Krishnamoorthi talks efforts to support providers amid federal cuts
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Schaumburg, has started to tour Illinois to highlight the potential impact of healthcare cuts on rural communities.
When Women’s Fertility Begins and Ends Seems Important for RA Development
British women whose capability of bearing children either started late or ended early — naturally or otherwise — were at increased risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), compared with women with earlier menarche or later menopause, researchers found. In an analysis of more than 220,000 female participants in the U.K. Biobank project, those with menarche […]
How Gross Is It To Sleep With A Yellowed Pillow? Let’s Settle Twitter’s Hot Topic.
Image Source via Getty Images It all started with a tweet, which is how major cultural conversations seem to kick off these days. This past weekend, a user on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) shared an image of a pretty gross-looking, yellowish pillow, alongside the caption “[Girlfriend] is mad at me […]
Pediatric Allergic March Supported by Nationwide EHR Data
A typical allergic march started with atopic dermatitis during infancy and progressed to other allergies later in life, a multi-state study found. In total, 13.4% of pediatric study participants had two or more allergic conditions based on electronic health record (EHR) information, reported David A. Hill, MD, PhD, of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and coauthors. […]
Opinion | How This Doctor Found Purpose After a Devastating Injury
Dec. 20, 2012, started like any other day for me as an ob/gyn when I was called to do a precipitous delivery. I immediately saw that the baby’s heart rate was dangerously low, and knew I had to act quickly. Several nurses helped me maintain the patient’s position to get a vacuum on the baby’s […]
Opinion | COVID Isn’t Just a ‘Me’ Problem
This piece started out focusing on the impact of colds on our lives, particularly if COVID is now “just a cold.” But now it’s personal. My husband and I escaped COVID until now by being very careful until we got vaccinated. Once vaccinated, we focused on living our lives safely — no eating at indoor […]
Brain Structure, Cognitive Performance Linked With Tobacco Use in Kids
Children who started using tobacco by age 10 had significantly inferior cognitive performance and smaller brain structures after a 2-year follow-up period, a cohort study reported. Those reporting ever using tobacco products had significantly lower scores in the Picture Vocabulary Test of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery both at baseline and at 2-year follow-up compared […]
Creating The Birth Control Pill
This tiny Pill has changed the lives of women across the world – and it all started with a nurse named Margaret Sanger. #NationalNursesWeek
What Are Uterine Fibroids? Symptoms And Risk Factors You Should Know.
Tanika Gray Valbrun started experiencing extremely heavy periods early in her teen years. “I was that girl who always had to carry pads with her, felt like I was always on my period, had to wear two panties and biker shorts, always had an extra bag with me,” she told HuffPost. In addition to the […]
Illustrations To Help With Your Mental Health
Dr Emma Hepburn is a clinical psychologist who started off using hand drawing to explain mental health concepts in her clinic. But after getting a tablet to draw with, she started creating illustrations and animations and sharing them to a wider audience on social media. Hepburn has just released the book ‘A toolkit for modern […]