From the Edge of Death: A Doctor’s Journey
“The Doctor’s Art” is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google, Stitcher, and Podchaser. Rana Awdish, MD, was on her last day of critical care medicine training when her life changed […]
IV Nutrition: Few Proven Benefits for Growing Trend Among Athletes
What if you could “recover from dehydration and immune challenges, and support athletic recovery and chronic health challenges like fatigue, weight gain, and inflammation,” all with a special vitamin cocktail delivered straight into your bloodstream? Turns out, you probably can’t. But according to an editorial published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine Tuesday, elite […]
HHS Proposes Wide-Ranging Rule Barring Discrimination in Healthcare
WASHINGTON — What has 308 pages and discusses everything from pregnancy to Medicare Part B? It’s the proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implementing the non-discrimination parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The proposed rule, which was published August 4 in the Federal Register, implements Section 1557 of the […]
Artesunate: Malaria Treatment Uses, Warnings, Side Effects, Dosage
What is artesunate, and what is it used for? Artesunate is a medication administered intravenously to treat serious malaria, a disease with high fevers, shaking chills, and flu-like illness, in adults and children. Malaria is caused by microscopic unicellular parasites belonging to the Plasmodium species, and the disease caused by Plasmodium falciparum is the type […]
Your Dog’s Gut Microbes Change Quickly With New Diet
Latest Pet Health News THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) Switching Fido to a new dog food? What happens in his gut as a result is nothing short of remarkable, a new study reveals. The population of bacteria living in his gut — his microbiome — will change dramatically in as little as a week. […]
List of Benzodiazepines: Types, Side Effects, Addiction & Withdrawal
What are benzodiazepines (benzos), and what are they used for? Benzodiazepines are man-made medications that cause mild to severe depression of the nerves within the brain (central nervous system) and sedation (drowsiness). Seizures, anxiety, and other diseases that require benzodiazepine treatment may be caused by excessive activity of nerves in the brain. These drugs may […]
What Is Penicillin Used For? Antibiotic Types, Side Effects, Drug Names
What are penicillin antibiotics, and what are they used for? Penicillins are antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections that are derived from the antibiotic penicillin. Penicillin antibiotics stop bacteria from multiplying by preventing bacteria from forming the walls that surround them. The walls are necessary to protect the bacteria from their environment, and to keep […]
Monkeypox: Symptoms, Pictures, Treatment, Outbreak, Vaccine & Prevention
What is the history of monkeypox including the 2022 outbreak? Monkeypox has a relatively recent history. People first discovered it in monkeys in 1958, although a “vesicular disease in monkeys” was described in the 1860s. The disease, and eventually the causative virus, was named monkeypox because the lesions (pox) seen in monkeys developed like other […]
Which Antibiotic Is Best for An Ear Infection? Treatment, Complications
What are ototopical antibiotics? Ototopical antibiotics are applied as the first-line offense against middle ear infection. Ototopical antibiotics are medications administered topically in the ear for treating middle ear infections. Ototopical antibiotics are usually the first-line treatment for recurrent bacterial ear infections, in the absence of systemic infection. Ear infections are more common in children, […]
Methamphetamine: ADHD Uses, Warnings, Side Effects, Dosage
Generic Name: methamphetamine Brand Name: Desoxyn Drug Class: CNS Stimulants, Anorexiants; Stimulants What is methamphetamine, and what is it used for? Methamphetamine is a stimulant drug used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obesity in adults and children older than six years of age. Methamphetamine is a sympathomimetic amine drug that mimics the […]