At Risk for an Opioid OD? There’s an App for That
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 9, 2019 — Drug users suffering an opioid overdose might soon have access to an unusual lifeline —
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Volumes low for unprotected left main PCI
(HealthDay)—Unprotected left main (ULM) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures represented less than 1 percent of all PCIs in clinical practice
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A neuroscientist’s tips for a new year tuneup for your brain
Unlike the effervescent bubbles that stream to the top of champagne flutes on New Year’s Eve, what I call brain
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ASH develops practice guidelines for venous thromboembolism
(HealthDay)—The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has developed new guidelines for the treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE); the clinical practice
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Elevated Risk for Lung CA in Lung Transplant Recipients Explored
THURSDAY, Dec. 27, 2018 — Recipients of a lung transplant, especially a single lung transplant, have an elevated risk for
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Running vs weights: which is better for keeping cells ‘young’
Aerobic activities like jogging and interval training can make our cells biologically younger, according to a noteworthy new experiment. Weight
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Hate Christmas? A psychologist’s survival guide for Grinches
Two years ago, I came into work on December 1 to find a bag on my desk labelled “Karen’s Christmas
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The health benefits of 5-HTP: For sleep, weight loss, and depression
The compound is a natural precursor to a neurotransmitter called serotonin, which helps produce “feel-good” chemicals in the brain and
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Kotex Tampons Are Being Recalled for Unravelling Inside the Body—Here’s What to Do If It Happens to You
Attention, all people with periods: Certain Kotex tampons are being recalled for a quality-related defect none of us want to experience.
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Faster test for Ebola shows promising results in field trials
A team of researchers with members from the U.S., Senegal and Guinea, in cooperation with Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD),
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