When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist in Los Angeles recommended the 67-year-old undergo
When Sandeep Swami received a $1,339 bill for a quick and uneventful emergency room visit for his 11-year-old daughter, he pushed back. The charge was a “facility fee” for the hospital, though the treatment entailed only a six- to seven-minute
Pfizer will spend $43 billion to buy Seagen and deepen its reach into treating cancer
Hardly anything changed when Japan dropped its request for people to wear masks after three years
Adds mental health exemptions to ban on some health care for transgender youth.
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and J
A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for stealing more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds
The U.S. Army will continue to use the antiquated “tape test” to measure soldiers’ body composition in spite of a study that shows the test to be flawed.
The governor of Illinois says the state will fight a mental health crisis among children
Authorities are investigating reports of a powder in the air and on some cars in West Virginia, northern Virginia and Maryland
The union for Major League Soccer players criticized FIFA, its rules-making body and the league for failing to allow trials of temporary substitutes to replace players suspected of sustaining concussions
Speculation about North Korea’s food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of formulating a correct agricultural policy
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease
Biden moves to require in-person doctor visits for patients seeking addictive painkillers, attention deficit drugs
A large LSTM-led trial confirms new antimalarial, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, is more effective at preventing malaria than current WHO recommended treatment but does not improve adverse birth outcomes.
Diagnostic imaging offers physicians and scientists critical visual representations of internal body structures, greatly enhancing clinical analysis and medical intervention.
A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2009 to 2017 determined that approximately 1 in 44 children ages 3-17 are diagnosed with some form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve struggled with obesity for many years and have tried to lose weight through a healthy diet and exercise. My doctor recently told me that I could be a good candidate for bariatric surgery. What is bariatric surgery?