Experts recommend testing U.S. adults ages 18-79 for hep C
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – With improved effectiveness of hepatitis C treatments, it’s worthwhile to screen U.S. adults for the virus, an expert panel says. The…
Clinical Medicine
Broken Health: The medical crisis that’s aggravating Iraq’s unrest
[ad_1] BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – On the walls of Basra children’s cancer hospital hang photos of some of the youngsters who’ve been treated there. Most…
Florida law limiting first opioid prescription linked to drop in use
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – A Florida law restricting the quantity of opioids a doctor can prescribe for acute pain to three days’ worth may have…
Few U.S. residential drug rehabs give anti-addiction medicine
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Most people who check in to residential treatment facilities to recover from opioid use disorder won’t be given medicines proven to…
Turning 80 lowers odds heart attack patients will get bypass surgery
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Age, they say, is just a number. But when someone turns 80, their chance of getting life-saving bypass surgery to treat…
Deaths, amputations due to blocked leg arteries down among U.S. veterans
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – A growing number of older U.S. military veterans with blocked leg arteries are getting procedures to restore blood flow, and a…
Sexual and gender identity may be risk factors for skin cancer
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Skin cancer risk may vary according to sexual orientation and gender identity, two new studies suggest. An analysis of survey data…
Home cleaning products may up risk of childhood asthma
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – New parents who obsessively clean their homes to protect babies from germs might want to relax a bit, suggests a new…
Young cancer survivors have higher risk of severe health problems later
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – People who survive cancer during childhood and early adulthood are more likely to experience severe, life-threatening health problems and die prematurely,…
‘Cancer does not wait’: Children’s medicine shortage stokes anger in Mexico
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hermes Soto, who turned 5 on Monday, will not be celebrating his birthday with friends. Instead, he is bracing for…
‘Cancer does not wait’: Children’s medicine shortage stokes anger in Mexico
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hermes Soto, who turned 5 on Monday, will not be celebrating his birthday with friends. Instead, he is bracing for…
Patients often puzzled by medical test reports
[ad_1] (Reuters Health) – Even the most educated, take-charge individuals may have a hard time deciphering the test results they can access after a doctor…