Ranks of U.S. uninsured fell by 18% during COVID pandemic Public health officials announced Tuesday that a lot fewer Americans were without health insurance after the COVID-19 pandemic than before it. May 16, 2023 0 2
Undertriage in pediatric ED more likely for non-english speakers For patients presenting to the pediatric emergency department, those accompanied by caregivers preferring languages other than English are more likely to be undertriaged, according to a study published online May 16 in Pediatrics. May 16, 2023 0 2
One-third of U.S. physicians report ever being sued Nearly one-third of U.S. physicians (31.2 percent) in 2022 reported they had previously been sued, according to new research released by the American Medical Association. May 16, 2023 0 11
Fecal microbiota transplantation aids resolution of recurrent C. difficile For immunocompetent adults with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI), fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) yields a significant increase in resolution compared with alternative treatments, according to a ... May 16, 2023 0 1
Predicting how CPR will work minutes ahead After examining 298 patients who experienced cardiac arrest, researchers found that ECG markers can provide a clue as to how the treatment is working—as much as four to five minutes into the future. May 16, 2023 0 0
Study links obesity with dampened immune detection of oral cancers A team from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and School of Dentistry, led by Yu Leo Lei, D.D.S., Ph.D., have identified a mechanism in mice for how obesity affects some oral cancers' ability to escape from the ... May 16, 2023 0 30
Child marriages in Indonesia increase women's depression, research shows An estimated 640 million girls and women in the world today were married in childhood, according to UNICEF. The prevalence has slightly declined: with one in five young women aged 20 to 24 years being married as children, ... May 16, 2023 0 5
National study recommends starting SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination three months after bone marrow transplant Patients with cancer whose immune systems are being supported or rebuilt by bone marrow transplantation should begin receiving vaccines for protection against SARS-CoV-2 three months post-transplant, according to a large, ... May 16, 2023 0 34
Illegal, occasionally deadly, and not much fun. What is the frog toxin Kambô and why do people use it? Kambô is an oozy substance harvested from the defensive skin secretions of the Amazonian giant monkey tree frog. In the traditional medicine of some indigenous peoples of the Amazon, Kambô is applied to superficial burns ... May 16, 2023 0 0
Q&A: A potential new weapon in the war against superbugs For nearly 25 years, Dr. James Kirby has worked to advance the fight against infectious diseases by finding and developing new, potent antimicrobials, and by better understanding how disease-causing bacteria make us sick. ... May 16, 2023 0 5
