Daily exposure chemicals called phthalates, used in the manufacture of plastic food containers and many cosmetics, may lead to roughly
Month: October 2021
Report concludes UK waited too long for virus lockdown
The British government waited too long to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, missing a
Black women more likely to have labor or delivery complications due to systemic inflammation
Black women are more likely than white women to experience a severe, unexpected complication during labor or delivery, particularly due
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
