Kids with obstructive sleep apnea may be at lower risk of accidents with oncoming vehicles during the day if they use positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy at night, a new study suggests. Reuters Health Information
Female trauma patients are more likely than male trauma patients to have a hypercoagulable profile, which gives female patients a significant survival advantage, researchers report. Reuters Health Information
The level of emtricitabine triphosphate (FTC-TP), an anabolite of emtricitabine, in dried blood spots (DBS) predicts HIV viral suppression and reflects short-term adherence to therapy, researchers report. Reuters Health Information
Cell-line research should be viewed differently from research using other biospecimens when it comes to informed consent requirements, according to a new report. Reuters Health Information
Children undergoing tonsillectomy should not receive perioperative antibiotics and should not receive codeine, but they should receive a single intraoperative dose of intravenous dexamethasone, according to the 2019 updated clinical-practice guideline …
Patients may have less access to palliative care at U.S. hospitals that primarily serve minorities, a study suggests. Reuters Health Information
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stopped a Louisiana law imposing strict regulations on abortion clinics from going into effect in its first major test on abortion since the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy last summer. Reuters Health In…
Primary care physician Daniel Dahle, MD, has been the sole healthcare provider for more than 3 decades for residents of a large, remote northeastern California region. Medscape Medical News
Conjoined twin boys born in Yemen are in urgent need of treatment abroad, but are unable to leave because the war there has closed the capital city’s airport. Reuters Health Information
Almost two-thirds of patients in the U.S. who get medical marijuana are using it as a treatment for chronic pain, a new study suggests. Reuters Health Information
Older adults who get regular exercise are less likely to experience falls than their counterparts who are inactive, a research review suggests. Reuters Health Information
The e-prescription system bounced back quickly after two out of three major 2017 hurricanes, a new U.S. study finds. Reuters Health Information
The e-prescription system bounced back quickly after two out of three major 2017 hurricanes, a new U.S. study finds. Reuters Health Information
Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics unit is in settlement talks to resolve the bulk of individual lawsuits alleging the company’s metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants were defective and caused severe injuries, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said on Mon…
Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics unit is in settlement talks to resolve the bulk of individual lawsuits alleging the company’s metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants were defective and caused severe injuries, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said on Mon…
The incidence of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children remains lower seven years after implementation of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), according to a study from eight French pediatric emergency departments. Reuters He…
Drivers who don’t wear seatbelts are more likely to skip seatbelts and car seats for their kids, an analysis of U.S. crash data suggests. Reuters Health Information
Rheumatoid arthritis outcomes are better with some non-TNF inhibitors than with others, according to French registry data. Reuters Health Information
Tens of millions of Americans braved Arctic-like temperatures on Thursday as low as minus 56 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 49 Celsius) that paralyzed the U.S. Midwest and were blamed for at least 21 deaths. Reuters Health Information
Rates of de novo skin cancer after lung or heart transplantation are higher when donor and recipient HLA antigens are well matched, a large retrospective study suggests. Reuters Health Information
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