Money paid to sperm donors rises as UK faces shortage
Sperm donor compensation has risen from £35 to a maximum of £45 per clinic visit.The £10 rise comes into effect ...
Month: September 2024
Which Viral Sleep Hacks Work and Which Don’t?
Share on PinterestSome viral ‘sleepmaxxing’ trends may help you get a better night’s sleep, while others can make insomnia worse. ...
Conversion Practices Tied to Greater Symptoms of PTSD, Suicidality
Exposure to conversion practices was associated with increases in several mental health symptoms for sexual and gender minority individuals, according ...
Mavacamten Shows Promise in Heart Failure With Normal to Supranormal EF
There may be a future for cardiac myosin inhibitors in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to the ...
Primary Care Intervention Might Reduce Suicide Attempts
Following the launch of an integrated suicide prevention program across Washington state, researchers observed a 25% drop in the rate ...
Quality of Life Similar With Proton Beam Therapy vs IMRT for Prostate Cancer
Patient-reported quality of life (QoL) was similar between proton beam therapy (PBT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) among men with ...
Judge Blocks Georgia Law Banning Abortion After Six Weeks Of Pregnancy
(Reuters) -A state court judge on Monday blocked a Georgia law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, finding ...
Falling May Be a Harbinger of Dementia in Older Adults
Nearly 11% of older adults with an injurious fall were diagnosed with dementia 1 year later.Compared with other traumatic injuries, ...
Study Finds More Heart Defects in Kids Conceived With ART
Kids born via assisted reproductive technology (ART) had higher risk of congenital heart defects (CHDs), though the absolute risk difference ...
The Disease of Nine Months: Caring for Women Before and After Roe
Hern is a physician specializing in abortion services. The woman sat across from me at my desk. She told me ...
Docs Concerned State’s Abortion Pill Law Could Have Catastrophic Effects
On Tuesday, Louisiana will become the first state in the U.S. to categorize two widely used abortion pills as "controlled ...
In Diagnosing Knee Pain, Sometimes More Is More
Interim results from a randomized trial show that middle-aged patients with knee pain and suspected meniscal tears can benefit from ...
Newborns Fed Breast Milk Exclusively in Hospital Had Lower Asthma Risk
ORLANDO -- Infants who exclusively received breast milk throughout their birth hospitalization were less likely to be diagnosed with asthma ...
Subjective Smell Improvement After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Subjective — but not objective — olfactory improvements in patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal ...
Case Strengthens for Cardiac Myosin Inhibitor in SEQUOIA-HCM
Secondary efficacy analyses of the pivotal SEQUOIA-HCM trial continued to favor aficamten, supporting a potential role for another cardiac myosin ...
Shared Reading Should Start in Infancy, AAP Says
ORLANDO -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that pediatricians encourage parents and caregivers to read aloud with their ...
Bristol Myers Beats $6.4 Billion Lawsuit Over Delayed Cancer Drug
(Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb won the dismissal on Monday of a $6.4 billion lawsuit claiming it cheated former Celgene ...
AAP Guidelines for Safe Prescriptions
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published its first clinical practical guidelines on opioid prescriptions for children with acute pain, ...
Rwanda Reports 8 Deaths Linked to Ebola-Like Marburg Virus
Kigali, RWANDA -- Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just ...
Flipping Panel Management on Its Head
Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 ...
