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(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Scientists have found the oldest known evidence of the plague, which sparked deadly outbreaks dating back about 5,500 years ago -- some 200 years earlier than previously thought. The disease has sickened humans for thousands...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare leaders have become increasingly sophisticated in calculating the cost of nurse turnover. We have formulas to estimate vacancy costs, recruitment expenses, orientation costs, contract labor expenditures, and productivity...
Read full article →Members of Trump's cabinet are swearing by expensive fermented food diets.
Read full article →The study compared three types of the medication: tirzepatide (better known under the brand names Zepbound and Mounjaro), semaglutide (sold as Wegovy and Ozempic), and liraglutide (aka Saxenda and Victoza).
Read full article →NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Robert A. Winn about the progress the United States has made in treating cancer.
Read full article →The sisters of Uganda are teachers, health-care advocates and more. Those who are in their twilight of their life need help. Who will come to their aid?
Read full article →Keep those letters coming!
Read full article →When STAT polled our readers on ‘health care’ vs. ‘healthcare,’ about 60% of our readers voted for one word.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) measurements more accurately predicted cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases than a commonly used CV risk scoring system, researchers said. Among...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- I used to help women write birth plans. As a doula, I viewed them as protection: emotional armor against one of the most vulnerable experiences in a woman's life. Women arrived carrying carefully prepared documents outlining...
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