“The pervasive sentiment shared by all is that regardless of your personal journey and experiences with mental health, you are not alone.” In 2017, when New York lawyer and avid cyclist Mac Dorris founded The Ride for Mental Health in New Paltz, New York, it was a way to find hope, healing and purpose after …
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FOX Business’ Madison Alworth talks to Dr. Dyan Hes about shortages of common antibiotics like amoxicillin, Tamiflu and infant formula. There are growing concerns about a shortage of children’s Tylenol as America faces rising cases of a common respiratory virus and the flu. On top of that, COVID-19 is still circulating in communities. The combination …
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Doctors should ask patients with heart failure whether they use supplements, specific diets, or other types of complementary and alternative medicine to help manage potential benefits and risks, the American Heart Association said in a scientific statement released Thursday. Research shows that about one-third of people with heart failure use complementary and alternative medicine, a …
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Some doctors are warning against using a type 2 diabetes drug for weight loss after some patients said it helped them lose a few pounds. Approved by the FDA in 2017, the diabetes treatment sold as Ozempic helps lower blood sugar, but many patients prescribed the drug have reported weight loss as a positive side …
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Oregon must strengthen its laws to protect doctors who perform abortions or gender-affirming care from lawsuits and lawsuits, a legislative task force recommended Wednesday. It’s among several recommendations from the Task Force on Reproductive Health and Access to Care, which House Speaker Dan Rayfield convened this summer after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe …
It’s a triple threat. After years of isolation and masking, influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are all hitting harder and earlier this cold season in a phenomenon that has been dubbed a “triple epidemic.” Over the week of Thanksgiving, about 20,000 Americans were hospitalized with the flu, the most for that week in …
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PROVIDENCE, RI [Brown University] — To provide a tailored academic program for clinicians and health professionals looking to broaden their scope of expertise from patients to population health, Brown University is launching a new accelerated master’s degree in public health. The School of Public Health’s one-year program, which is now accepting applicants, is intended for …
There has been a substantial increase in gun-related deaths in the United States over the past three decades and black men are the most affected, according to a new study by a team of emergency physicians. According to the study, they are 23 times more likely to be victims of firearm homicide than white men. …
The child suffered from anti-NMDAR (N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor) encephalitis, a rare and difficult to diagnose brain dysfunction. Blood plasma exchanges helped a 5-year-old with a rare autoimmune disease recover. The prognosis for the sick child, who had not responded to conventional treatment, was grim. Nonetheless, a group of doctors at Rutgers University believed there might be …
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“Sometimes in the shower I realize they’re gone. I just have these scars. Camille Kiefel, 32, had her healthy breasts removed in 2020 to align with her non-binary gender identity. She says her doctors approved the operation after two Zoom meetings, overcoming a range of mental health issues. Now that Camille is mentally better, she …
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