New research from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC shows that telemedicine visits conducted for children with primary care providers (PCPs) are associated with fewer antibiotic prescriptions than telemedicine visits ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Millions of people with normal blood pressure may be misclassified as having blood pressure that is too high because of improper positioning when measurements are taken, new research suggests.
Nov 10, 2023
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Advances in early detection and treatment have vastly improved the long-term survival of people diagnosed with cancer.
Aug 16, 2023
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Most of us now use emoji to convey feelings or thoughts, a practice that has become ubiquitous along with the use of smartphones. Could such emoji have use in medical communication?
Jun 13, 2023
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Distributing pro-COVID-19 vaccination information in English and Spanish in emergency departments (EDs) increases the likelihood that patients will choose to be vaccinated, according to research published by UC San Francisco ...
Feb 23, 2023
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An innovative health care program developed by researchers at the University of Ottawa has successfully paired residents with family physicians at a time when Canada is lagging behind comparable, high-income countries in ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Pediatrician Patricia Braun and her team saw roughly 100 children at a community health clinic on a Monday. They gave flu shots and treatments for illnesses like ear infections. But Braun also did something most primary care ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Prostate cancer diagnoses in 20,000 men could have been missed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a new study published in BJU International from the University of Surrey and the University of Oxford.
Mar 18, 2024
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Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but "also the medical approach." So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked out at an emergency ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Suicide in the U.S. is a societal epidemic and a staggering public health crisis that demands attention from medical experts.
Feb 1, 2024
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