Americans may be getting older and need help doing things that were once routine, but a new survey finds only a fraction of seniors see themselves as having a disability.
Dec 12, 2025
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Recovering from respiratory syncytial virus often doesn't end when it's time to leave the hospital, even for younger adults.
Dec 9, 2025
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The risk of dying is six times higher among patients who become short of breath after being admitted to hospital, according to research published in ERJ Open Research. Patients who were in pain were not more likely to die.
Nov 9, 2025
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Except for one key aspect, the setup is a familiar one in medicine: An expert diagnostician presents a particularly challenging case to a roomful of colleagues, carefully walking them through the patient's symptoms and initial ...
Oct 9, 2025
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Research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Program shows that over half of hospital patients with breathlessness had died within a year of admission (51%), as opposed to just 26% ...
Sep 10, 2025
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When hospitalized patients struggle to breathe, doctors typically reach for their stethoscopes, but results from a Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health clinical study in JAMA Network Open suggest they should diagnose the problem ...
Sep 5, 2025
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A New York City hospital and another city-run building were sources for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Harlem that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others, health officials announced Friday.
Aug 30, 2025
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It's a cold, crisp evening and the air carries a chill that bites. As temperatures drop and houses get colder, we turn to trusted sources of warmth such as wood fires, heaters, hot water bottles and warm drinks.
Aug 1, 2025
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There's nothing better than an ice cold drink on a hot day but imagine this—you're enjoying a refreshing iced tea, and suddenly, your heart starts racing erratically. You might think—"maybe its the caffeine"—until it ...
Jun 25, 2025
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Until 2023, Adriana Alatorre was in peak condition, running at least 30 miles a week before a mild bout of COVID knocked her off her feet. The 49-year-old Pittsburgh running store manager seemed to recuperate quickly, but ...
Jun 18, 2025
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