Young age and V1 tortuosity are associated with an increase in instent restenosis (ISR) rates after vertebral V1 segment stenting, according to a study published in Catheterization & Cardiovascul… [+2884 chars]
<ul><li>Around 116 million Americans have high blood pressure, many of whom do not have it under control.</li><li>Newresearch shows that cocoa consumption lowered blood pressure in healthy adults, of… [+6351 chars]
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Comment on this story Eric Sawyer feels a familiar fear. In the gay hamlet of Fire Island Pines, where he owns a bungalow, men have been swapping gossip about ghastly symptoms, scanning each other f… [+11729 chars]
Parents and children wait outside the Riverside Public School in Elmira, New York, on July 1, 1953, to get the polio vaccine. Photo / APThe polio virus was detected in wastewater samples from the sub… [+2315 chars]
No other infectious disease has killed more people than tuberculosis. Currently, only one vaccine is available to prevent severe courses: Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG). However, it is not equally ef… [+4837 chars]
This transcript has been edited for clarity. John M. Kane, MD: Hi. I'm Dr John Kane, professor and chairman of psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in … [+24853 chars]
A multidisciplinary study led by Vanja Nagy (LBI-RUD/CeMM/MedUni Vienna) and Josef Penninger (UBC/IMBA) characterized a novel gene, known as FIBCD1, to be likely causative of a new and rare neurodeve… [+5450 chars]
Counseling patients about methods of contraception and increasing access to care can help address unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Health care providers play an important rol… [+8689 chars]
While the recent reopening of Pacific country borders has been largely welcomed, many now fear doing so could enable the spread of newly-declared public health emergency, monkeypox, with dozens of ca… [+2709 chars]