As community-based family doctors, we have been attending to patients who showed the early warning signs of the oncoming wave of our viral season. We…
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UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises
A cholera outbreak sweeping through Haiti is claiming a growing number of children amid a surge in malnutrition, UNICEF announced Wednesday. The deadly combination means…
Cornell Scott-Hill makes big strides with specialist telemedicine
Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult,…
Danish drugmaker to supply monkeypox vaccine to Europe
Denmark’s Bavarian Nordic, the lone laboratory manufacturing a licensed vaccine against monkeypox, said Thursday it had signed a deal to supply European nations with up…
New research shows that COVID-19 negatively impacts memory function
COVID-19 can negatively impact short-term memory function, the results of a new study have revealed. The researchers say memory function can recover over time, but…
Ultrasound activated microbubbles enhance the activity of standard of care therapeutics in pancreatic cancer
Scientists at the Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, and EXACT Therapeutics AS (“EXACT-Tx”, Euronext Growth: EXTX), a Norwegian clinical…
More Work Needed to Optimize STI Screening in Primary Care
TAMPA, Florida — Boosting screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in primary care settings could help alleviate some of the barriers to optimal testing and…
Significant treatment attrition rate seen in multiple myeloma
There is a significant treatment attrition rate in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), according to a study published in the November issue of Leukemia &…
85% of women say hormonal contraception has harmed their romantic relationships
We know that hormonal contraception can have a lasting impact on our bodies, but what about our relationships? The first time my period came after…
Pregnant trauma patients with certain injury patterns should be screened for intimate partner violence
Pregnant trauma patients with certain injury patterns—including multiple injuries, injuries to the head, face, neck, and scalp, and multiple contusions—should be screened for intimate partner…