Minority Students More Likely to Leave Medical School: Study
TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Medical schools are doing a better job of recruiting minority students, but they still struggle to keep those would-be doctors on the roster.That’s the conclusion of a new study that found minorities were mor…
Learn MoreMortality Increased for Dialysis Patients With Hurricane Exposure
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients undergoing maintenance dialysis, hurricane exposure is associated with increased mortality, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.Ma…
Learn MoreRepair or Reconstruction: What’s Best for ACL Tears?
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adults who tear a key ligament in the knee can fare well with a less extensive type of surgery, preliminary research suggests.The study involved patients treated for a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)…
Learn MoreRepair or Reconstruction: What’s Best for ACL Tears?
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adults who tear a key ligament in the knee can fare well with a less extensive type of surgery, preliminary research suggests.The study involved patients treated for a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)…
Learn MoreFewer HIV Tests, Cases ID’d in Children at Start of Pandemic
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The number of HIV tests and cases identified among children aged 1 to 14 years decreased at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in the July 15 issue of the U.S. Centers for Dis…
Learn MoreLos CDC advierten sobre un peligroso virus que infecta a bebés en varios estados
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Un virus peligroso para los bebés se propaga por Estados Unidos, y los padres y los pediatras deben estar atentos a los síntomas, recomiendan las autoridades federales de salud.El parechovirus ha provoc…
Learn More‘Luz de gas médica’: ¿Es usted una víctima?
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — En la adolescencia, April Summerford sufría de unos periodos extremadamente dolorosos, que la hicieron sospechar que a su cuerpo le pasaba algo malo.Summerford no lo sabía, pero tenía endometriosis, una…
Learn MoreNo use Luvox ni colchicina para luchar contra la COVID, aconsejan expertos de la OMS
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las personas no deben utilizar los medicamentos colchicina y fluvoxamina para tratar la COVID-19 moderada, advierte la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).El antidepresivo fluvoxamina (Luvox) y el fá…
Learn MoreUn método ‘escalonado’ quizá sea mejor para tratar a la enfermedad ocular diabética
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Un medicamento de marca genérica para el edema macular diabético quizá resulte igual de efectivo en el tratamiento temprano que una alternativa más cara, lo que ahorraría potencialmente miles de dólares…
Learn MoreOccult Hypoxemia More Likely Among Black Inpatients
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among medical or surgical inpatients in general care, Black patients are more likely to have occult hypoxemia than White patients, according to a study published online July 6 in The BMJ.Valeria S.M. Valbuena,…
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