Oncology & Cancer
Cervical cancer: What it is, symptoms and treatment
Cervical cancer is a diagnosis no woman wants to receive, and navigating the disease can be challenging.
Oct 9, 2023
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News tagged with public health services
Cardiology
Cannabis use disorder may be linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease
A new study has found that Canadian adults with cannabis use disorder appear to have an approximately 60% higher risk of experiencing their first heart attack, stroke, or other major cardiovascular event than those without ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Addiction
Scottish officials approve UK's first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
Scottish authorities on Wednesday approved a 2.3 million-pound ($2.8 million) pound drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin under ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Addiction
Addressing social determinants of health in post-overdose outreach associated with reduction in overdoses
Post-overdose outreach programs have proliferated as Massachusetts communities seek to respond to the opioid overdose crisis, driven by fentanyl in the illicit drug supply and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 14, 2023
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Addiction
Offering treatment to drug users instead of arresting them reduces crime and addiction, research finds
When police get suspected drug abusers treatment rather than arresting them, those people are less likely to abuse drugs or commit drug-related crimes in the future, new, limited research finds. This kind of police intervention ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Medications
Zuranolone for postpartum depression: Hope, hype or both?
While mothers with postpartum depression have always faced barriers accessing the care they need, things have been particularly bad since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 1, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Clarifying skin cancer screening guidelines
Protecting oneself from the summer sun and its damaging ultraviolet rays is often not straightforward. And public health messaging around when and how to be screened for skin cancer has become somewhat confusing.
Aug 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Co-infection by novel species of parasite is confirmed in visceral leishmaniasis patient
The first case of concomitant visceral leishmaniasis and non-ulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis in the same patient has been reported recently by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in São Paulo ...
Aug 8, 2023
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Medical economics
Laws banning gender-affirming treatments can block trans youth from receiving other care
In some states, new laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth are dissuading health care providers from offering mental health services and other medical care that isn't explicitly banned by those laws.
Aug 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Calling for cancer centers to lead on climate disaster preparedness
Cancer centers are uniquely positioned to protect communities and their most vulnerable residents—cancer patients—from climate-driven disasters by bolstering emergency preparedness, noted researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive ...
Jul 25, 2023
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