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THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Soon, you may be able to step out on your front porch and wait for your prescription medication to drop from the sky. On Wednesday, Amazon Pharmacy announced that it is starting to test speedy prescription d…

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans with Down syndrome have a critical lifeline in Medicaid insurance, new research confirms.But the publicly funded insurance program will have to respond to rising numbers of older adults with Down s…

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Millions of people undergo joint replacement surgery every year. To prevent infection, doctors often give them a second antibiotic — but new research suggests this can backfire.Adding a second antibiotic at…

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Telehealth may be a powerful way to get people with opioid use disorder to take — and stay on — medication to treat their addiction.Researchers report that those who started buprenorphine treatment via tel…

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Stigma can take a toll on lesbian, gay and bisexual teens, leading to high rates of binge-eating disorders, researchers say.Compared to their non-LGBTQ peers, lesbian, gay and bisexual teens are more than t…

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is a positive association for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), and a negative association for COVID-19 vaccination and GBS, acc…

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with prostate cancer with high-risk biochemical recurrence, enzalutamide plus leuprolide is best for metastasis-free survival, according to a study published in the Oct. 19 issue of the New Eng…