Health
Are your hands just dry, or is it eczema?
Sometimes that irritated skin on your hands is more than simple dryness.
Oct 3, 2022
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News tagged with preventative treatment
Medications
Malaria treatment is saving money while saving young lives
Young children in sub-Saharan Africa often become severely anemic as consequence of a malaria infection. Treating them requires blood transfusions and they must stay hospitalized for several days. They are at a relatively ...
Oct 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox can be transmitted to babies during and after pregnancy. We should be watchful but not alarmed
So far, there have been 57 confirmed and probable cases of monkeypox reported by Australian authorities.
Aug 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 lockdown may have increased suicidal thoughts
The lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant effect on levels of suicidal ideation, a new study finds. The research, published in Open Medicine, was conducted in a Serbian psychiatric clinic shortly after ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Severe acute hepatitis of unknown causes in children is on the rise. Why?
In children in the US and UK, a sudden increase in the number of cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown causes (SAHUC) and pediatric acute liver failure was reported between October 2021 and May 2022. As of June 22, 2022, ...
Jul 19, 2022
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Diabetes
Diabetes patients on Medicare Advantage plans more likely to have worse health, study finds
While patients with diabetes on Medicare Advantage plans are more likely to receive preventive treatments, they were less likely to be prescribed newer, more expensive medications and were more likely to have higher blood ...
Jul 7, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals how gastric cancer forms, suggests preventive treatment
A recently published study reveals new insights into how gastric cancer develops and suggests a preventive treatment.
Jul 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
20% of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in children could be averted by household testing and treatment
One in five multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases in children under the age of 15 could be averted every year by household contact management, according to a new modeling study published in The Lancet Global ...
May 20, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
USPSTF still advises against COPD screening for asymptomatic adults
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening asymptomatic adults for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This recommendation forms the basis of a final recommendation statement published ...
May 10, 2022
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Cardiology
Advice to prevent consequences of interference in cardiac device patients published today
Recommendations on the prevention and management of interference caused by medical procedures in patients with implanted electronic cardiac devices is published today in EP Europace, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology ...
Apr 3, 2022
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