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Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER
Being rushed into hospital care can be an emotional experience. So, what a surgeon says to trauma or emergency surgery patients plays a role in how satisfied they are after their operations, a new study finds. Researchers...
- Posted February 4, 2021
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MS Doesn’t Put Women at Higher Risk During Pregnancy
In a finding that should reassure women with multiple sclerosis (MS) who want to have a baby, new research suggests the disease doesn’t raise the risk of pregnancy complications. “Women with multiple sclerosis may be understandably concerned...
- Posted February 3, 2021
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Pfizer Vaccine Is 90% Effective 3 Weeks After First Shot, Early Study Shows
Just one dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine might be enough to largely protect people from being infected with COVID-19, preliminary research shows. The vaccine became 90% effective 21 days after the first shot in a two-dose regimen,...
- Posted February 3, 2021
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‘So Happy:’ World’s First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
Joe DiMeo’s life changed forever when he fell asleep at the wheel on U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey on July 14, 2018. The horrific crash left him with third-degree burns on 80% of his body and...
- Posted February 3, 2021
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Segregation, Poverty Tied to Worse Outcomes for Black Lung Cancer Patients
Racial segregation may help explain why Black Americans with lung cancer do more poorly than their white counterparts, a new study suggests. For years, U.S. studies have documented racial disparities in lung cancer. Black Americans are less...
- Posted February 3, 2021
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1 in 3 Young Americans Prescribed a Psychiatric Drug Misuses Them: Study
Many young Americans are prescribed psychiatric drugs to treat medical conditions, but nearly one-third of them wind up misusing the medications, a new study finds. “Misuse of prescription substances is alarmingly high among U.S. youth and young...
- Posted February 3, 2021
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1 in 5 Older Americans Lack Space to ‘Isolate at Home’ If COVID Strikes
If there is one thing the coronavirus pandemic has taught people, it is that how much living space you have matters when you or someone you love falls ill with COVID-19. But a new survey shows that...
- Posted February 3, 2021
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AHA News: Ideas for a Safe, Healthy Valentine’s Day Everyone Can Love
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — “Valentine’s Day in a Pandemic” sounds like the title of a terrible album, or maybe the least-romantic date night movie ever. Unfortunately, it’s also reality in 2021. That...
- Posted February 3, 2021
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Anchor It! Toppling TVs, Furniture Can Injure and Kill Kids
It only takes a second. Experts are warning that unsecured televisions, bedroom dressers and other heavy furniture can crush, maim and even kill curious children, and the issue may only worsen during stay-at-home lockdowns. According to the...
- Posted February 3, 2021
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Biden Administration to Start Shipping COVID Vaccines Directly to U.S. Pharmacies
The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will begin to deliver coronavirus much-needed vaccines directly to retail pharmacies across the country. The partnership includes 21 national pharmacies and will eventually include 40,000 locations across the country. The...
- Posted February 3, 2021