LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As COVID-19 strains Pakistan’s health system, tens of thousands of women doctors are sitting at home, their talents squandered in a country where millions have no access to medical care. Many families encourage their daughters to study medicine not for a career, but to bolster their marriage prospects. The phenomenon even has a name – […]
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A record of medicine utilization patterns assembled by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the UC San Diego School of Medicine reveals the thought, care and scientific rigor clinicians at UC Health medical centers applied in their treatment of patients with COVID-19 in 2020. For a study published today in Journal of the American […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Experts have long pointed to mass vaccination as the key to bringing the Covid-19 pandemic under control. And while the percentage of Americans who have been vaccinated is steadily rising, many are still reluctant. A survey released last week indicated that 22 percent of Americans will “definitely” or […]
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‘Don’t forget the mask’—although most people nowadays follow this advice, professionals express different opinions about the effectiveness of face masks. An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, has now used observational data and model calculations to answer open questions. The study shows under which conditions and in which way masks actually […]
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The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) recently hosted a Virtual Hill Day, which allowed members to meet with Congressional representatives without having to travel to DC. Their goal was to share “front-line” stories of delivering care during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as discussing legislative action to ensure equitable patient access to quality cancer care. In particular, the ACCC […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Pennsylvania is firing a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical information of tens of thousands of residents, state officials said Thursday. Employees of Insight Global used unauthorized Google accounts — readily viewable online — to store names, phone numbers, email addresses, […]
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Content Warning: This article contains mentions of suicide and suicidal ideation. It’s no secret that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had a tough time as senior members of the royal family, but until recently, no one realized exactly how tough a time they’d had. Earlier this year, in her now-famous interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duchess of Sussex revealed that […]
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Touching tributes. Prince Harry has found sweet ways to include his late mother, Princess Diana, in his 2-year-old son Archie’s life. Everything Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Have Said About Raising Archie “I wish she was around for Archie,” the Duke of Sussex, 36, said in the fifth episode of his AppleTV+ series, The Me You Can’t See, released on Friday, […]
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An exciting new way has been found in which the body senses a bacterial infection within 4 hours and uses nerve pathways to trigger an immune response in distant organs. The speed by which an infection can be identified, and how the defense mechanisms are triggered is critical to infection outcome. Nerve signaling which triggers an immune response has been […]
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As soon as the first warm and sunny day arrives, the inclination to toss aside all your boots and sneakers for your favorite pair of sandals is a natural one. But some may feel hesitation about the prospect of ditching closed-toe shoes for the season. Common issues like cracked heels, fungal infection, and eczema can make you want to forget […]
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