Month: January 2020

The death of a 15-year-old in Texas marks what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling the youngest vaping-related fatality in the U.S. since the current outbreak began last year. Dallas County Health and Human Services officials reported the death of a teen “with a chronic underlying medical condition” who lived … Read more

As a psychiatry resident, this is routine at a hospital. This time, I felt ashamed for doing it. Here’s why. View original article Contributor: Aarya Krishnan Rajalakshmi

Research shows several exercises can be effective against these cancers: breast, colon, endometrial, kidney, liver, multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. View original article Contributor: Linda Searing

Dr. Melzack and a colleague devised a theory that deepened medicine’s understanding of pain and how it is best measured and treated. View original article Contributor:

Deaths from boozing and bingeing more than doubled in the past two decades, as alcohol consumption per person rose 8%, with sharp increases in the rate for women and the middle-aged. Men were three-quarters of the total but fatalities for women rose at a faster rate: 85% versus 39% for males, according to 1999-2017 research … Read more

Tests on lungs from 1912 say disease may have existed 2,300 years ago. If correct, findings could have implications for maintaining long-neglected archives. View original article Contributor: Erin Blakemore

Doctors reset Helen Obando’s DNA in an effort to cure her of a painful genetic blood disorder. She’s the youngest person to receive the treatment. View original article Contributor:

Helen Obando is the youngest person ever to get a gene therapy that scientists hope will cure the disease, which afflicts 100,000 Americans. View original article Contributor: