Reductions in many types of surgical procedures precipitated by SARS-CoV-2 have not fully recovered to their pre-pandemic levels, resulting in severe backlogs and deferred surgeries that could have serious health care and ...
Aug 19, 2022
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Scotland will on Monday become the first country in the world to ensure universal access to free period products following the passing of landmark legislation in 2020.
Aug 14, 2022
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About a half-million men undergo a vasectomy in the United States in any given year. The percentage of men getting them had been dropping for the past two decades, but it looks like those numbers are going up in the wake ...
Aug 5, 2022
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A lower default number of doses for opioid prescriptions in electronic health record systems does not appear to impact pain control among teens and young adults undergoing tonsillectomy, according to a study published online ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Many new parents struggle with mental health issues. Research suggests up to a quarter of new mothers and one in ten fathers experience depression after the birth of their child. Although there has been greater awareness ...
Jul 26, 2022
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"The pill" (the combined oral contraceptive pill) has been giving Australian women control over their reproductive health since the 1960s and remains the most commonly used method of contraception by Australian women.
Jul 26, 2022
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People who supplement rescue inhalers with a second asthma medication sometimes get little relief at first, but there's good news: Those who keep trying different options often find a medication that works, according to Rutgers ...
Jul 22, 2022
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As a teenager, April Summerford suffered from extremely painful periods that made her suspect something was wrong with her body.
Jul 15, 2022
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New evidence has found a link between poor health as a newborn and mortality up to the age of ten. The new report from England's National Child Mortality Database (NCMD), led by the University of Bristol, shows of the 4,829 ...
Jul 14, 2022
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The rate of primary cesarean deliveries decreased from 2016 to 2019 and then increased from 2019 to 2021, while the rate of repeat deliveries decreased during the same period, according to a July Vital Statistics Rapid Release ...
Jul 11, 2022
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