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Many individuals experience menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

A new analysis of reports from more than 35,000 people offers the most comprehensive assessment so far of menstrual changes experienced by pre- and post-menopausal individuals in the first two weeks after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

15 Jul 2022

Research tests the effectiveness of a callback program on preventing ER return visits

Can a simple phone call reduce the likelihood that a patient will have to return to the emergency room in the days just after being discharged?

15 Jul 2022

New study challenges popular stereotype that men don't want support during a breakup

The popular stereotype that men don't want support during a breakup, separation or divorce is simply not true, according to a new paper by researchers at the UBC school of nursing.

15 Jul 2022

Biochemist finds new way to protect healthy leukocytes during chemotherapy

A biochemist from RUDN and IBMC has found a way to protect healthy leukocytes during leukemia chemotherapy. Small nitrogen-containing polyamine molecules give the necessary protection.

14 Jul 2022

Risk profiles in adults with cardiovascular disease fail to improve despite advances guidelines and treatments

In an analysis of medical information of more than 6,000 American adults with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine conclude that CVD risk "profiles" in secondary prevention have failed to improve over the last two decades.

14 Jul 2022

Few people may have symptoms of depression years before their stroke, finds study

While depression is a common problem for people who have had a stroke, some people may have symptoms of depression years before their stroke, according to a study published in the July 13, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

14 Jul 2022

People with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may have higher risk of dementia

People who have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a buildup of fat cells in the liver, may have a higher risk of dementia, according to a new study published in the July 13, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

13 Jul 2022

Study: Off-road motorcycles cause higher rate of injuries among kids than quad bikes

Motorcycles cause a far higher rate of injuries among children than quad bikes do, a study from UNSW Sydney and NeuRA has found, but quad bikes account for more serious individual injuries.

13 Jul 2022

Researchers develop an AI system to classify IBD neoplasia lesions accurately

The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - an intractable disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract - has increased significantly in Japan.

13 Jul 2022

Study uncovers an over-looked mechanism that likely contributes to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a common genetic condition that can lead to kidney failure and that has no cure.

13 Jul 2022

Long covid patients travel abroad seeking for unproven "blood-washing" treatment

Thousands of people experiencing the debilitating symptoms of long covid are traveling abroad to seek costly but unproven treatments such as "blood washing", according to an investigation carried out by The BMJ and ITV News released today.

13 Jul 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: One ER doctor grapples with the inequities of American health care

Dr. Thomas Fisher, an emergency room physician at a hospital on Chicago’s South Side, has written “The Emergency,” an up-close chronicle of the covid-19 pandemic's first year.

12 Jul 2022

As California welcomes Ukrainian refugees, counties fall short on interpreters

After the Russian invasion, Katie Nelha and her husband couldn't safely return to their home in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, so they took their chances as refugees.

12 Jul 2022

Pulse oximeter inaccuracies may be associated with racial disparities in care

For most patients, a pulse oximeter is a familiar device from visits to the doctor's office. Placed on a finger or a patient's ear lobe, pulse oximeters are an easy way to quickly get a measure of someone's oxygen saturation (SpO2), which should generally be above 90 percent.

11 Jul 2022

Medi-Cal’s reliance on prisoners to make cheaper eyeglasses proves shortsighted

To dodge hefty costs for eyewear, California's health insurance program for low-income people, Medi-Cal, has an innovative strategy: It contracts exclusively with the state's prisons, and inmates make glasses for its beneficiaries.

11 Jul 2022

In America, cancer patients endure debt on top of disease

Jeni Rae Peters would make promises to herself as she lay awake nights after being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.

9 Jul 2022

Vaccine and testing delays for monkeypox echo failures in early covid response

Andy Stone is one of the lucky ones. The New York City resident saw a tweet from a local AIDS activist saying that monkeypox vaccines would be available that day at a clinic in Manhattan

8 Jul 2022

Outpatient antibiotic management of patients with appendicitis is safe, helps avoid surgery

Outpatient antibiotic management of selected patients with appendicitis is safe, allowing many patients to avoid surgery and hospitalization, and should be considered as part of shared decision-making between doctor and patient.

6 Jul 2022

‘Hypervitaminosis D’ is on the rise and linked to serious health issues

'Overdosing' on vitamin D supplements is both possible and harmful, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after they treated a man who needed hospital admission for his excessive vitamin D intake.

6 Jul 2022

New method helps determine alcohol consumption in fatty liver disease

It is important to know whether patients have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), as this distinction plays a key role in treatment and prognosis but cannot be reliably determined by established diagnostic means.

5 Jul 2022

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Many individuals experience menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

Research tests the effectiveness of a callback program on preventing ER return visits

New study challenges popular stereotype that men don't want support during a breakup

Biochemist finds new way to protect healthy leukocytes during chemotherapy

Risk profiles in adults with cardiovascular disease fail to improve despite advances guidelines and treatments

Few people may have symptoms of depression years before their stroke, finds study

People with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may have higher risk of dementia

Study: Off-road motorcycles cause higher rate of injuries among kids than quad bikes

Researchers develop an AI system to classify IBD neoplasia lesions accurately

Study uncovers an over-looked mechanism that likely contributes to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Long covid patients travel abroad seeking for unproven "blood-washing" treatment

‘An Arm and a Leg’: One ER doctor grapples with the inequities of American health care

As California welcomes Ukrainian refugees, counties fall short on interpreters

Pulse oximeter inaccuracies may be associated with racial disparities in care

Medi-Cal’s reliance on prisoners to make cheaper eyeglasses proves shortsighted

In America, cancer patients endure debt on top of disease

Vaccine and testing delays for monkeypox echo failures in early covid response

Outpatient antibiotic management of patients with appendicitis is safe, helps avoid surgery

‘Hypervitaminosis D’ is on the rise and linked to serious health issues

New method helps determine alcohol consumption in fatty liver disease

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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