A study comparing 618 military veterans who deployed to a combat zone after Sept. 11, 2001, and 2,099 health care workers (HCWs) working during the…
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Readers and Tweeters Sound Alarm Over Nurses Homicide Trial
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Nursing…
“Why am I always sick on holiday?”
Your chronic stress could actually be stopping you from getting sick – until you take a break. You don’t expect to be sniffling in 35°C…
‘Everybody treats everyone here as normal people.’ Clubhouses for mentally ill provide friendship, purpose
Tre Jackson said he was amazed at what he found at the Oasis Clubhouse on his first visit. “There were so may things you could…
Pancreatic cancer symptoms: A particularly bad odour when you go to the toilet is a sign
Olivia Williams discusses ‘bizarre’ symptom of pancreatic cancer We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding…
Teen overdose deaths are spiking despite drug usage falling, study finds
Despite teenage drug use being at an all time low, the number of teen overdose deaths has been rising for the past 10 years, a…
Body’s response to different strains of tuberculosis could affect transmission
Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences, but attack the lungs in completely different fashion, according to Rutgers researchers. The…
A drug that treats alcoholism may be the next anti-anxiety medication
A new study found that disulfiram, a drug used to treat chronic alcoholism, can safely reduce anxiety levels in rodents. Disulfiram is a drug used…
Persistent Problem: High C-Section Rates Plague the South
All along, Julia Maeda knew she wanted to have her baby naturally. For her, that meant in a hospital, vaginally, without an epidural for pain…
Study tracks COVID-19 antibodies over time
The antibodies generated by Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine rise more slowly and decline more quickly than those generated by the Moderna vaccine, according to a new…