Clinical

As Big Pharma Loses Interest in New Antibiotics, Infections Are Only Growing Stronger

Jul 17, 2022 at 07:33 pm by Staff

By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News Forget covid-19, monkeypox, and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: co.... Read More

Highly Accurate Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic Test Puts Patients on the Right Care Path, Mitigates Devastation of Misdiagnosis

Jul 13, 2022 at 07:04 pm by Staff

  By Frank Amato, President and CEO, SYNAPS Dx   Alzheimer's disease (AD) misdiagnoses can be highly damaging, both emotionally and financially, to patients and t.... Read More

Self-Managed Abortions Gain Attention, but Helpers Risk Legal Trouble

Jul 12, 2022 at 10:19 am by Staff

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News At a recent rally in Nashville, Tennessee, Planned Parenthood organizer Julie Edwards looked out at some of t.... Read More

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Is Killing Patients. Yet There Is a Simple Way to Stop It.

Jul 12, 2022 at 10:11 am by Staff

By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News   Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bu.... Read More

Vaccine and Testing Delays for Monkeypox Echo Failures in Early Covid Response

Jul 11, 2022 at 03:38 pm by Staff

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Andy Stone is one of the lucky ones. The New York City resident saw a tweet from a local AIDS activist saying that monkeypo.... Read More

Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs of Exposing Workers to Infection

Jul 11, 2022 at 03:16 pm by Staff

  By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperf.... Read More

Nashville Clinic Gives Arizona Woman Second Chance at Life After Treating ‘Mystery Symptoms’

Jul 07, 2022 at 03:06 pm by Staff

  NASHVILLE — An Arizona woman says she is getting a second chance at life after undergoing life-saving treatment at the Biologix Center for Optimum Health&nb.... Read More

Study Shows Convalescent Plasma Doesn’t Benefit Severely Ill Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19

Jul 05, 2022 at 10:35 am by Staff

  Convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to survive or recover, accord.... Read More

Overdose Deaths Behind Bars Rise as Drug Crisis Swells

Jul 03, 2022 at 08:43 pm by Staff

By LJ Dawson, Kaiser Health News Annissa Holland should be excited her son is coming home from prison after four long years of incarceration. Instead, she’s r.... Read More

Defining Plasma Dose for Potential Future Cancer Treatments

Jun 28, 2022 at 11:00 am by Staff

Equivalent total oxidation potential of a plasma-activated medium has implications for cancer treatments   Chinese researchers may have found a new approach to treat ca.... Read More