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PHILADELPHIA (January 24, 2023) – Sometimes hospital staff nurses cannot provide required care due to time constraints. This reality can...

A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria has shown that common...

FRANKFURT. Our blood renews itself constantly. Each second, millions of new cells are added to our bloodstream which replace dying...

It is a challenging feat to launch a new drug in the market, given the low probability of success during...

The Barcelona City Council will honor Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, President of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount...

Heavy metals such as lead and cadmium are present in batteries, cosmetics, food and other things that are part of...

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Ochsner Health has been named one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2023 by Newsweek. Ochsner earned 4.5...

Empathy is critical to having supportive conversations about mental health. But this skill can be tricky to learn, especially in...

Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses “vortex ultrasound” – a sort of ultrasonic tornado – to...

The currently used microbiological tests for colistin resistance and other antibiotic resistances did not allow accurate conclusions regarding the spread...

Many people are experiencing a variety of long COVID-19 symptoms and are relying on some of their own methods to...

Researchers examined whether primary care physicians’ use of a secure community health information exchange (HIE) to access data about patient...

The national uninsurance rate for adults under age 65 with schizophrenia decreased by 50% after the implementation of the Affordable Care...

Overall patient care suffered during the coronavirus pandemic when COVID-19 surges swamped U.S. hospitals, especially in patients 45 years and...

Every year, air pollution is responsible for 4,200 Danes dying prematurely and is linked by the WHO to diabetes, cancer...

A University of Houston researcher is expanding a method of gene therapy with the hopes it will restore vision loss...

Across the country, one in eight visits to the emergency department (ED) involves psychiatric or substance use concerns – and...

The cortex is at the apex of information processing in the mammalian brain. Interestingly, however, beside olfactory inputs, no fast,...

UPTON, NY—Lasers are intense beams of colored light. Depending on their color and other properties, they can scan your groceries,...