Endometriosis more common in young women than many doctors realize
“You just have bad cramps,” was the typical response teenager Sarah Swenson heard when she complained about the excruciating pain she experienced every time she had her period. “It felt like someone was stabbing me with a hot poker,” says…
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Poor Survival With COVID in Patients Who Have Had HSCT
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Among individuals who have received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), often used in the treatment of blood cancers, rates of survival are poor for those…
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AstraZeneca may have included outdated information from COVID-19 trial, NIAID says
AstraZeneca US chief lauds new vaccine, dismisses blood clot concerns AZ US President Ruud Dobber tells ‘Your World’ studies showed no significant clotting side effects AstraZeneca may have provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data related to its COVID-19 vaccine…
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Indiana School Goes Extra Mile to Help Vulnerable Kids Weather Pandemic
After covid-19 forced Olivia Goulding’s Indiana middle school to switch back to remote learning late last year, the math teacher lost contact with many of her students. So she and some colleagues came up with a plan: visiting them under…
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Ukraine obliges visitors to have a negative COVID-19 test
FILE PHOTO: Women walk past an installation showing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kyiv, Ukraine December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoKYIV (Reuters) – All people arriving in Ukraine from March 23 will have to show…
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Your Menstrual Cycle Could Influence Your Chance Of Injury
Regular exercisers will know that not every day can be a HIIT workout. As much as you want to go out there and attack the day with a vigorous sweat each morning, some days the body is just far more…
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Blood pressure successes in Black people may come down to these two things
A study of Black Americans who kept their blood pressure healthy as they aged could help pinpoint the best ways to prevent hypertension before it starts. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a widespread problem among Black people in the…
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Flu vaccine rate expected to reach all-time high for 2020-2021 season
(HealthDay)—Two-thirds of U.S. adults have received or intend to receive an influenza vaccination this flu season, according to a survey released by the University of Georgia (UGA). Glen Nowak, director of the UGA Center for Health and Risk Communication in…
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Insomnia, disrupted sleep, and burnout linked to higher odds of severe COVID-19
Insomnia, disrupted sleep, and daily burnout are linked to a heightened risk of not only becoming infected with coronavirus, but also having more severe disease and a longer recovery period, suggests an international study of healthcare workers, published in the…
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The Royals Might Be Getting A ‘Diversity Czar’ To Coach Them On Not Being Racist
If 2020 was a Great Garbage Fire, 2021 has been a baptism of fire for the Royal Family. Having swept the accusations lobbied at Prince Andrew regarding his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein swiftly under the rug, theirs was an attitude…
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