022, 75.1 ...

The Dayton (Ohio) Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center facility has adopted AHRQ’s SHARE Approach as part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' national Hypoglycemic Safety Initiative to help ...

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Between 2016 and 2021, the rate of delivery stays with respiratory-related severe maternal morbidity (SMM) complications increased 137 percent, the rate of stays with renal-related SMM complications ...

Antibiotics are often given to preterm and vulnerable newborns before infections are confirmed in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). In an article published in the Journal of Intensive Care ...

Just 7.3 percent of non-Hispanic Asian adults with a prior COVID-19 infection reported ever having Long COVID as of spring 2023, compared with 14.6 percent of non-Hispanic White adults. (Source: AHRQ ...

As of spring 2023, 9.8 percent of adults aged 18 to 34 with a prior COVID-19 infection reported having developed Long COVID, the lowest among any adult age group. Long COVID rates ranged from 13.5 ...

In 2020, adult hospitalizations for sickle cell and anemia resulted in the highest readmission rates among patients using public insurance, leading to 37.7 30-day readmissions for every 100 ...