Even before COVID-19 ravaged the medical workforce, physicians, nurses, and other health workers were at increased risk for burnout and depression. Although these professionals are equipped to manage…
Occupational therapists and occupational therapy (OT) assistants at NYU Langone Health are finding themselves working on the front line of this pandemic to help patients recover from COVID-19.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For first-line tocolytic therapy before 32 weeks’ gestation, prostaglandin inhibitors appear to be the most effective and tolerable agents for delaying delivery for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with a family history of intracranial aneurysm are known to be at increased risk themselves, but now new research questions prior findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After finding that the 5-HT3 receptor in the brain affects susceptibility to opioid dependence, scientists in California have demonstrated the efficacy of ondansetron,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of visual field loss with the antiepileptic drug vigabatrin is lower when it is given during infancy rather than later in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) treatment with adalimumab and infliximab is associated with a small increased risk of herpes…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of healthy adolescents, a quadrivalent meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine was more immunogenic than the currently licensed unconjugated vaccine. Adolescents are at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc), treatment with rituximab depletes B cells in the peripheral circulation and in skin, with few…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The prognosis for patients with systemic sclerosis complicated by pulmonary hypertension is “grim,” particularly among African Americans and those with interstitial lung disease,…
At Children’s Hospital, Dr. Mary Bedard and the NICU nursing staff save the life of a tiny infant struggling from a serious intestinal infection. ~ Detroit Medical Center…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Independent of obesity, sleep apnea appears to be a risk factor for the development of insulin resistance, according to a report in the…
