For patients with severely calcified coronary lesions, routine treatment with orbital atherectomy prior to drug-eluting stent implantation does not yield greater minimal stent area or reduce the rate of target vessel failure compared with conventional […]
Transcatheter tricuspid-valve replacement is superior to medical therapy alone for patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation, according to a study published online Oct. 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual […]
For children with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection (RUTI), nitrofurantoin and cranberry products may reduce the incidence of symptomatic UTI episodes, according to a review published online Nov. 4 in Pediatrics.This article was […]
Countries reconvened on Monday in a bid to finalize a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics, with the specter of mpox, Marburg and H5N1 adding fresh urgency to seal a deal.This article was originally […]
There is a lung cancer screening test that is saving lives—and yet most people who could be getting the test have never heard of it or never talked about it with a doctor.This article was […]
Forgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there—or perhaps someone says hi on the street and you can’t remember their name.This article […]
Unmarried people may be about 80% more likely to have depressive symptoms than those who are married, suggests an analysis of more than 100,000 individuals across 7 countries, published in Nature Human Behaviour.This article was […]
Uncertainty about the election getting to you? Is anxiety the dominant feature of your emotional landscape, maybe with a small sprinkling of impending doom?This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Stark health disparities exist across the United States. Life expectancy is lower than in other wealthy countries—and declining. The richest American men live 15 years longer than their poorest counterparts. The richest American women live […]
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