As a former school nurse in the Columbia Public Schools, Gretchen Carlisle would often interact with students with disabilities who took various medications or had seizures throughout the day. At some schools, the special education teacher would bring in dogs, guinea pigs and fish as a reward for good behavior, and Carlisle noticed what a
Breast cancer affects people across all different backgrounds, but Black women in particular are more apt to get aggressive forms of the disease. They’re also more apt to die from it. New research aims to better understand this so that treatment can be more effective. Dr. Harikrishna Nakshatri of Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon
COVID-19 has had an indirect toll on heart health around the world, as cardiovascular testing volumes plummeted and cardiovascular deaths rose in 2020, researchers found. CDC data revealed that in the first U.S. coronavirus epicenters like New York, the number of people who died from ischemic heart disease and hypertension increased dramatically after mid-March compared
According to new research, UK professionals are feeling the negative effects of longer working days and unpaid overtime Research shows that the average worker is performing at least nine hours of overtime per week, compared to just three before the pandemic began, without getting paid, and at the detriment to their mental health. As the
Harmless to some but anything but to others, a peanut allergy is a big deal. Around 2% of children have allergies to peanuts, which is one of eight recognized major food allergens. In January 2020, pre-Covid, the FDA approved a drug to treat peanut allergies in children. Called Palforzia, it isn’t a traditional drug, but instead a “peanut
Higher intake of vitamins C and E was associated with a reduced risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD) in an analysis of a national cohort study. Higher intake of both vitamins, as opposed to one, strengthened the association with lower PD risk. In addition, body mass index (BMI) and coffee consumption appeared to influence the magnitude
The manufacturer of Soho Fresh 70% rubbing alcohol is recalling one lot, sent to retail stores across the country, after the FDA found that the product contains methanol. The alcohol comes in 33.81 oz. clear bottles. No injuries have been reported. Methanol can be toxic, if enough is ingested or used on the skin. Methanol,
In 2020, Florida and California passed legislation to relax scope-of-practice laws for nurse practitioners (NPs). Florida’s new law went into effect July 1 and allowed NPs to practice independently, after completing 3000 hours of practice supervised by a physician in the past 5 years. The bill in California, which will take effect in January 2023,
T1D1 (which stands for type 1 diabetes from day 1) is an app that was created by a newly diagnosed 13-year-old, Drew M, to help people better manage their condition. Determination coupled with being well-versed in coding led Drew to create this app almost immediately after diagnosis. I thought it would be nice to hear
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Development of an in vitro human-derived tissue model for studying virus infection and disease progression in the alveolar cells of the lungs responsible for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange with the blood might enable the study of possible therapies for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) triggered by SARS-CoV-2. Researchers in the Netherlands have demonstrated that
A nurse prepares a syringe with the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine for a worker of the New York City Fire Department Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (FDNY EMS), amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York, December 23, 2020. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Moderna doesn’t expect to have clinical trial data on its coronavirus vaccine
A new study has found that up to 20% of glioblastomas–an aggressive brain cancer–are fueled by overactive mitochondria and may be treatable with drugs currently in clinical trials. Mitochondria are responsible for creating the energy that fuels all cells. Though they are usually less efficient at producing energy in cancer, tumor cells in this newly
Judit Giró Benet, who was a biomedical engineering student at the University of Barcelona at the time, first got the idea for the Blue Box when she found out that nearly 40 percent of women skip their routine breast cancer screenings. About one-third of cancers are detected too late to be survived, so Judit knew
Sooner was not better when using ECG to determine candidates for urgent coronary angiography after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), according to the PEACE study from Europe. The earlier the ECG acquisition after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), the higher the false positive rate, as determined by the proportion of patients with ECG findings suggestive of
Naomi Schalit, The Conversation Editor’s note: Ore Koren is a scholar of civil conflict and political violence. Before the November 2020 election, he wrote a story for The Conversation about the likelihood of election-related violence in the U.S. So we went back to him on Wednesday, while what some are calling an insurrection unfolded at
The CDC will send $3 billion to the states to boost a lagging national COVID-19 vaccination program. The Department of Health and Human Services announced the new funding as only 30% of the more than 22 million doses of vaccine distributed in the U.S. has been injected into Americans’ arms. Along with the $3 billion,
We look at the facts behind this complex psychological disorder, bust the myths surrounding it, and give tips on how to help someone who is struggling The concept of delusions is a scary and confusing thing for many people, and as such they are an often-misunderstood symptom of mental illness. They can provoke harmful and
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Laboratory experiments indicate the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will offer protection against the two coronavirus variants found in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Scientists from Pfizer and the University of Texas Medical Branch created a version of the variant in the lab,
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 4, 2021– Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today provided a supply update for the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, increasing its base-case global production estimate from 500 to 600 million doses for 2021. Moderna said it is continuing to invest and add staff to build up to potentially 1
January 8, 2021 Audience: Consumer, Patient, Health Professional, Pharmacy January 08, 2021 — Fresenius Kabi USA is voluntarily recalling a single lot of Ketorolac Tromethamine Injection, USP, 30 mg/mL, 1 mL fill in a 2 mL amber vial to the user level due to the presence of particulate matter. Particulate matter was found in reserve
For the first time since the pandemic started, Israel now says more than a quarter of its most serious Covid-19 cases, where hospitalization is required, are in patients under the age of 60. The Israeli Ministry of Health is placing the blame squarely on a new strain first discovered in the United Kingdom last month.
Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a new study from researchers at McGill University.
Almost 200 people in Pine Bluff, Arkansas are receiving an unexpected gift from a kind doctor. That doctor, Omar Atiq, is the founder of the Arkansas Cancer Institute and an oncologist. When he sent out his holiday greeting cards this year, he informed those cancer patients that he was wiping out their balances. The card
“So you give it to a person who already had the real thing. That is like giving Warren Buffett a hundred dollar bill.” — Joseph Whitfield, PA-C, of Corpus Christi, Texas, commenting on giving the COVID-19 vaccine to those who already had the virus. “We treat patients at the bedside. We don’t have the ivory
The American College of Cardiology has released a new expert consensus decision pathway to provide practical guidance on same-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). “There’s been a lot of interest in people wanting to start these programs, so we thought this is an ideal topic for a consensus pathway that will help programs that
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. US regulators warned about the potential risk for false negative results with molecular tests for SARS-CoV-2 due to mutations such as a recently detected B.1.1.7 variant of the virus. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued an alert