More younger adults are being diagnosed with colon cancer —also known as colorectal cancer—and at more advanced stages of the disease, says the American Cancer Society. It's a trend experts have seen over the last decade.
Mar 9, 2023
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A multifaceted intervention to improve prescribing practices increased the likelihood that patients with type 2 diabetes and heart disease would be prescribed three classes of guideline-recommended medications by more than ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Leading medical and public health professional organizations across the United States are coming together to form the Healthcare Coalition for Firearm Injury Prevention to push for a comprehensive public health approach to ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Providing medications for chronic diseases—for example, cholesterol-lowering, blood pressure and diabetes medications—free of charge for three years did not have a significant impact on serious health outcomes associated ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Self-injury deaths cost the United States more than $1 trillion a year in medical expenses and work and quality of life losses, according to new West Virginia University research.
Feb 9, 2023
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Medical science has not yet been able to explain why the Epstein-Barr virus triggers infectious mononucleosis (IM) in some people with initial infections and not in others. But now, a research team led by Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl, ...
Jan 19, 2023
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A new paper in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health indicates that antibiotic resistance may result from poor hygiene practices in hospitals or other medical facilities.
Jan 17, 2023
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While U.S. veterans are already eligible for emergency suicidal crisis care, starting Tuesday they can get it for free.
Jan 16, 2023
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There were fewer but more serious injuries among athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics than at previous Games, with the newly introduced sports of taekwondo and badminton ranking among the sports with the highest ...
Dec 13, 2022
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People who are off work due to injury or illness are at higher risk of later suicide and intentional self-harm, a new international study by Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine researchers has ...
Dec 13, 2022
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