Pediatrics
Vitamin D helps reduce childhood allergy rate
Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy and infancy may help to reduce New Zealand's high childhood allergy rate.
Apr 15, 2016
1
1662
News tagged with doctors
Health
Fewer black male doctors has broader public health impact
Aaron Doctor, a bright and ambitious young African-American man, grew up in a black community in South Carolina's Lowcountry, but he was 21 years old the first time he met a black doctor, a man whose wife was also a physician.
Oct 16, 2018
0
9
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Months after infection, many COVID-19 patients can't shake illness
It was a Tuesday in late March when Julia Henry first felt the body aches and dry cough that signaled the start of her bout with COVID-19. By that weekend, her husband and three children also were sick. But the kids were ...
Jul 6, 2020
1
35
Health
Most Americans lie to their doctors
(HealthDay)—As many as 4 out of 5 Americans withhold important information from their doctor that could prove crucial to their health, a new study shows.
Dec 4, 2018
1
5
Medications
What Big Pharma pays your doctor
Members of Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC), the lobby group for the large pharmaceutical companies, recently released their voluntary reports of payments to health-care professionals and health-care organizations.
Jul 5, 2018
0
46
Health
Lingonberry juice may lower elevated blood pressure
An experimental study found that long-term consumption of lingonberry juice lowers high blood pressure and improves the function of blood vessels.
Jan 3, 2020
0
59
Cardiology
AI systems found to be better than doctors at gauging heart attack risk
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at the University of Nottingham in the U.K. has found that artificial intelligence systems can be better at gauging a patient's risk of a heart attack than doctors using a standard ...
Other
Hospital: Conjoined twin girls successfully separated
Doctors at a Kentucky hospital have successfully separated conjoined twin girls.
Nov 19, 2015
0
5
Medications
What's driving the ongoing Adderall shortage, and what parents can do
Shortages of the ADHD drug Adderall are expected to continue for months, forcing families to scramble for ways to deal with their children's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Dec 13, 2022
0
30
Medications
Missouri made medical marijuana legal, but most doctors don't want any part of it
Joshua Mammen, a Kansas City area cancer surgeon, has a plan for when patients ask him for medical marijuana. He'll discuss the symptoms they want to treat. And then he will propose alternatives.
Nov 12, 2018
0
138
