Vaccination
Winter brings rise in carbon monoxide danger. Stay safe
Winter weather brings with it plenty of hazards, including risks from carbon monoxide poisoning, and fires. But the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) offers suggestions […]
New position statement explicitly supports family, career ambitions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS), a scientific and educational association with more than 1,000 members dedicated to advancing the specialty of […]
Evidence supports three-year interval for multi-target stool DNA screening for those at average risk of colon cancer
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A scientific study exploring the appropriate interval for colorectal cancer screening via non-invasive multi-target stool DNA testing for individuals with average risk […]
Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID?
by Lisa M. Krieger Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Could Paxlovid solve one of the pandemic’s biggest puzzles? A new study at Stanford University aims to find […]
Shopping Black Friday for TVs, furniture? Don’t forget the tip-over kit
That new television, cabinet or appliance you’re looking to snag on Black Friday or Cyber Monday could bring unexpected dangers to your home. So don’t forget […]
China announces 1st COVID-19 death in almost 6 months
A resident gets swabbed for the COVID test outside a neighborhood in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan China on Sunday announced […]
Scientists fashion tiny ‘lyre’ to ensure medical imaging systems are in tune
Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Photonics (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c01074 Skoltech researchers have created a solution for quick functional checks of optoacoustic microscopes and tomographs. These are diagnostic […]
Immune system holds clues to patients with high-risk smoldering myeloma likely to benefit from treatment
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cancer Cell (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2022.10.017 For many patients with a condition that often precedes multiple myeloma, early treatment can slow or delay the […]
11.3 percent of school students report tobacco product use
About 11.3 percent of all middle and high school students reported currently using any tobacco product in 2022, with electronic cigarettes the most commonly used product, […]
Study finds opioids double risk of venous thromboembolism in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Risk of outcomes (HR, 95% CI) with opioid initiation compared to NSAID initiation after adjustment for propensity score weights and imbalanced covariables (CVD medications). Credit: Major […]
Antibody treatment tested as new tool against malaria
by Carla K. Johnson This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito. The […]
Hormonal treatment in pregnancy won’t lower odds for preterm birth
A hormone therapy commonly used to prevent preterm births probably isn’t effective, a new study reports. Doctors have been prescribing vaginal progesterone treatments to help at-risk […]
Video games could improve kids’ brains: study
Children play a video game called League of Legends in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; a large new US study published in JAMA Network Open indicates there […]
Blacks, hispanics less likely than whites to receive bystander CPR
Blacks and Hispanics are less likely than Whites to receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study published in the Oct. […]
Sleep-deprived kids will snack more: Study
Experts studying kids’ sleep and eating habits have learned more about a potential reason for childhood obesity. Kids who are deprived of sleep tend to eat […]
A new treatment is restoring skin coloration to some with vitiligo
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sarah Hayden owns a lot of turtlenecks. She also has chunky necklaces and tons of makeup—anything to cover up the blotchy white […]
How to lower heart disease and breast cancer risk at the same time
It turns out that many of the lifestyle behaviors that help fight off breast cancer in women also can help them avoid heart disease. Think of […]
How bad is red meat for you? Health risks get star ratings
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research about what is healthy comes so thick and fast—red meat can appear good for you one week, stroke-inducing the next—that a […]
Dinner at 5 p.m.? New research suggests eating early and within a 10-hour window is healthier
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers have provided more evidence that eating earlier in the day might be good for you—and eating all of your meals within […]
August 16, 2022
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain U.S. officials said they are able to ship out more monkeypox vaccine doses than previously planned—because of a strategy shift that allows […]
March 25, 2022
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Australia is offering a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines to over 65s from next month, federal health authorities announced Friday, as a […]
January 18, 2022
Siblings wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Clalit Health Services in Mevaseret Zion, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo An Israeli hospital on […]
January 15, 2022
A health worker gives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to 8-year-old Indigenous youth Davi Seremramiwe Xavante at the Hospital da Clinicas in Sao Paulo, […]
December 25, 2021
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Chile will offer its citizens a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose from February, starting with high-risk categories, President Sebastian Pinera has announced. “The […]
October 16, 2021
The World Trade Organization said Friday its member nations had again failed to agree to suspend intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, with some countries doubting […]
September 25, 2021
A 14-year-old Israeli receives a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine at Clalit Health Service’s center in the Cinema City complex in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 22, […]
September 13, 2021
In this Aug. 26, 2021 file photo, Parsia Jahanbani prepares a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in a mobile vaccine clinic operated by Families Together […]
August 26, 2021
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech have joined forces with Brazilian pharmaceutical company Eurofarma to distribute doses in Latin America, the companies […]