It’s (Finally) Time to Stop Calling It a Pandemic: Experts
March 17, 2023 -- It's been 3 years since the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 emergency a pandemic. Now, with health systems no longer overwhelmed and more than…
NOVIDS: Do Some Have the Genes to Dodge COVID?
SOURCES:Peter Gregersen, MD, professor of genetics, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY.Anne Wyllie, PhD, research scientist in epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT. Sabrina Assoumou,…
Emergency Contraception
Do you watch the television show "ER"? During an episode in 1997, Nurse Hathaway (Carol) offered the option of emergency contraception pills to a young woman who had just been…
Have IBD and Insomnia? You’re Not Alone
March 16, 2023 – More than one-third of people with inflammatory bowel disease report trouble sleeping, with moderate or worse insomnia. And the more severe their insomnia, the worse the…
Fertility Treatments Pose No Danger to People With MS
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, March 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women with multiple sclerosis who want to undergo fertility treatment can do so without worry, according to a new study.Participants…
Diabetes, Tooth Loss Can Be Double Trouble for Aging Brains
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes is a known risk factor for mental decline and dementia. Paired with total tooth loss, the potential harm to…
Pediatric Mental Health Tops 2023 List of Safety Concerns
March 15, 2023 – The pediatric mental health crisis, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, is the top patient safety concern of 2023, according to a new report from a…
Black Patients Fare Worse With Deadly Lung Disease Pulmonary Fibrosis
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients are dying of pulmonary fibrosis, a devastating disease marked by progressive scarring of the lungs, at significantly younger…
COVID at 3 Years: Where Are We Headed?
March 15, 2023 – Three years after COVID-19 rocked the world, the pandemic has evolved into a steady state of commonplace infections, less frequent hospitalization and death, and continued anxiety…
Future COVID Vaccines Must Be Better; Science Races to Respond
SOURCES David L. Hoey, president and CEO of Vaxxas, Cambridge, MA, and Brisbane, Australia.Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago.Jasdave Chahal, PhD,…