The experience left her with a modestly increased immunity, little understanding of how medical bills are calculated and a new fear of outdoor cats.
DIY Tech Gives People More Freedom In Managing Diabetes
Using instructions freely available online, do-it-yourselfers ― who belong to what’s known as the “open-source community” ― close the loop between an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor.
Can midwives reduce rural maternal mortality?
The U.S. maternal mortality rate is higher than in Canada, Japan, or any Western European country — even higher than the rate in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan.
What The Trump Home Dialysis Plan Would Really Look Like
Home dialysis isn’t right for everyone. Seniors with bad eyesight, poor fine-motor coordination, or cognitive impairment generally can’t undertake this therapy.
Hepatitis A case closes Lynnwood restaurant
Patrons of Ashiya Teriyaki located at 1233 164th St SW in Lynnwoodare encouraged to contact healthcare provider for vaccine
Despite Failed Promises, Stem Cell Advocates Again Want Taxpayers To Pony Up Billions
In 2004, Californians voted to shell out billions in taxpayer money to fund stem cell research. But 15 years later, some are asking ‘Where are the cures?”
There is no great salt debate: we should be consuming less
A gradual decrease in salt intake across the whole population remains an achievable, affordable, and effective strategy to prevent premature death worldwide.
Air pollution can be as bad as pack a day of cigarettes for your lungs, UW study
“We were surprised to see how strong air pollution’s impact was on the progression of emphysema on lung scans,” said UW’s Dr. Joel Kaufman.
Where Doctors Can Recommend Marijuana to Replace Opioids
Colorado, Illinois and New York now allow health professionals to recommend marijuana instead of addictive, potentially deadly opioid pain pills.
Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life
Can’t remember what you came for? Don’t worry – you probably have a lot going on.
Hepatitis A Outbreaks Race Across The Country
Since 2016, the virus has spawned outbreaks in at least 29 state, sickened more than 23,600 people, sent the majority to the hospital. and killed more than 230.
One-Third of Mass Shootings Committed by People With Mental Illness, Study Says
One-third of acts of mass violence–crimes in which four or more people were killed– since the 1990s were committed by people with a serious mental illness.
To Save Money, American Patients And Surgeons Meet In Cancun
US hospital costs are so high it makes sense for an orthopedic surgeon from Milwaukee and a patient from Mississippi to go to Mexican hospital for the surgery.
UW Medicine leaders say ACA critical to continuing mission
Harborview could lose up to $80 million a year should the ACA be struck down as a result of a lawsuit filed by Republican attorneys general now in the courts.
Don’t count on freezing ovarian tissue to delay menopause or stop your biological clock
A UK company is offering women a procedure it says can delay menopause up to 20 years and allow women to delay having babies.
But don’t get too excited.