Nurse practitioners are just as good as primary care doctors at avoiding potentially harmful prescriptions for older patients—but both need to do better, a large, new study suggests.
Oct 28, 2023
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TikTok may be great for watching funny cat videos and learning make-up hacks, but new research suggests this platform should not be trusted when it comes to information on autism.
Oct 27, 2023
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Every year, first-year medical students approach their human cadavers with a mixture of awe and trepidation. They will come to know their assigned cadaver intimately. During the course of their studies, they will carefully ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Around 5-10% of people in Australia experience symptoms for more than three months after a COVID infection, termed long COVID.
Oct 23, 2023
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Heather Avant always dresses up when she goes to the emergency room.
Oct 23, 2023
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About 6.5 million Canadians—roughly 1 in 6—do not have access to primary medical care.
Oct 19, 2023
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In the United States, "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ people has been widely condemned by major medical associations. Not only that, nearly half of the country has now banned the practice for minors.
Oct 5, 2023
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Chronic pain is a top cause of disability in the United States, with the costs of medical care and lost productivity exceeding $500 billion, according to an Institute of Medicine report. Many people who suffer an acute traumatic ...
Oct 5, 2023
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HIV self-test kits were developed to make it easier for people to access HIV testing. However, our research team has found that many people who use self-test kits do not go on to receive needed HIV treatment or start preexposure ...
Oct 3, 2023
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States are seeing an alarming surge in cases of congenital syphilis, a preventable infection that can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death—or lifelong complications such as blindness or deafness.
Oct 3, 2023
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