Health News

'Nothing's left': Hurricane Ian leaves emotional toll behind
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 3:50 pm
Survivors of Hurricane Ian face a long emotional road to recover from one of the most damaging storms to hit ...
nola.com

At 55, Nicole Kidman Has Seriously Sculpted Abs In A Bra Top In Backstage Photos With Hubby Keith Urban
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 2:45 pm
Nicole Kidman is a super supportive spouse, and she proved that fact with a backstage Instagram photo from hubby Keith ...
womenshealthmag.com

U.S. FDA approves ScPharmaceuticals' heart failure therapy
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 2:43 pm
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved ScPharmaceuticals Inc's therapy for patients with chronic heart failure.
reuters.com

Opinion: Wastewater surveillance for public health is on the rise
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 2:21 pm
But what do members of the public actually know about wastewater surveillance? And what do they think about researchers tracking ...
chron.com

Boston officials report elevated coronavirus levels in wastewater
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 2:18 pm
Boston health officials said theyre concerned about elevated levels of the coronavirus in the citys wastewater.
latimes.com

Vanderbilt suspends gender-affirming surgeries for minors
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 2:14 pm
We are pausing gender affirmation surgeries on patients under age 18 while we complete this review, wrote C. Wright Pinson, VUMCs ...
al.com

Challenging 'Doctor Knows Best'; Vax Controversy in Florida; 6-State E.Coli Outbreak
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 1:33 pm
Merope Mills, an editor for The Guardian, is aggressively fighting the "doctor knows best" mentality after her daughter's preventable death ...
medpagetoday.com

New ICD-10-CM Codes a 'Big Switch-Over' for Neurocognitive Disorders
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 1:30 pm
The coding changes for major and mild neurocognitive disorders represent the most consequential coding changes for DSM-5 disorders since 2015.
medscape.com

How 'The Home Edit's' Clea Shearer Saved Her Own Life After Being Denied A Breast Cancer Screening
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 1:00 pm
Organizing pro Clea Shearer, star of Netflixs Get Organized with The Home Edit, discovered a lump in her breast just ...
womenshealthmag.com

How `The Home Edits Clea Shearer Saved Her Own Life After Being Denied A Breast Cancer Screening
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 1:00 pm
Organizing pro Clea Shearer, star of Netflixs Get Organized with The Home Edit, discovered a lump in her breast just ...
womenshealthmag.com

Medicare's annual fall enrollment period starts Oct. 15. Here's what you need to know
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 11:00 am
The annual window for making changes to your Advantage Plan or prescription drug coverage starts Oct. 15, with choices taking effect ...
cnbc.com

This Indigenous Scientist Helped Save Lives as Covid Devastated the Navajo Nation
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 10:55 am
Crystal Lee grew up the granddaughter of Navajo medicine men. As Covid wreaked havoc on her community, she decided to ...
scientificamerican.com

Nurse who cared for baby for 6 months in NICU named his godmother
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 8:03 am
Carly Miller cared for baby Conrad in the NICU at Texas Children's Hospital. Carly Miller, a neonatal intensive care unit ...
abcnews.go.com

Updated COVID booster uptake 'slow and low' on Long Island
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 8:00 am
Fewer than 4% of Long Islanders who completed their original vaccine series have received the latest updated COVID-19 booster shot.
newsday.com

Breast cancer and mammograms: 3 key questions women of all ages should ask before their scans
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 6:00 am
In this month of October, Awareness Month, here are key pieces of information, including why mammograms are a common breast ...
foxnews.com

CDC reports suicides up for young people: Developing community points the way out
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 5:48 am
We have work to do. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions report on 2021 suicides quantify what many of us ...
thehill.com

Battling drug epidemic requires a broader strategy with these key investments | READER COMMENTARY
Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 1:19 am
Meredith Cohn continues her insightful reporting on opioid and other drug overdoses in Maryland (Opioid-related deaths falling, but larger epidemic ...
baltimoresun.com

Time to wring 'medical gaslighting' out of how some patients are treated: Lee Kirksey
Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 3:34 pm
On the part of medical providers and health care systems, a culture of empathic listening must be systematically embedded into ...
cleveland.com

Not a runner? Here's how you can start--and not get injured
Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 3:20 pm
New to running? These tips and products, from Nike, New Balance, Lululemon and more, can get you ready to go ...
freep.com

Quality of heart surgery still a problem, as is hospitals' responses
Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 11:40 am
As the author of reports in 1976 on a Boston surgical team's dismal mortality results, I heard from heart surgeons around ...
bostonglobe.com