Black women are more likely than white women to experience a severe, unexpected complication during labor or delivery, particularly due
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Offering flu vaccinations to children having surgery significantly increases number vaccinated
Actively offering an influenza (flu) vaccination to children having surgery and general anesthesia increased the number of patients vaccinated by
Acupuncture reduces pain and opioid use for total knee replacement surgery patients
Patients who have acupuncture during total knee replacement surgery report less pain and need far fewer opioids to manage their
Black patients significantly less likely to live independently after surgery
Black patients are 1.5 times less likely than white patients to live independently after surgery, according to a large, first-of-its-kind
Sydney ends coronavirus lockdown after 106 days
Elated Sydneysiders celebrated the end of almost four months of coronavirus lockdown on Monday, putting behind them a period of
Vaccines prevent severe COVID, even from Delta: study
Vaccination is highly effective at preventing severe cases of COVID-19, even against the Delta variant, a vast study in France
Myth busted: General anesthesia just as safe as spinal anesthesia after broken hip surgery
New research shows that the rates of survival, functional recovery, and post-operative delirium are similar for patients whether they underwent
Patients with kidney transplants more vulnerable to common, usually harmless bacterium
It’s a pervasive bacterium found in soil and water that rarely causes disease, but a new national review of nocardia
Breast milk from Mennonite moms on farms may better protect babies from allergies
Atopic diseases, which include eczema, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and food allergy, are closely linked to allergies against airborne particles, such
AstraZeneca logs upbeat trial results from COVID drug
British pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Monday revealed more positive results from a trial of a treatment for COVID-19 symptoms. The