A national survey found promising signs that key mental health measures for teens, especially girls, have improved since the depths of the pandemic. View original article Contributor: Azeen Ghorayshi
Hospitals could be frequently misdiagnosing pneumonia, causing patients to receive the wrong treatments and potentially become deathly ill, a new study finds. More than half the time, a pneumonia diagnosis … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
A person’s lifespan appears to be linked to four specific social factors — marriage, gender, education and race. The interplay between those four factors helps explain differences in lifespan between … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
A newly developed biomaterial might be able to treat crippling arthritis by prompting the growth of new cartilage, a new animal study suggests. The bioactive material looks like rubbery goo, … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
As an internist in the public primary care clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Hilary Seligman often asked her patients about their diets. One conversation that stands out involved a man in his 50s, a longtime patient she had just diagnosed with prediabetes. Asked to describe his meals, he revealed that his daily … Read more
Seven unheralded foods that pack surprising, and important, health benefits. View original article Contributor: Sharon Liao
Rare diseases most often emerge in childhood, yet getting a diagnosis can take up to nine years, and many children die by age 5. View original article Contributor: Katherine Ellison
In 2019, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association noted that aspirin’s potential risks outweighed its slight prevention benefit. View original article Contributor: Ian McMahan
Aug. 5 (UPI) — The Pan American Health Organization has issued an epidemiological alert for Oropouche virus, a rare disease spread by midges and mosquitoes. At least 8,078 confirmed Oropouche … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
The estimate focused on five cancers for which there is medically recommended screening — breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate — and found that colonoscopies accounted for most of the costs. View original article Contributor: Gina Kolata