Medications
How to get COVID-19 antiviral pills like Paxlovid
For some people with COVID-19, antiviral pills that can be taken at home can lessen the chances of winding up in the hospital.
Feb 7, 2024
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News tagged with medical care
Medical research
New guidelines for genetics research focus on equity, inclusion
Researchers at the University of Oregon have come up with new recommendations designed to promote inclusive and equitable genetics research, an area where medical science has had a checkered history.
Feb 6, 2024
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Overweight & Obesity
Q&A: How 'Ozempic shaming' illuminates complexities of treating weight problems
The frenzy of demand for new, FDA-approved drugs like Ozempic, used to treat diabetes, has been fueled in part by reports that celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, and various social media influencers have lost significant ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The uncertain fate of patients needing life-saving dialysis treatment in Gaza
More than 100 days into the brutal assault on Gaza, over 27,000 Palestinians have been killed—of whom 60 percent have been children and women—and 66,000 injured, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Feb 6, 2024
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Other
A Chicago children's hospital has taken its networks offline after a cyberattack
A Chicago children's hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified cyberattack, limiting access to medical records and hampering communication by phone or email since the middle of last week.
Feb 5, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Measles vaccine uptake must increase in UK, says expert
Following an increase in reported cases of measles across the U.K., the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has declared a national incident and initiated a public campaign to increase childhood vaccination against the disease.
Feb 5, 2024
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Health
How better and cheaper software could save millions of dollars while improving Canada's health care system
Billions of Canadian tax dollars have been funneled to private companies to develop proprietary medical software. More tax dollars were then paid to the same companies to use the software to run our medical system.
Feb 5, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research team uses AI to improve sepsis detection and effective treatment
Sepsis acquired in clinical settings threatens the lives of tens of millions of people worldwide every year. The condition, in which the body responds to an infection by essentially going into overdrive, inadvertently attacks ...
Feb 2, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Despite US suicide epidemic, medical students still don't receive adequate training to treat suicidal patients
Suicide in the U.S. is a societal epidemic and a staggering public health crisis that demands attention from medical experts.
Feb 1, 2024
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Medications
FDA warns of dangerous counterfeit eyedrops
Certain copycat eyedrops may be contaminated and could give users an antibiotic-resistant eye infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday.
Feb 1, 2024
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