Home health care - J&J Refutes Idea That COVID-19 Vaccine's Design Linked to...
Scientists at J&J refuted an assertion in a medical journal that the adenovirus-based design of their COVID vaccine may explain why both J&J and AZ vaccines have been linked to...
View ArticleHome health care - Kyrgyz Minister Promotes Herbal COVID Cure; Expert Says...
Kyrgyzstan will use an herbal tonic to treat COVID-19, its health minister said after the nation's president praised the remedy - despite warnings from a medical expert that it...
View ArticleHome health care - AGA issues new guidelines on palliative care management in...
The American Gastroenterological Association published new clinical practice guidelines on palliative care management in patients with cirrhosis. “Associated with a high burden...
View ArticleHome health care - Nonsurgical treatments expand knee OA care options
Knee osteoarthritis accounts for about 80% of the burden of OA worldwide, and published studies show it contributes more than $27 billion in health care costs annually. The...
View ArticleHome health care - Hip plating system yielded similar quality of life...
Patients with trochanteric hip fractures treated with a hip plating system had similar health-related quality of life outcomes and risk of revision as patients who were treated...
View ArticleHome health care - COVID-19 pandemic offers involved platform for team...
The role and complexity of the team physician at all levels continues to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. When considering an athlete's concerns, a minority of the issues...
View ArticleHome health care - 'My belly button turned from an innie to an outie - it was...
Carys Evans, 41, said she never thought she would be a candidate for bowel cancer due to her age and lifestyle
View ArticleHome health care - Trump Officials Thwarted EPA Action on Cancer-Causing Gas
Last week, a report by the EPA's Office of the Inspector General said "political appointees" hindered the efforts of agency staff to investigate the scope of ethylene oxide...
View ArticleHome health care - US Will Boost 'Do Not Travel' Advisories to 80% of World
The State Department said it will boost its 'Do Not Travel' guidance to about 80% of countries worldwide, citing 'unprecedented risk to travelers' from the COVID-19...
View ArticleHome health care - Clarification: Virus Outbreak story
In a story April 9, 2021, about countries worldwide hitting new records for virus cases and deaths, The Associated Press erroneously reported the timing of when New Mexico had...
View ArticleHome health care - STROKE AF
Continuous monitoring with an insertable cardiac monitor vs. standard care in patients with recent ischemic stroke.
View ArticleHome health care - CDC: Disinfecting Surfaces Is ‘Typically Not Necessary' To...
The CDC's new guidance indicates that obsessive disinfecting isn't necessary unless someone is sick or has known exposure to COVID-19 If you still have lingering nightmares...
View ArticleHome health care - World Can Bring Pandemic Under Control Within Months: WHO
The world can bring the global COVID-19 pandemic under control in the coming months provided it distributes the necessary resources fairly, the head of the World Health...
View ArticleHome health care - 'Hands of Love': Gloves Mimic Human Touch for COVID...
Two nurses in the small city of Sao Carlos, in Sao Paulo state, have discovered a way to help COVID patients with a millimeter of latex and some warm water that mimics a human...
View ArticleHome health care - J&J Vaccine Reviewed for Links to More Reports of Side...
The US is reviewing reports of a handful of potential cases of severe side effects among people who received Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine in addition to those that led...
View ArticleHome health care - Should You Get an Annual Physical Exam?
What are the risks and benefits of getting a comprehensive annual physical exam and routine blood testing? The model of getting an annual physical exam dates back nearly a...
View ArticleHome health care - Physical Activity May Reduce Risk of Severe COVID-19 Outcomes
People who regularly exercise had the best chance of beating COVID-19, while people who were inactive did much worse
View ArticleHome health care - Drug Duo Targeting ATR Enzyme Shrinks SCLC Tumors
Combining an ataxia telangiectasia and rad3-related inhibitor with topoisomerase 1 yielded an objective response in more than a third of patients with small-cell lung cancer in...
View ArticleHome health care - Cubans Turn to Herbal Remedies, Barter Amid Medicine Scarcity
Even as Cuba races to develop its own COVID-19 vaccine, the country is suffering acute shortages of basic medicines amid its worst economic crisis in decades. Reuters Health...
View ArticleHome health care - Europe lines up more shots, hoping to beat back virus surge
The European Union has ramped up its COVID-19 vaccination efforts amid doggedly high infection rates
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