Immunology
Health experts back treatment for kids with peanut allergy
Government health experts are urging approval of a treatment for children with life-threatening peanut allergies.
Sep 13, 2019
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News tagged with emergency treatment
Health
Why wrists are a common casualty of winter
Winter weather tends to cause a spike in visits to the emergency department, and wrist injuries are one of the biggest reasons. Dr. Sanj Kakar, an orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon at Mayo Clinic, says walking on ice and ...
Jan 12, 2023
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Pediatrics
Children's fingertip injuries could signal abuse
Many children who suffer fingertip injuries have been abused, according to a Rutgers study. The researchers found that children who had a documented history of abuse or neglect were 23 percent more likely to suffer a fingertip ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Cardiology
Patients who quit smoking after percutaneous coronary intervention do as well as non-smokers, unless they smoked heavily
Patients who quit smoking after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for narrowed arteries have similar outcomes as non-smokers during four years of follow-up after the procedure, according to a large study ...
Sep 26, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Study finds a quarter of adults with HIV were abused as children
One in four HIV patients was found to have been sexually abused as a child, according to a two-year Duke University study of more than 600 HIV patients. Traumatic childhood experiences were also linked to worse health outcomes ...
Mar 14, 2012
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Immunology
Home remedies: stung by a bee
In most cases, bee stings are just annoying, and home treatment is all that's necessary to ease the pain of bee stings. But if you're allergic to bee stings or you get stung numerous times, you may have a more-serious reaction ...
Aug 11, 2017
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Medications
Experimental nasal spray may offer quick, easy remedy for treating rapid heartbeat
A fast-acting medication delivered as a nasal spray may someday allow patients with intermittent rapid heartbeats to treat it themselves as soon as they develop symptoms, according to new research published today in the Journal ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Addiction
Linking hospital and other records can predict both fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses, study suggests
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the odds of a fatal opioid overdose were 1.5 times higher for individuals with one to two visits to the emergency department for ...
Jun 24, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Half of breast cancer patients experience severe side effects
Nearly half of women treated for early stage breast cancer reported at least one side effect from their treatment that was severe or very severe, a new study finds.
Jan 24, 2017
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Medications
Lifesaving drug for severe bleeding after childbirth could be made accessible for all, study suggests
Intramuscular administration of tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug used to target severe bleeding after childbirth, is safe and quickly reaches therapeutic concentrations in pregnant women, according to a study involving researchers ...
Apr 5, 2023
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