Credit: Fotolia The need for greater focus on racial disparities in health care and health outcomes has become impossible to ignore across all specialties in medicine in recent years. Among patients with kidney disease, long-standing disparities have contributed to increased prevalence and disease-related mortality. These differences have been the focal point of calls from nephrologists […]
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Nov. 7 (UPI) — Calling it a tipping point in the explosion of the number of babies born with syphilis in the United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Tuesday that medical professionals and communities need to more aggressive in identifying the infections and treating them at their earliest stages. The CDC […]
High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, is common in people who have diabetes. A person’s blood sugar can be high when the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin, or if the body becomes resistant to insulin. We spoke with Sonya Khan, M.D., a specialist in endocrine disorders, about ways to lower your blood sugar and why managing […]
CINCINNATI (WKRC) – There could soon be a new blood test to help identify those at risk for brain diseases due to concussions and head trauma. Right now, to diagnose impact-related brain disease, which comes from repeated blows to the heads, doctors must wait until the person is deceased. But now, researchers at the Cleveland […]
The CDC is warning about “dire” levels of babies born with syphilis in the U.S., with a new analysis showing a tenfold increase from 2012 to 2022. The agency’s data shows that 3,761 babies were born with syphilis in 2022, and more than 200 babies died from the disease that year. Nine in 10 of […]
CNN — US public health officials are calling for urgent action to curb an alarming increase in the number of babies born with syphilis. In infants, syphilis can be a severe, disabling and sometimes life-threatening infection. When babies get it in the womb from an infected mother, it’s called congenital syphilis. Each congenital syphilis case is […]
Enlarge this image The above illustration depicts a molecular model for a carbapenem drug. The carbapenem group of antibiotics is the last resort for antibiotic-resistant infections and is approved for children. But carbapenems are not widely used because they’re expensive, they’re administered by IV — and doctors are concerned that bacteria could develop resistance to […]
RSV—or respiratory syncytial virus—is spiking in San Francisco, according to WastewaterSCAN data, a program that traces pathogens in municipal sewer treatment plants. RSV is a virus that often causes colds and can be severe for infants and older adults, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. The department monitors wastewater data to help […]
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