Mayo Clinic Minute: How to tell if your child has a fever
A fever—when the body's temperature is above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit—is typically a sign that your body is fighting off an infection.
Sep 11, 2023
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A fever—when the body's temperature is above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit—is typically a sign that your body is fighting off an infection.
Sep 11, 2023
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We've known for some time the body mass index (BMI) is an inaccurate measuring stick for assessing someone's weight and associated health. But it continues to be the go-to tool for medical doctors, population researchers ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Brain surgeons need steady hands as well as cool heads. Now they're getting a helping hand from researchers in Europe to fight a fatal type of brain cancer called glioblastoma.
Sep 7, 2023
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Doctors are seeing a spike in severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among young children in Florida and Georgia, U.S. health officials warned Tuesday.
Sep 6, 2023
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It came as a surprise to Professor David Lo and his graduate student Diana Del Castillo when they were recently consulted by researchers in Israel for their expertise on specialized cells called Microfold cells, or M cells, ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Junior and senior doctors in England will go on strike together for the first time, a medical association said Thursday, in an escalation to a long-running dispute with the government over pay.
Aug 31, 2023
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A new study shows that patients can experience reduced co-determination and insufficient information about their cancer treatment, while doctors face pressure to give treatment they do not consider useful.
Aug 28, 2023
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Scientists in Spain have developed a potentially life-saving strategy against a disease that spreads from the gut to other vital organs.
Aug 24, 2023
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Research by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has found multiple, coordinated interventions are required to reverse the sharp drop in junior doctors training as General Practitioners (GPs) in the Northern Territory.
Aug 23, 2023
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A new study, "Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study," published 17 August 2023 in Nature Microbiology, proves that using DDNS to detect polio outbreaks can ...
Aug 21, 2023
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