It is common to confuse a cardiac arrest with a heart attack, as both are medical emergencies affecting the heart. However, they are not the same thing. A heart attack involves an interruption in the… [+9156 chars]
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified key signaling pathways that when blocked by existing drug candidates limit reproduction of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) vi… [+3358 chars]
Preterm birth, or when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, affected one out of every 10 infants born in the United States in 2020, with Black women disproportionately likely to be at risk. … [+4505 chars]
The most prevalent peripheral vestibular end-organ illness, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is characterized by a rapid, brief gyratory sensation accompanied by distinctive nystagmus. Ver… [+6435 chars]
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The rapid development of vaccines against Covid-19 has been a triumph of science, with more than … [+10422 chars]
By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) may be able to identify alcoholics at risk of relapsing after treatment… [+2450 chars]
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.Back to Healio In a video interview with Healio, Michae… [+3227 chars]
Avian influenza has been detected in a third northern Indiana duck farm, state officials said Monday. Laboratory testing of a third commercial duck flock in Elkhart County came back as presumptively… [+1615 chars]
Alzheimers disease and related dementias (ADRD) have taken on an increasingly important role in American medicine. Given the large population of older individuals afflicted by the degenerative condit… [+3261 chars]
A cancer diagnosis is scary. Some doctors say it's time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word. Cancer cells develop in nearly all prostates as men age, and most prosta… [+3395 chars]
A new investigation detailed the associations between depression and insomnia in older patients, stating that both conditions increased concurrently over time. However, no additional risk was observ… [+3515 chars]
The research team from Denmark, Finland and Australia think that the work on fruit fly strains (Drosophila melanogaster) can be applied to individuals of a same population and their ability to surviv… [+1405 chars]