Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pandemic tied to rising number of fatal opioid ODs

(HealthDay)—Opioid overdose deaths rose in several states during the coronavirus pandemic, according to authors of a new study who say their findings may help identify and assist at-risk people.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Heartbreaking': Mississippi gets 2nd field hospital in days

On normal days, the garage is where people park while visiting Mississippi's only children's hospital, a building next door decorated with a logo of a rainbow and sun. Now air-conditioned tents with beds, monitors and oxygen ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day

The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the winter surge and driven by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination ...

Cardiology

French firm makes first sale of artificial heart

French prosthetics maker Carmat said Monday it had sold one of its artificial hearts for the first time since its 2008 founding, for implantation into an Italian patient awaiting a transplant.

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