Cuba’s mothers-to-be prepare to give birth in a country plunged into darkness
Two pregnant women tell the BBC's Will Grant of their hopes and fears as their nation is mired in crisis. ...
Floaters May Signal Urgent Need for Specialty Attention
The risk for retinal detachment is particularly strong in people with at least 10 floaters, Dutch researchers have found. Medscape ...
‘The 1980s Called’: CMS Rule Aims to Phase Out Fax Machines for Health Claims
So long, fax machines -- we hardly knew ye. "The 1980s called, and they want their fax machines back," Mehmet ...
Brain Waves During Sleep Predict Dementia Risk
An EEG-derived brain age index predicted dementia risk across five cohorts.Each 10-year increase in the brain age index was linked ...
Method for More Anatomically Targeted CPR Comes Up Short
A Taiwanese trial compared transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)-guided CPR with conventional chest compressions in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.It was expected ...
Fall-Related Eye Injuries Reveal Hidden Health Risks
Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fall-related-eye-injuries-reveal-hidden-health-risks-2026a10008sz?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-03-23 19:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to ...
Trial Questions Fluid Intake Targets for Preventing Urinary Stone Recurrence
An intervention designed to sustain high fluid intake failed to reduce symptomatic urinary stone recurrence in a randomized trial.While 24-hour ...
Europe Does Better Than U.S. in Treating Spondyloarthritis, Survey Data Suggest
Diagnosis and management of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is complicated because presentations vary and overlap with other pain conditions.This study analyzed ...
Nearly 1 in 5 Pediatric Hospital Deaths in the U.S. Involve Sepsis
CHICAGO -- More than 18,000 non-neonatal sepsis cases occur annually in U.S. kids, and nearly one in five pediatric in-hospital ...
Warmer ocean is driving the Antarctic sea ice ‘regime shift’
Antarctic sea ice extent has reached record lows in recent yearsSebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Scientists have been debating ...
Genetic clues tell the story of Neanderthals’ decline
Reconstructions of a Neanderthal man and woman at the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, GermanyAP Photo/Martin Meissner/Alamy An analysis of Neanderthal ...
Sepsis Rates Are Up. Here’s What Might Explain Why.
Recently, the Boston Globe's Jessica Bartlett asked me about sepsis for an excellent story published a few days ago. In ...
Postmenopausal Bone Gains From Exercise May Plateau
Younger women and those with normal BMI who met certain thresholds for weekly moderate-intensity physical activity experienced improved lumbar spine ...
Docs Need to Rethink How They Plan for Patient Visits
"So, what brings you here today?" This is almost always how our visits start, either on the inpatient services or ...
I’m a Travel Nurse. Every Hospital I’ve Worked in Shares a Fundamental Flaw.
Working as a travel nurse gives you a strange vantage point on American healthcare. You move through hospitals that appear ...
Make the Diagnosis: From a Bone Marrow Transplant to a Huge Rash. What’s Your Diagnosis?
Presentation A 49-year-old man with a history of acute myeloid leukemia who received an allogeneic bone marrow transplant 2 weeks ...
Youth Eating Disorder Admissions Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
A sharp increase in the number of young people hospitalized with eating disorders immediately after the onset of the COVID-19 ...
Child’s ‘Tail-Like’ Limb Had to Be Surgically Removed
A 19-month-old girl was born with a "tail-like" appendage on her lower back that grew larger over time and made ...
What to Watch in Atopic Dermatitis Ahead of AAD 2026
As the 2026 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting approaches, MedPage Today is offering a preview of an upcoming ...
The simple questions cracking the hard problem of consciousness
A few years ago, I took a zombie test. I had flown to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit neuroscientist Giulio Tononi ...
