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A first-aid class in Philadelphia is designed to help people learn how to keep shooting victims alive until the paramedics arrive. It teaches skills such as applying tourniquets to stop bleeding.
A Brazilian case report indicates the virus may cause brain impairment after a child is born, increasing the need for tracking the development of children who may have been exposed.
Research to be published in full this fall details how medicine鈥檚 鈥渋mplicit bias鈥 鈥 whether real or perceived 鈥 undermines the doctor-patient relationship and the well-being of racial and ethnic minorities as well as lower-income patients.
Sexually active teenagers are more likely to use birth control and are choosing forms that are more effective, a study finds. Births to teens dropped by 36 percent from 2007 to 2013.
Officials aim to bring elevated rates of lead poisoning, heart disease, obesity, smoking and overdoses among Baltimore鈥檚 African-Americans closer to those of whites.
A new study finds that women may have suffered more complications and needed more follow-up care as a result of the law. The law鈥檚 advocates question the findings.
In Florida, perfect timing and alert medical staff saved a teen from almost certain death. But in North Carolina, one young woman died of an amoeba infection after rafting at a popular tourist site.
As doctors and nurses learn more about what the body goes through during drug use, they are changing the treatment they provide for patients on heroin and other drugs.
In a small study, Minnesota researchers found that the infant drops used to increase visibility during procedures may create a "perfect habitat" for bacteria and make scopes harder to clean.
The legislature has set up a committee to study why Georgia is among the states with the highest rates of maternal mortality.
A review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer reaffirms earlier findings that excess body fat increases the risks for certain cancers.
The opioid epidemic may be fueling a rise in the number of children in foster care. But a special family court is trying to keep families together by treating parents with substance abuse problems.
Consumer campaigns, hospital rules and some new state laws seek to increase awareness about the lethal disease.
Researchers estimate thousands of children suffer two debilitating eye conditions because they don鈥檛 get proper exams while young.
Some hospitals and other medical providers are experimenting with ride-hailing services to help patients without access to cars get to their appointments.
State health departments are beginning to require physicians to complete continuing medical education courses to learn how and when this therapy might work for patients.
University of Southern California scientists determined the virus uses certain types of protein to interrupt the brain development of fetuses. The finding is a step toward the possible development of an intervention that could prevent the infection from leading to microcephaly.
Medicaid and other health insurers require doctors to file time-consuming paperwork before allowing them to prescribe drugs that help people quit opioids. That delay fosters relapse, specialists say.
A Miami doctor spent five years working to pass a needle exchange law for Miami-Dade County that he hopes will reduce HIV and other infections. The doctor鈥檚 battle inspired a patient who was infected with HIV and Hepatitis C from a shared needle.
A study in Health Affairs finds that nationwide hospital-based language services are not available in a systematic way.
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