Review of killer’s care finds ‘a series of errors’
Nottinghamshire PoliceValdo Calocane was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three years before the killingsA review has found "a series of errors, ...
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IUD Pain Management: CDC Updates Recommendations
Share on PinterestThe CDC is urging doctors to provide more information to patients about the potential discomfort and pain they ...
GLP-1 Agonists for Diabetes Tied to Lower Hyperkalemia Rates
Hyperkalemia in type 2 diabetes occurred less often with GLP-1 receptor agonists in routine care than dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, ...
ABIM Revokes Two Doctors’ Certifications Over COVID Comments
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has revoked the board certification of two physicians involved in the Front Line ...
Combination OUD Treatment Safe During Pregnancy
For pregnant persons with opioid use disorder (OUD), buprenorphine and naloxone used together were associated with similar or better neonatal ...
Common Lab Tests Not Useful in Diagnosing Long COVID, Study Shows
None of 25 routine laboratory tests were clinically useful for diagnosing long COVID, despite some slight differences in results between ...
Dementia Risk Dropped With Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Certain Patients
An anti-inflammatory diet was associated with lower dementia risk in adults with cardiometabolic diseases.Over 12 years, dementia risk was 31% ...
First Walgreens Pharmacists File to Join New National Union
Pharmacists and technicians at a Walgreens store in Vancouver, Washington are seeking an election to join the Pharmacy Guild, the ...
Preschoolers’ Tablet Time Linked to Increase in Anger Outbursts
Tablet use was associated with more expressions of anger and frustration among preschool-age kids, and proneness to these emotions was ...
Paris Redux: From Health Leader Interviews to COVID at the Olympics
Jeremy Faust is editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and a ...
FDA OKs New Drug for Treating Hypoparathyroidism
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved palopegteriparatide (Yorvipath) for the treatment of hypoparathyroidism in adults, the drug's ...
EVT on Large Core Strokes: Sobering Results for the Oldest Old
The older the patient, the worse the functional outcome tended to be after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for an acute ischemic ...
FDA OKs Once-Daily Injection for Hypoparathyroidism
After rejecting it a year ago, the FDA approved once-daily palopegteriparatide (Yorvipath) for adults with hypoparathyroidism, drugmaker Ascendis Pharma announced ...
Over 100 Pregnant Women, Some Bleeding or in Labor, Turned Away From EDs Since 2022
Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn't know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency department (ED) doctors at Ascension ...
FDA Warns Against Smelling Salts
Last week, the FDA warned consumers not to buy or use "smelling salts" that are promoted to boost alertness and ...
What’s the Best Way to Help Specialists Succeed? Beef Up Primary Care
Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 ...
A Leave of Absence — From Medicine or the Olympics — Is Not a Sign of Weakness
Moss is a first-year psychiatry resident. In summer 2021, as Simone Biles bid farewell to competing alongside her peers in ...
Surgeon General Was Warned by His Mom to Avoid Politics, but He Jumped Into the Fray
The dated gold and silver trophies packed in the china cabinet of the childhood home of Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, ...
Girl died after drinking Costa hot chocolate, inquest told
LEIGH DAYHannah died following a suspected allergic reactionA13-year-old girl with a severe dairy allergy suffered an "immediate reaction" after a ...
CDC Action ‘Likely Unlawful’; RFK Jr. Loses in Court; 24 Years for Urgent Care Doc
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