In findings that offer compelling evidence of the power of childhood vaccines, a new government report shows the routine shots have prevented hundreds of millions of illnesses, tens of millions of hospitalizations and more ...
Aug 9, 2024
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An interactive text-message support program can help teenagers quit vaping, a groundbreaking new clinical trial finds.
Aug 8, 2024
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Plenty of women know that having an IUD inserted in their uterus can be an excruciating experience, but new government guidance issued Thursday may soon make the experience less painful for many.
Aug 8, 2024
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The African Union's health watchdog said on Thursday it was "likely" to declare a public health emergency next week over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent.
Aug 8, 2024
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As children go back to school this month, COVID is surging again in California and around the country. The latest surge is fueled by a group of FLiRT subvariants that are proving to be the most infectious strains we have ...
Aug 8, 2024
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Data from a new investigational drug that could alter the standard treatment for a rare blood disease suggests it has the potential to delay or prevent anemia and the need for intrauterine blood transfusions in babies who ...
Aug 7, 2024
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The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency.
Aug 7, 2024
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A team of health and nutrition specialists at the University of Bath, working with colleagues from the University of Bristol, the Oxford University Hospital Trusts, Maastricht University, and the Teagasc Food Research Center, ...
A new study reveals a significant sex bias in pain management at emergency departments, showing that female patients are consistently less likely to receive pain medication prescriptions compared to male patients with similar ...
Aug 6, 2024
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Almost 2.4 million Americans are thought to suffer from the pain and disability of inflammatory bowel disorder (IBD), a type of autoimmune illness that includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Aug 6, 2024
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