More than one quarter of asthma patients have been prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of steroid tablets, with researchers warning this puts them at greater risk of serious side-effects.
Sep 13, 2020
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(HealthDay)—From 2014 to 2018, there were increases noted in third-party and out-of-pocket (OOP) payments per 30 tenofovir disoproxil fumarate with emtricitabine (TDF-FTC) tablets for HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Men might want to think twice before reaching for their smartphone at night. A new study found correlations between electronic media use at night and poor sperm quality.
Aug 27, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Face masks help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but they have a huge downside for people with hearing problems: They muffle sound and prevent lip-reading.
Jul 17, 2020
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Can COVID-19 survive on my phone?
May 7, 2020
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As a sociologist who has studied 911 ambulance operations in California and a former emergency medical technician (EMT), I recently spoke with ambulance workers across the country to assess how the pandemic is impacting their ...
Apr 13, 2020
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You're washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus.
Mar 13, 2020
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Starting in 2016, a two-year partnership between the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Cardiology (NCACC) and the North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NCAFCC) provided free lipid lowering ...
Jan 17, 2020
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A national policy to curb inappropriate use and prescribing of anxiety drug alprazolam—more commonly known as Xanax—has not had the desired effect, a team of researchers led by UNSW Medicine's Centre for Big Data Research ...
Sep 19, 2019
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Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, often afflicts patients with negative moods: confusion, anger, sadness or apathy. Negative emotions also affect caregivers, who are often family members with little formal training ...
Sep 4, 2019
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