1 minute ago | News Medical

A hospital or medical clinic might be the last place you'd expect to pick up a nasty infection, but approximately 1.7 million Americans do each year, resulting in nearly...
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Officials Report a Possible Monkeypox Case in New York

2 hours ago | NY Times

The patient is under care at Bellevue Hospital while further testing is conducted.
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Treating pediatric psychiatric disorders with psychotropic drugs reduces later substance use disorder risk

4 hours ago | News Medical

One half of psychiatric and substance use disorders start by the age of 18; three-quarters by age 24. While these are concerning statistics, a new study from Massachusetts...
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CDC Says COVID Hospitalizations to Rise in Most States

4 hours ago | Web MD | 3 articles

As U.S. COVID-19 cases reach the highest levels since mid-February, hospital admissions and deaths are projected to increase during the next four weeks, according to a new...
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76% of Long COVID Patients Were Not Hospitalized for Their Infection

6 hours ago | MedPageToday | 2 articles

Most individuals with long COVID did not have an initial infection that would be considered severe, according to a white paper from FAIR Health that relied on private insurance...
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Here's How Doctors Are Trying to Help Long COVID Patients

6 hours ago | MedPageToday | 2 articles

Hospital systems in the New York metropolitan area were among the first in the nation to form multidisciplinary programs dedicated to treating long COVID. Two years later...
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Scientists devise method to prevent deadly hospital infections without antibiotics

6 hours ago | ScienceDaily | 2 articles

Some 1.7 million Americans each year acquire hospital infections, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths from infection-related complications. The biggest culprits: medical devices...
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Case of Monkeypox Confirmed in Massachusetts

7 hours ago | Medscape | 2 articles

The man has been hospitalized since May 12, and the diagnosis took 6 days to make because the disease is so rare. WebMD Health News
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Gout medicine improves survival for heart failure patients, study finds

7 hours ago | ScienceDaily | 2 articles

A common gout medication, colchicine, significantly improved survival rates for patients hospitalized with worsening heart failure, a new study found. The researchers believe...
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For patients with COPD, mortality higher after admission for pneumonia vs. exacerbation

8 hours ago | Healio

Among patients with COPD, mortality was higher after hospital admission with pneumonia compared with admission with COPD exacerbation, according to results published in the...
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One man received Japanese town's COVID stimulus by mistake - then he gambled...

The man gambled it away after promising to return the accidental payment, police said. Read more ...

Sex-bots and foil hats: reconfiguring what it means to be human

Elise Bohan, a research scholar at Oxford, argues that staying as we are isn't a viable option for humans in the remainder of this century. Read more ...

Everton fans celebrate as team avoids relegation

Everton has staged a remarkable comeback to stave off relegation from the Premier League Read more ...

Is it safe to make homemade baby formula?

If there's one way to drive panic into the heart of a new parent, it's to tell them that the infant formula their baby relies on is suddenly unavailable. This has been the... Read more ...

Can You Refuse to Care for an Elderly Parent?

Title: Can You Refuse to Care for an Elderly Parent? Category: Diseases and Conditions Created: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM Read more ...

Russia - Ukraine war: Photo gallery, May 20th, 2022

Following Russia's retreat from near the Ukrainian capital, signs of normal life have returned to Kyiv, but destruction is still common in other parts of the country. Read more ...

Joey's two buys to reboot the Bulldogs

Andrew Johns picks Jackson Hastings and Reece Walsh as targets to join the Bulldogs in 2024. Read more ...

Michael Caine recalls how he tracked down beauty queen wife Shakira Baksh

Michael Caine has revealed the hilarious way he tracked down his wife of 49 years, Shakira, after seeing her on a television commercial. Read more ...

Abuse survivor Zhalin Cecil explains why he wants to stop violence at the source

Top Blokes mentor Zhalin Cecil was abused as a six-year-old and is determined to help raise a new generation of young men to stop violence at the source. Read more ...

Still have an ATO debt? The taxman is coming to collect

The Australian Taxation Office declared a moratorium on collecting tax debts during the pandemic. However, taxpayers may find that they are on the hook for back-taxes when they... Read more ...