The US is facing a shortage of infectious disease doctors The COVID-19 pandemic. Dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The current waves of influenza and RSV ripping through schools and workplaces. Dec 19, 2022 0 4
Know the signs of strep throat in children Strep infections may be on the rise in the U.S., as they have been in the U.K., so it's important to know the signs and symptoms, especially in children. Dec 19, 2022 0 35
Mouse study suggests new therapeutic strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease in cancer survivors Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York have discovered that common cancer treatments, such as radiotherapy or anthracycline drugs, cause long-term damage to heart tissue by activating a ... Dec 19, 2022 0 6
Study finds heart failure more common in heart defect survivors starting at young age People born with heart defects may face a nearly ninefold higher lifetime risk for heart failure and develop it decades earlier than people born without heart abnormalities, new research shows. Dec 19, 2022 0 2
FDA approves gene therapy for tough-to-treat bladder cancer Patients with a high-risk bladder cancer now have a new option to treat it. Dec 19, 2022 0 4
Town and country: Urban and rural differences in Mpox vaccination and testing During the 2022 outbreak of monkeypox, now referred to as Mpox, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged men who have sex with men (MSM) to get tested and vaccinated and engage in mitigation behaviors to ... Dec 19, 2022 0 4
Music therapy reduces pain and anxiety for patients with cancer and sickle cell disease A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health has found that patients with cancer and patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) treated at an academic cancer center reported clinically significant reductions ... Dec 19, 2022 0 3
Expert group proposes revisions to guidelines for gender-affirming health care Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people often seek social, medical, and surgical gender-affirming care from a variety of healthcare professionals. Individualized care for optimal gender identity confirmation should be ... Dec 19, 2022 0 2
Seasonal changes in adolescent suicide explain controversial '13 Reasons Why' findings An analysis of suicide data published today concludes that seasonal fluctuations in suicide among adolescents and young adults ages 10 to 24 can explain the controversial findings that the adolescent suicide rate increased ... Dec 19, 2022 0 6
Mouse pups cry for help most urgently while active: ASD mouse model study Mouse pups produce ultrasonic vocalizations, called isolation USVs, when they are separated from the nest. It's a survival mechanism—baby mice need their parents to regulate their temperature and feed them—that diminishes ... Dec 19, 2022 0 0
