Oral Corticosteroids Ease Preschoolers’ Acute Wheeze
Oral corticosteroids helped reduce wheeze severity and length of hospital stay in children experiencing acute preschool wheeze, a pooled analysis of patient-level randomized trial data showed. The medication reduced wheezing severity score (WSS) after 4 hours to a greater degree than did placebo (mean difference -0.31 on a 12-point scale, P=0.011). This, however, was not […]
CDC Officially Drops 5-Day Isolation Time For COVID-19
LOADINGERROR LOADING NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its longstanding guidance, saying that people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving […]
5 Things Doctors Always Do To Avoid Getting Sick At The Holidays
South_agency via Getty Images These tips will help you stay healthy during the busiest time of the year. Over the next few weeks, millions of people — perhaps yourself included — will travel near and far to visit loved ones for the holiday season. And as holiday travel and gatherings ramp up, cases of respiratory […]
Opinion | How to Prevent Addiction Patients From Leaving Treatment Against Medical Advice
Perez is a licensed psychologist. It’s widely known that length of stay is one of the most important determinants of success in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Data has proven that the longer we can keep patients engaged, the better their long-term prognosis. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the hardest factors for providers to overcome. […]
12 Things Doctors Always Do When They Travel To Avoid Getting Sick
martin-dm via Getty Images Doctors share how they stay healthy when they’re traveling. When travelers return home from a vacation, they typically bring cool souvenirs, cherished memories and a broadened perspective on the world. But sometimes they also come home with a terrible cold, digestive problems or other health issues. It’s common to get sick […]
I Thought I Had A Headache. It Turned Out To Be Herpes (HSV-1) — In My Brain.
The author during her stay at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was treated for encephalitis in 2015. “I do not remember this day,” she writes. Courtesy of Brigid Ward On Oct. 28, 2015, I left my high school teaching job early because I thought I had the flu. I had been […]
9 Ways to Calm an Anxiety Attack Fast
9 ways to calm an anxiety attack fast 1. Stay in the present moment Anxiety tends to be a future-oriented state of mind. Instead of worrying about what’s going to happen in the future, try to bring yourself back to the present. Ask yourself, “Am I safe right now? Is there something I can do […]
Multiple treatments to slow age-related muscle wasting
Everyone wants to stay fit and healthy as they grow old. But as we age, our body degrades, our muscles shrink and strength declines. Some older people suffer from excessive muscle loss, a condition known as sarcopenia. University of Basel researchers show that a combination therapy could delay the onset of sarcopenia. We now live […]
Strong winds power electric fields in the upper atmosphere
What happens on Earth doesn’t stay on Earth. Using observations from NASA’s ICON mission, scientists presented the first direct measurements of Earth’s long-theorized dynamo on the edge of space: a wind-driven electrical generator that spans the globe 60-plus miles above our heads. The dynamo churns in the ionosphere, the electrically charged boundary between Earth and […]
Several Factors Contribute to GI Bleeding Mortality Risk
Patients who developed upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding during a hospital stay experienced worse adverse outcomes than those admitted for upper GI bleeding alone, French researchers found in a prospective study. Currently hospitalized patients (dubbed “inpatients”) with upper GI bleeding showed a significantly higher mortality rate at 6 weeks than patients hospitalized for GI bleeding alone […]