Early Weight Correction Can Prevent Heart Disease
The remission of childhood overweight before young adulthood reverses the risk for coronary heart disease in adulthood; however, gaining weight ...
What Triggers Timely Advance Care Planning? EHRs May Help
Electronic health records can help identify triggers for advance care planning that align with optimal timing windows, mainly linked to ...
Why Some Flu Strains Spark Deadly Cytokine Storms
New data from PEI and Freiburg show that influenza A strains that can replicate inside specific immune cells drive excessive ...
The Fight to Improve Cardiovascular Care for Canadian Women
Canadian leaders in women’s health warn that the unique pathophysiology and presentation of cardiovascular disease in women is poorly understood. ...
Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer?
Whatever you’re tucking into this festive season, chances are you didn’t have to kill it yourself or forage it from ...
Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright
Adobe Stock Photo/Phoebe Watts A blue Earth ascends over the barren surface of the moon, against the black void of ...
New Guidelines Endorse Self-Collection for HPV
Share on PinterestNew cervical cancer screening guidelines endorse self-collection methods for HPV testing for average-risk individuals in clinical settings. Svetlana ...
Novel Med Tied to Slowed Decline in Lewy Body Dementia
The experimental drug neflamapimod reduced a key biomarker of neurodegeneration, which correlated with a slowing of cognitive and functional decline ...
What Factors Predict Thrombosis in aPL Antibody Positivity?
Having a history of thrombosis or hematologic disease was associated with an approximately twofold increased risk for incident thrombosis in ...
Do Medical Dramas Shape Doctor Image?
Medical dramas shape the public’s expectations of clinicians, and series from Dr. Kildare to ER and House continue to influence ...
Corridor Care ‘Routine’ as A&E Capacity Stretched
A study shows corridor care is now routine in UK emergency departments, raising urgent concerns about safety, capacity, and year-round ...
First Patient With RDEB Treated With New Gene Therapy
The first-of-its kind gene therapy uses a patient’s skin cells to create sheets to treat the open wounds caused by ...
Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children
James Gallagher,Health and science correspondentandNatalie Truswell,Investigations producerShutterstockThe donor's sperm was used in clinics across Europe (stock image)A sperm donor who ...
Number of Hospitals Equipped to Handle Pediatric Cases on the Decline
(MedPage Today) -- The number of U.S. hospitals equipped to handle pediatric cases fell over two decades, data from the ...
Ketamine Not a Better Anesthetic for Intubation of Critically Ill Patients
(MedPage Today) -- For tracheal intubation anesthesia in critically ill patients, ketamine didn't improve survival compared with etomidate, a pragmatic ...
Dinosaurs like Diplodocus may have been as colourful as birds
Illustration of a sauropod, with inset showing pigmented structures in the skin as seen with an electron microscopeTess Gallagher Microscopic ...
Energy Drinks Blamed for Man’s Severe High Blood Pressure, Stroke
(MedPage Today) -- Excessive energy drink consumption may explain a person's hypertension and stroke, as illustrated by a case report ...
Rare Temporary Flu Complication Can Leave Some Kids Unable to Walk
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on ...
Material Hardship, ‘Catastrophic’ Income Loss Common in Families of Kids With ALL
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Almost a third of families of children with newly diagnosed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) had ...
Cheap Drug During High-Risk Surgery Reduces Blood Transfusions
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- A hospital policy to increase the use of perioperative tranexamic acid (TXA) reduced blood transfusions ...
