Eye and ear checks to be offered to autism students at school
BBC NewsNafsika, a teacher at the school, has been trained to carry out the hearing checksChildren and young people in ...
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Timeline of Irregular Heartbeats Emerges From Close Watch of Young Binge Drinkers
Continuous rhythm monitoring showed the timeline in which heart rate and atrial tachycardias typically arise after binge drinking by young ...
Real World CAR T-Cell Therapy Outcomes ‘Favorable’ in Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma
Real-world outcomes of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treated with the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel, ...
Doctors Cut Back on Seeing Medicare Patients as Another Pay Cut Looms
Will his independent practice be able to survive another Medicare payment cut? That's what Terre Haute, Indiana internist Pardeep Kumar, ...
EBV Screening Tied to Lower Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Risk
Individuals screened for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection had a significantly lower risk of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) mortality, a large randomized ...
NHS bosses want chippy to sell fruit and veg
There could be something fishy about this chip shop's menu if health bosses get their wayPlans for a new chippy ...
MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?
MDMA has long been used recreationally but it has faced obstacles getting approved for medical therapiesShutterstock / Couperfield “The future ...
Severe COVID in Kids | MedPage Today
It's easy to think the COVID-19 pandemic is in the rearview mirror, especially for children who are often considered at ...
Vaccines and Long COVID: What Do We Know?
Vaccines are now a key tool in preventing acute, severe COVID-19. But less is known about their effect on long ...
FDA OKs Next-Gen Cologuard Test for CRC Screening
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Exact Sciences' next-generation multitarget stool DNA (mt-sDNA) test, Cologuard Plus, for use ...
Overdose Deaths Are Falling but the Mission Is Far From Accomplished
Ryan Marino is a medical toxicologist, emergency physician, and addiction medicine specialist, and an associate professor in the Departments of ...
In Gene Therapy for RP, LCA, the Earlier, the Better
The only approved ocular gene therapy, which targets a specific gene mutation in two forms of inherited retinal disease, has ...
Melania Trump Says She Supports Abortion Rights, Putting Her at Odds With the GOP
Melania Trump revealed her support for abortion rights Thursday ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir, exposing a stark ...
Good News for CAR-T Therapy; Liquid Biopsy Progress; Anti-Psychotic for Brain Cancer
The largest prospective study to date showed that CAR T-cell therapy for advanced large B-cell lymphoma can be performed safely ...
Remember the COVID-Era Medical Gown Shortage? Feds Spend $350 Million for Stockpile
Six U.S. companies will spend at least $350 million to manufacture medical gowns to store in the Strategic National Stockpile, ...
Expert Tips on Nutrition, Lifestyle for Prevention
Share on PinterestDiet and lifestyle factors play an important role in breast cancer prevention. A&J Fotos/Getty ImagesEarly-onset breast cancer in ...
Preparing for Climate Change’s Impact on Allergies, Asthma
ORLANDO — It's important for pediatricians not only to understand the causes and effects of climate change but also to ...
Screening in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases Pays Off
Immediato Daien C, Georgescu V, Decarriere G, Mercier G, Morel J. Systematic screening for multimorbidities in patients with inflammatory rheumatic ...
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Aid Patients at the End of Life
Palliative care has proven to be one of the most promising fields for research on interventions with psychedelic substances. One ...
Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy with Empathy and Storytelling
When Kimberly Fisher, MD, was a junior doctor, she got fired up when patients showed hesitancy about vaccines. She responded ...
