Medications
'Unbelievable good price': This pharmacy dispenses bargain medicine—and hope
As disease raced through her body, Ruby suffered unrelenting pain for years.
Dec 5, 2022
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News tagged with patient rooms
Health
The 'Great Resignation' is taking a toll on U.S. health care
The nationwide shortage of health care professionals—a so-called "Great Resignation" of providers—is impacting patient care in ways large and small, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll shows.
Dec 1, 2022
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Neuroscience
Warmer brain-irrigation fluid in surgery more efficacious, could halve the number of repeat operations
A simple method can halve the number of repeat operations to remedy bleeding under the cranium, a study at the University of Gothenburg shows. The method is based on replacing irrigation fluid at room temperature with fluid ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What you need to know about bronchiolitis, a complication of RSV
Emergency departments across the country are experiencing a surge in children with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and bronchiolitis, a complication of RSV. Luckily, many of these young patients can avoid hospitalization ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Surgery
Reducing noise in operating room improves children's behavior after surgery, study finds
Reducing the level of noise in the operating room (OR) may positively affect a child's behavior, including fewer temper tantrums and more willingness to eat, in the days following surgery and anesthesia, according to research ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Pediatrics
Black and Hispanic children suffer disproportionately from asthma. Climate change is making it worse
Ever since they were infants, LaRae Cantley's four children were constantly in and out of the emergency room, because they couldn't breathe.
Sep 23, 2022
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Health
Sleep experts advise parents to seek medical advice before giving melatonin to children
Melatonin use among children and teenagers is on the rise, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports increased calls to poison control centers and visits to the emergency room, primarily because of more unintentional ...
Sep 20, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Molecular delivery system developed at URI shows promise against bladder cancer
A research team from the University of Rhode Island and The Miriam Hospital in Providence has demonstrated a potential new weapon in the fight against bladder cancer.
Sep 20, 2022
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Health
Deadly form of high cholesterol can catch Black Americans by surprise
Chad Gradney underwent quadruple bypass open-heart surgery at age 27, and afterward spent eight fruitless years battling extremely high cholesterol levels.
Sep 14, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
In a post-Roe era, it's about supporting, not reporting
Emergency department physicians have long navigated challenging ethical and legal situations to care for "anyone, with anything, at any time," and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act has required them to do so since ...
Sep 8, 2022
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