Mother and daughter are diagnosed with cancer just FIVE WEEKS apart Margaret Wallace and her only child were told they had cancer five weeks apart Maria O’Neill was scrubbing fake tan off when she found a lump in her breast And…
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Pediatricians and health officials should present a united front against controversial state masking bans for schools
To keep in-person learning and protect students in schools, pediatricians and public health officials must advocate for evidence-based mitigation strategies that can reduce COVID-19 transmission—especially the Delta variant, which overwhelmed pediatric emergency rooms and hospitals, argued Yang et al. in…
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How blood and immune systems form in developing bone marrow
Researchers have found that in the space of just a few weeks, numerous blood and immune cell types emerge from developing bone marrow, including key white blood cells that protect against bacteria. The first comprehensive analysis of how the blood…
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A fast and inexpensive way to test SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels in human patients
A team of researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed what they describe as a fast and inexpensive way to test for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in human patients. The results are published in the journal Science Advances. When a…
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Data collection and reporting gaps harm Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander health, study says
Despite Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders being one of the fastest growing populations, according to the 2020 U.S. Census count, the collection and reporting of their health data at the federal and state levels is virtually non-existent, according to a…
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Men, jobless and people with mental health diagnoses most vulnerable in 2020 overdose spike
At the same time as COVID-19 has claimed more than 600,000 lives across the United States, drug overdose deaths across the nation reached unprecedented heights. Rhode Island has been particularly affected: In December 2020, the state had the highest rate…
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Same-day discharge for hip and knee replacement surgery is safe and feasible in high-risk patients, study suggests
Same-day discharge after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA) is safe in some patients classified as “high risk”—with no increase in complications or other adverse outcomes, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery….
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Here’s What Ibuprofen Can And Can’t Do For You
Roger Brown Photography/Shutterstock By Adam England/Sept. 9, 2021 1:26 pm EDT If you’ve got a headache, period pains, or some other sort of everyday ache, you might be tempted to reach for the ibuprofen. For almost 50 years, we’ve been using…
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How ADHD And Dopamine Are Connected
Billion Photos/Shutterstock By Rachel Dillin/Sept. 7, 2021 4:16 pm EDT If you or somebody you know has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), chances are you’ve tried to learn something about living with it or treating it. Healthline reported that people with…
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Are colds and flu coming back?
A remarkable side effect of the pandemic has been the near vanishing of colds, flu, and other viruses. All of these can lead to general misery and, in some cases, serious illness and death. Fortunately, mask-wearing and other measures to…
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