Long-troubled transplant system to get an overhaul
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios From IT failures that cost patients a chance at a life-saving organ to doctors salvaging kidneys from a battered box with tire tracks on it, the nation's organ transplant system has come to be defined by harrowing…
Read More‘I had to relearn everything’: Life lessons from a childhood stroke survivor
Tommy Quick was 12 when a stroke changed his life forever. The last thing he remembers was lying in bed with a pounding headache. When he woke up – after five weeks and two days in an induced coma –…
Read MoreComplications, pathophysiology, and treatment of type 2 diabetes differ by sex
In a recent review published in the journal Diabetologia, researchers in Austria discussed the sex-based differences in the risk factors, diagnosis, and therapeutic approaches for type 2 diabetes and associated complications to improve awareness about and management options for all…
Read MoreBiden administration plans revamp of organ transplant system
The Biden administration said Wednesday it will attempt to break up the network that runs the nation’s organ transplant system as part of a broader modernization effort. More people than ever are getting new organs, with a record 42,888 transplants…
Read MoreNorth Carolina lawmakers nearing final Medicaid expansion OK
An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina neared final legislative approval Wednesday as the House agreed to a bipartisan plan to ease or eliminate regulations that block the opening of new hospital beds or operating expensive equipment. Republican lawmakers…
Read MoreBioNTech to Develop, Produce Cancer Drugs and Vaccines in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Germany’s BioNTech SE signed a preliminary deal to set up a facility to produce cancer-related drugs and vaccines in Jerusalem, Israel’s Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. Under the memorandum of understanding, BioNTech will develop the drugs and…
Read MoreStudent puts ‘exoskeletons’ to the test in emergency situations
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Read MoreGiada De Laurentiis' Chocolate Hazelnut Cake Has a Secret Ingredient You'll Want To Put In Everything
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. We’ve always known that chocolate and hazelnut are a divine pairing, but what we didn’t know about was the…
Read MoreColorado—a national hub for eating disorder treatment—hopes to slow surging rate of stigmatized illness
Two weeks after a routine trip to a health clinic turned into a psychiatric hospitalization, Emma Troughton was on a plane to Denver. The intervention had been building: By early 2017, Troughton had struggled with body image and eating for…
Read MoreNational No Smoking Day
National No Smoking Day is an annual awareness day that serves as a campaign for greater awareness about the health dangers associated with smoking1. Bedfont® Scientific Ltd. has been helping people stop smoking for over 35 years with their Smokerlyzer® product range,…
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