but only among men. The findings could reflect that men tend to carry fat around the stomach, said Sara Tartof, a co-author of the study who researches infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California. That type
Doctors now better know how to treat severe cases, meaning higher percentages of the COVID-19 patients who go into intensive care units are coming out alive. Patients have the benefit of new treatments, namely remdesivir, the steroid dexamethasone and an antibody drug that won emergency-use appr...
Despite those divides, people on both sides of the political aisle expressed trust in their own doctors, including their children’s pediatricians. About 15% of respondents said they had wanted to get a COVID test but were not able to find or afford one, including 25...
Questionnaires were circulated to 1,599 family doctors, police surgeons, paediatricians, and child psychiatrists to determine the frequency and nature of child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom. At least three per 1,000 children are currently being recognized as sexually abused sometime during thei...
and we can prevent the harm with the disclosure. If patients know that their doctors can disclose information about them that might hurt them without their permission, that could undermine the trust of all patients in physicians and the medical system and result in ineffective or inappropriate care...
“the current data show the booster dose is continuing to provide high levels of protection against severe disease, even for the most vulnerable older age groups,’’ said prof. wei shen lim, the committee’s chair. “for this reason, the committee has concluded there is no immediate ...
Health Screening Tests Women Should Have Health screenings can detect disease when it’s most treatable, and, in many cases, prevent serious health problems that can develop if a medical condition is left unchecked. Angela HauptandGretel SchuellerNov. 15, 2024 ...
While cases in the shelter have declined, the citywarneddoctors Friday that a growing number of cases have been reported in the region with no links to the shelter. Doctors should now consider giving an "accelerated" second dose of measles vaccine to eligible young children, the city said. ...
In September 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionissued a health advisoryalerting doctors and public health officials of an increase in flesh-eating bacteria cases that can cause serious wound infections. I'm a professorat the Indiana University School of Medicine, wheremy...
A foundational education in GH including principles of epidemiology, burden of disease and SDH is thus far more likely to equip the US medical student with critical thinking skills applicable abroad or in the US, compared with a curriculum focusing solely on diseases/treatments of the tropics. As...