Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What is Hashimoto's disease?
January is Thyroid Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about Hashimoto's disease.
Jan 13, 2022
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News tagged with health providers
Medical research
Waste-water surveillance found to be a good tracker of COVID variants
A large team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in Austria has found that long-term wastewater surveillance can be used to track the spread of COVID variants throughout an entire country. In their paper ...
Medications
ADHD med prescriptions spiked early in pandemic
Prescriptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new government report shows.
Mar 31, 2023
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Gastroenterology
New resource for gastroenterologists on using probiotics and prebiotics in clinical practice
Scientific evidence, not popular ideas, should drive probiotic and prebiotic recommendations in clinical settings. Globally, evidence is continually emerging on how probiotics and prebiotics can be effectively used in patient ...
May 15, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pre-procedure and pre-admission COVID-19 testing no longer recommended for asymptomatic patients
Health care facilities should no longer routinely screen symptom-free patients for COVID-19 upon admission or before procedures and rely instead on enhanced layers of infection prevention interventions, according to a recommendation ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Medical economics
Exploring a new frontier in health care technology: Non-fungible tokens for secure health data management
Digital transformation in health care has been greatly catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the accelerated adoption of digital health solutions such as telemedicine, remote monitoring and the Internet of ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox is on the rise. Here's what to know about its symptoms, signs and testing
In the past two decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded two individual cases of monkeypox and one outbreak among dozens of people across six states who became ill after having contact with pet ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Addiction
Opioid industry archive releases 1.4M documents from leading opioid maker implicated in drug crisis
UC San Francisco and Johns Hopkins University have announced the addition of 1.4 million documents to their Opioid Industry Documents Archive from Mallinckrodt, a leading generic opioid manufacturer now in bankruptcy. The ...
May 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study shows common antibody therapy has anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch recently confirmed the presence of neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in a common subcutaneous antibody therapy (Hizentra) used to treat immunocompromised or immunodeficient ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Most cancer patients want access to complementary therapies before treatment
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of people with cancer want to know about complementary therapies such as exercise, nutrition counseling, massage, and meditation before starting conventional treatment, but only 33% of oncologists ...
Nov 15, 2022
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