By Yolande KnellBBC News, Jerusalem AFP A journalist said there was a “state of panic” among people at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, seen here from nearby Rafah Residents of Khan Younis in southern Gaza say they have faced one of the most intense nights of air strikes since the […]
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The Biggest Health and Medicine Stories of 2023
December 19, 2023 5 min read From new uses for weight-loss drugs to the first CRISPR gene editing therapy, these were some of the most impactful health stories of the year By Tanya Lewis In an operating room at the University of Maryland Medical Center on September 20, 2023, surgeons […]
Gaza doctor says lack of medicine is ‘catastrophic’ as diseases spread
By Adnan El-Bursh in RafahBBC Arabic Reuters A Palestinian boy receives treatment for gastroenteritis at a hospital in Rafah “The situation in the Gaza Strip and especially in Rafah is deadly.” Dr Marwan al-Hams is the director of Rafah’s Martyr Mohammed Yusuf al-Najjar Hospital, which has 63 beds but is […]
Science & Medicine: Counter Long COVID with pacing
In the first episode of “Science and Medicine,” we heard from one of the nation’s leading experts on Long COVID. Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez is the chair of rehabilitation medicine at UT Health San Antonio and she runs two long COVID clinics. She said that for some, Long COVID feels a […]
The Long History of Long COVID and Other Chronic Illnesses < Yale School of Medicine
Long COVID is by no means unique in causing a wide array of symptoms that persist for weeks, months, or even years after a person has recovered from the acute infection. “Post-acute infection syndromes have been going on for decades—or maybe hundreds of years—but we haven’t been paying attention,” says […]
Penn Medicine researchers find serotonin is linked to long COVID-19 symptoms
Researchers from Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine found that traces of the COVID virus in longterm patients inhibit the development of serotonin. Credit: Riley Eastham A new study led by researchers from Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine found that a decrease in serotonin levels is linked to the development of […]
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for work on mRNA Covid vaccines by Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines, a crucial tool […]
Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled the creation of Covid mRNA vaccines
A Hungarian American and an American won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of the mRNA vaccines for Covid, saving millions of lives during the pandemic. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman made “fundamental discoveries” along the path to create the vaccines, said […]
Pioneers of mRNA COVID vaccines win medicine Nobel
Drew Weissman (left) and Katalin Karikó (right).Credit: PixelPro/Alamy This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to biochemist Katalin Karikó and immunologist Drew Weissman for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The vaccines have been administered more than 13 billion times, saved millions […]
WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital named top hospital in state by U.S. News & World Report
OB/GYN ranked 41 in nation, eight WVU Medicine hospitals recognized as High Performing Posted on 7/31/2023 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital has retained its title of number one hospital in West Virginia and ranked 41st in the nation in Obstetric and Gynecological Care according to the […]
Cats in Cyprus treated with COVID medicine as virus kills thousands on island
The health ministry in Cyprus began administering human anti-COVID medication on Thursday in an effort to stamp out a virus that has killed thousands of felines on the Mediterranean island. Christodoulos Pipis, the veterinary services director for the Cypriot government, told The Guardian newspaper Thursday that the Cypriot health ministry […]
Medicine can be better: COVID showed us how
8/11/2023 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email I love medicine. I love being a doctor and helping people. I really love infectious diseases. I love that we can cure people, that someone can get a few weeks of IV antibiotics and resume their previous activities. […]
Lawsuit claims Metro Detroit man was given contaminated Covid medicine with glass shards
Lawsuit claims Metro Detroit man was given tainted Remdesivir with glass shards inside Dan Nowacki was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Chelsea, and given Remdisivir by IV. A week later, he suffered a stroke, then another. FOX 2 (WJBK) – A Metro Detroit man claims the COVID-19 medicine […]
Carrie Jose health wellness using exercise as natural medicine
We are inherently designed for motion from the moment we are born. But if you look around – we simply don’t move enough. Compared to our ancestors, our modern lives have us sitting (on average) for more than half our day. Fit bits and smart watches help combat this by […]
Medicine for Heart Attack And COVID-19: Uses, Side Effects and Warnings of Enoxaparin
Medicine for Heart Attack And COVID-19 Enoxaparin is used in combination with aspirin to prevent complications from angina (chest pain) and heart attacks. Enoxaparin is an anticoagulant medication that helps effectively prevent the formation of blood clots. Used in patients with deep-vein thrombosis, acute coronary syndrome, heart attacks and pulmonary […]
Penn Medicine Is Forgoing U.S. News & World Report Rankings
News The local health system will no longer participate in U.S. News & World Report‘s annual “Best Hospitals” list. Instead, it’ll publish more comprehensive metrics of its own. Get wellness tips, workout trends, healthy eating, and more delivered right to your inbox with our Be Well newsletter. Penn Medicine’s Hospital […]
Penn Medicine to Stop Participation in U.S. News & World Report
PHILADELPHIA—The University of Pennsylvania Health System, part of Penn Medicine, announced today that it will discontinue active participation in the annual U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings. Underscoring the need for greater transparency and access to more comprehensive quality data beyond the narrow information collected by U.S. News […]
How Penn Medicine Epidemiologists Prepared for Future Pandemics
By: Abby Schwartz To passersby, it simply looked like a group of workers enjoying treats from an ice cream truck on a beautiful spring day. To employees of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), May 11 was a celebration of extraordinary achievements. On the day the federal Public […]
Tweets showed increasing loneliness among emergency medicine doctors during COVID-19
Expressions of loneliness and depression from emergency medicine doctors increased consistently on social media as the COVID-19 pandemic wore on, according to a new JAMA Network Open study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Using artificial intelligence to process Twitter […]
Tweets showed increasing loneliness among emergency medicine doctors during COVID-19: Study
Positive and Negative Language Sentiment Across Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Graph shows z scores for positive and negative emotions over time. Solid lines denote mean values, and shaded areas denote 95% CIs. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.12708 Expressions of loneliness and depression from emergency medicine doctors increased […]