Clinical

Seniors With Anxiety Frequently Don’t Get Help. Here’s Why.

Mar 13, 2023 at 04:50 pm by Staff

  By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News   Anxiety is the most common psychological disorder affecting adults in the U.S. In older people, it’s associate.... Read More

Study finds RSV may evade vaccines via rapid mutation

Mar 13, 2023 at 04:03 pm by Staff

by Bill Snyder For most people, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is about as dangerous as the common cold. But for children younger than 6 months old, and for people whose i.... Read More

Online course seeks to address opioid deaths in adolescents

Mar 13, 2023 at 02:31 pm by Staff

by Paul Govern Addressing opioid overdose deaths among adolescents, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Health, is providi.... Read More

High-dose flu vaccine beneficial for pediatric stem cell transplant patients

Mar 06, 2023 at 08:59 pm by Staff

  by Jessica Pasley Vanderbilt was the lead site for an NIH-funded, phase 2, multicenter influenza vaccine study in pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transpl.... Read More

Global study tracks brain infection in people with HIV

Mar 06, 2023 at 08:52 pm by Staff

by Paul Govern Cryptococcal meningitis, or CM, is a potentially fatal fungal infection of the brain and spinal fluid. It can develop after breathing in the spores of Cry.... Read More

Cannula shortage led to more invasive lung support for infants

Mar 06, 2023 at 08:45 pm by Staff

by Christina Echegaray   A three-year shortage of a common cannula used in young infants needing lung support forced hospitals across the United States to switch to a.... Read More

Virtual or In Person: Which Kind of Doctor’s Visit Is Better, And When It Matters

Mar 06, 2023 at 08:38 pm by Staff

  By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News When the covid-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors’ offices nationwide, telemedicine wa.... Read More

One Texas Judge Will Decide Fate of Abortion Pill Used by Millions of American Women

Feb 27, 2023 at 02:15 am by Staff

    By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News    AMARILLO, Texas — Federal judges in Texas have delivered time and again for abortion opponents..... Read More

CDC Warns of Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States

Feb 27, 2023 at 01:28 am by Staff

  Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been monitoring an increase in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections (shigellosis) rep.... Read More

Dementia Care Programs Help, If Caregivers Can Find Them

Feb 24, 2023 at 02:58 pm by Staff

  By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News   There’s no cure, yet, for Alzheimer’s disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 yea.... Read More