The lowdown on COVID-19 treatments
(HealthDay)—There's a lot of confusion about medications and COVID-19, so experts offer some answers.
Apr 21, 2020
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(HealthDay)—There's a lot of confusion about medications and COVID-19, so experts offer some answers.
Apr 21, 2020
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Family caregivers of the deceased rated the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU) higher than the end-of-life care in other hospital departments (also called wards), according to new, large Penn Medicine ...
Jan 23, 2020
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As much as two fifths (43%) of antibiotic prescriptions in the United States could be inappropriate, warn researchers in a study published by The BMJ today.
Dec 11, 2019
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Some chemical alternatives to plastic bisphenol-a (BPA), which is still commonly used in medical settings such as operating rooms and intensive care units, may be less disruptive to heart electrical function than BPA, according ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Determining how far patients with pulmonary disease can walk in six minutes has long been an effective clinical tool to help physicians determine their exercise capacity, as well as to aid in predicting health outcomes and ...
Sep 29, 2019
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A new study identifies specific locations where medication and harm reduction services for people with opioid use disorder should be available in order to have the greatest impact on reducing opioid overdose deaths. Led by ...
Sep 13, 2019
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The use of artificial intelligence in medicine is generating great excitement and hope for treatment advances.
Sep 4, 2019
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Platelets—tiny cells critical for blood clotting—could be the key to protecting against brain damage occurring during pregnancy or around the time of birth.
Aug 2, 2019
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New research from University of Chicago scholars provides compelling evidence that Medicaid's push to shift long-term care from nursing homes and other medical institutions to home and community-based services may be detrimental ...
Jul 2, 2019
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Broader monitoring of patients is needed to reduce the number of people who develop a urinary tract infection after being discharged from the hospital, new research by Oregon State University suggests.
Jun 26, 2019
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