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Making a sequel to a video game that is loved by many is no easy task. It has served as a driving force for game developers ever since the industry started growing. As such, here are some of the best video game sequels that have been made. A Look Back At The Best Video Game

Boston Children’s Hospital received the top spot for best children’s hospital in US News & World Report’s 14th-annual ranking for 2020-2021 . The pediatric facility has maintained the leading spot in the rankings for seven consecutive years. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia garnered second place in the honor roll, followed by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

There are many types of cooking that we use in prepping our meals, such as frying, stir-frying, sautéing and steaming. Until now, we have never known why some cooking methods are better than others. To put it another way, having these cooked is one thing; keeping them nutritious is another. Because the food we eat

Before patients with cancer begin treatment with intravenous fluorouracil and related drugs, they should be tested for lack of the enzyme dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), says an EU panel. This enzyme is involved in the metabolism of fluorouracil, as well as the related drugs capecitabine (Xeloda, Genentech) and tegafur, which are converted to fluorouracil in the

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the contemporary Sapien 3 device generally held up against surgery in intermediate-risk patients over 5 years, according to a propensity-matched analysis. Except for differences in stroke types, longer-term clinical outcomes were comparable between 783 matched pairs of patients undergoing TAVR with Sapien 3 and peers receiving surgical aortic valve

Leading to the death of over 460,000 people across the globe, coronavirus pandemic has reached a new “dangerous phase,” the World Health Organization confirmed. It came up as a warning from the authorities to make sure the public remains more cautious and prevented. According to WHO’s latest updates, the daily rise in infections as recorded

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As nonurgent outpatient care reverts from telemedicine to in-person consultations, many practices are focusing on measures to prevent respiratory transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But experts emphasize that clinics shouldn’t ignore the role fomites can play in transmission.

While the scientists are trying their best to develop a vaccine to control the effects of COVID-19, the number of active cases continues to rise, especially in Arizona post the expiry of the Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected order on May 15. After Governor Doug Ducey withdrew the restrictions, the domestic travel restrictions and

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. People who develop antibodies after becoming infected with the coronavirus may not keep them more than a few months, especially if they showed no symptoms to begin with, a Chinese study shows. Previous studies had found that most people who became

The newer iteration of the self-expanding Evolut valve was associated with small hemodynamic improvements when used for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in a degenerated surgical bioprosthesis notwithstanding a safety signal in real-world data. The Evolut PRO kept mean gradients lower compared with the Evolut R (13.2 vs 14.3 mm Hg at 1 year, P=0.023)

Looks like world-famous fast food restaurant chain KFC has recently opened its newest branch inside a video game. KFC Opens A Restaurant Branch Inside A Video Game As the majority of the world opted to stay inside for months in order to help slow down the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, a lot of people

With the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) test suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) will now require an English proficiency test for international medical graduates (IMGs) to become certified for the match. On Wednesday, the ECFMG outlined its plan

As states are reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, the risk of contracting the deadly virus when going out has gotten higher. And since it’s the summer season, many people are torn on having to wear face masks outside when the temperatures are warmer. Just recently, Dr. Teresa Murray Amato spoke about how face masks and

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today: Some US Hospitals Waiting to Add Dexamethasone Following the announcement earlier this week that dexamethasone reduced mortality for severely ill COVID-19 patients in a

Sleep deprivation is an issue that many new parents face after welcoming their newborn. For some, the problem could only last for a month or two. For other parents, the issue could go longer for up to a year. Mindbodygreen has shared some tips on how to get more sleep as new parents. Not only

The Food and Drug Administration has expanded the indications for canakinumab (Ilaris) to include all patients with active Still’s disease older than 2 years, adding adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) to a previous approval for juvenile-onset Still’s disease, also known as systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA), making it the first approved treatment for AOSD, according to

The controversial Gaza Strip housing that is holding 600,000 Palestinian refugees in eight camps has so far reported 72 cases, 45 recoveries and one death related to the coronavirus as of June 17. With Israel and the West Bank currently withholding or delaying medical supplies to Gaza and existing medical infrastructure ravaged by war, the possibility of

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s  Coronavirus Resource Center.   Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today. A “Crisis” for Primary Care Doctors The pandemic is hurting patients — and physicians — in multiple ways. Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, former head

Asymptomatic individuals carrying SARS-CoV-2 shed the virus longer than those with COVID-19 symptoms, with other lab findings suggesting the symptomatic patients mounted more robust immune responses, a small study in China found. Median duration of viral shedding among 37 asymptomatic patients was 19 days (interquartile range 15-26; range 6-45) versus 14 days among 37 matched

Taking breaks and days off when you’re already working from home might seem strange, even confusing. With that in mind, you still need it, and here’s why. Here’s Why You Still Need Breaks While Working From Home When the pandemic hit, the majority of America’s workforce needed to adjust to a new work setup: telecommuting

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As a Lyme patient,Jennifer Crystal has a lifetime of experience dealing with severe illness. So when the 42-year-old writer and patient advocate came down with what appeared to be a mild case of food poisoning in early March, she cancelled her

Supermarkets have put a limit on how much meat can be bought during every shopping visit, which is forcing people to opt for plant-based diets. Considering that the unemployment rate is on the rise, meat is also turning out to be an expensive commodity. For this reason, several people have turned vegetarian and are sticking

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. While the world waits for a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19, scientists are opening up a new line of attack. They are testing antiviral antibodies that aim to block the virus from infecting our cells. Some experts think an antibody therapy will

Roughly half of patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma are cured with autologous stem cell transplant (auto-transplant), but the prognosis for those who then relapse remains poor. Still, median survival over the past several decades has more than doubled among this group, increasing from 10.5 months for those transplanted in the years 1983-1990 to 26.1 months from

A massive amount of ground beef sold at Walmart and Food City stores around the country is being recalled over food safety concerns. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently announced the recall of over 21 tons of ground beef over concerns that it may be contaminated with the E. coli

A quarter-century ago, social psychologist Anthony Greenwald of the University of Washington developed a test that exposed an uncomfortable aspect of the human mind: People have deep-seated biases of which they are completely unaware. And these hidden attitudes — known as implicit bias — influence the way we act toward each other, often with unintended

Similar to other fields of research, women authors worldwide have been under-represented in COVID-19 papers published since January 2020. They account for just about one-third of authors credited for research work, according to a new study conducted by The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford.    The study recently published in BMJ Global Health

Few patients with episodic migraine (EM), and even fewer with chronic migraine (CM), receive optimal treatment, new research shows. Results from a survey study showed less than 8% of patients with episodic migraine and less than 2% of patients with chronic migraine were able to overcome four key treatment barriers associated with optimal migraine management.