Around 60 percent of women who gave birth in 2019 exhibited symptoms of poor heart health, including excess weight, hypertension and diabetes, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from

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This story was originally published by The 19th on Feb. 14, 2022. People in North Carolina no longer need a doctor’s prescription to get hormonal birth control. Under a new law passed last year that

The excess-deaths figure surpassed the milestone last week, reaching 1,023,916, according to Robert Anderson, chief of the mortality statistics branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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About the author: Uri Friedman is the managing editor at the Atlantic Council and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. He was previously a staff writer and the Global editor at The Atlantic, and the

(HealthDay) TUESDAY, Feb. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Once they're pregnant, women have a lot of checkups to make sure they stay healthy. But a mom's health preconception is vitally important, too,

An American research team reported that it has possibly cured HIV in a woman for the first time. Building on past successes, as well as failures, in the HIV-cure research field, these scientists used

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Two babies have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease

Now, four years later, he was in a hospital intensive care room remembering their courtship as his wife lay unconscious, hooked up to a tangle of machines keeping her alive. Diana was 20 weeks pregnan

According to revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the recommended wait time between booster shot does for “moderately-to-severely” immunocompromised patients has been

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong plans to offer COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as three as infections rage through the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The announcement late Sunday came ahead of another s

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City fired more than a thousand workers who failed to comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the mayor’s office said Monday. The 1,430 workers who lost their jobs r

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 14, 2022 — While the word “mutation” may conjure up alarming notions, a mutation in brain immune cells serves a positive role in protecting people against Alzheimer’s disease. Now

In summary California’s first-of-its-kind Medi-Cal reform aims to help low-income patients navigate problems like homelessness, poverty and substance abuse that can harm health. At 66, Edward El has

Evidence-based explanations of the Covid-19 pandemic, including how it started, how it might end, and how to protect yourself and others. Steve Serrao, chief of gastroenterology at a hospital in More

A bout of COVID-19 can take a hefty toll on the heart and blood vessels; people who recover from the infection have substantially higher risks of developing any of 20 serious cardiovascular disorders

The Ebola virus can persist in some parts of the body, including in brain fluid, and re-emerge long after treatment and recovery to cause fatal disease, reveals a new groundbreaking study. The findin

The Phase 2 trial, VLA15-221, compared the immunogenicity of a two dose or three dose vaccine regimen: leading to the choice of the three dose vaccine regimen for the Phase 3 trial. The candidate, wh

© Provided by WPTZ Plattsburgh-Burlington David Bracho became a nurse after nearly two decades in the U.S. Army Reserve. He's now working in a COVID-19 ward at Rush Medical Center in Chicago — and he

Getty Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of illnesses that includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, refractory asthma, and some forms of bronchiectasis. The most typical identifyi

Scientists at UCL have developed a novel cancer therapy that uses an MRI scanner to guide a magnetic seed through the brain to heat and destroy tumours. The therapy, demonstrated in mice, is called “

Condoms are a great way to minimize the risk of both pregnancy and some sexually transmitted diseases. In fact, condoms have proven to be a solid defense against the spread of HIV -- the virus that le

© Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Army has awarded an $855 million contract to AstraZeneca for the production of Evusheld. Above, a photo taken Tuesday shows a box of Evusheld, a dru

This paper combines novel experiments measuring local composition and shear mechanics with simulations of rigidity percolation phase transitions to develop and validate this model. Ultimately, this fr

When I was diagnosed with HIV just over 25 years ago, I was given eight years to live. HIV was tearing the gay community apart and my diagnosis was almost a relief after a decade trapped in a cycle of

He Donated His Kidney and Received a $13,064 Bill in Return Living organ donors are never supposed to be billed for transplant-related care. NorthStar Anesthesia charged one donor over $13,000 and nea

She had spent the previous six months at a private treatment center receiving care for bipolar disorder and depression. Chloe had improved and was set to move to transitional housing when she suddenly

From NIH Research Matters Neurodegenerative diseases cause progressive damage and death to nerve cells. This leads to problems in thought, attention, and memory. Reliable and accessible biomarkers wo

© Cameron Cottrill for The Washington Post/Cameron Cottrill for The Washington Post The 23-year-old patient arrived in the back of a police car and was in four point restraints — hands and feet strap

The aim of this study was to collect and describe the existing experimental and clinical data concerning the therapeutic efficacy of plants and herbals in the human PC. We humbly anticipate that the c

The brains behind the Australian-made COVID-19 vaccine knew they were taking a gamble when they decided to use harmless HIV fragments in their project and it hasn’t paid off. Future development of th

Background Persistent tinnitus is common, disabling, and difficult to treat. High-dose aspirin may precipitate tinnitus, but longitudinal data on typical dose aspirin and other analgesics are scarce.

A report released Thursday found life expectancy in the U.S. can vary wildly based on which state you were born in. The data, analyzed by the National Center for Health Statistics, found Hawaii reside