People who suffer from insomnia were 69% more likely to have a heart attack compared to those who didn't have the sleep disorder during an average nine years of follow-up, according to new research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology. In addition, when […]
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Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion. Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging dispensing restrictions on a key pill used in medication abortion, throwing a new wrinkle into the national battle over drugs used to end pregnancies. […]
Pretransplant screening chest computed tomography (CT) is beneficial for identifying abnormalities before allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (alloHSCT), according to a study published online Feb. 3 in Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Mohammad Alhomoud, M.D., from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and colleagues characterized the prevalence of abnormalities on chest CT and […]
When it comes to a woman’s risk for a breast cancer recurrence, hormone status appears to matter. New research shows that patients with ER-negative disease have a higher risk of a second breast cancer within a 5-year window post-diagnosis compared with patients with ER-positive disease. “Our findings suggest that primary breast cancer ER status could […]
The father of an 11-year-old Cambodian girl who died this week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, health officials said on Friday. The girl fell ill on February 16 with a fever, cough and sore throat, and died on Wednesday from bird flu virus H5N1, the Cambodian health ministry said in the […]
Wes Thompson, administrator of Valley View Home in the northeastern Montana town of Glasgow, believes the only reasons his skilled nursing facility has avoided the fate of the 11 nursing homes that closed in the state last year are local tax levies and luck. Valley County, with a population of just over 7,500, passed levies […]
Do you wake up exhausted, even after a good night’s sleep? You might be dealing with a ‘rest deficit’. These days, it’s hard to find someone who wouldn’t describe themselves as ‘exhausted’. Despite developments in sleep science and increased interest in the secret to getting a good night’s rest, many people feel more tired than […]
Patients with hypertension paired with a community health worker (CHW) through their primary care practice were more than three and a half times as likely to achieve blood pressure control within six months compared to patients who were not. New research, led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, suggest that similar CHW inventions […]
