Clinical

CBD's Therapeutic Role For Improving Mental Health

Jun 05, 2021 at 10:00 pm by pj

  The cannabis plant and its constituents are in trend for the rejuvenating effects on your body and your mind. It contains two significant phytocannabinoids, i.e., cann.... Read More

AdventHealth Physician Research Highlights Need for Genetic Testing to Target Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Jun 03, 2021 at 11:43 pm by pj

AdventHealth Cancer Institute Executive Medical Director Dr. Mark Socinski recently published the lead article titled “MET Exon 14 Ski.... Read More

The Relationship Between Chronic Medical Illness and Mental Health Diagnoses 

Jun 03, 2021 at 08:41 pm by pj

By MARY-CATHERINE SEGOTA, Psy.D Dealing with sudden medical events such as a heart attack or stroke, or a chronic medical condition such as diabetes, canc.... Read More

Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital Performs First Living Donor Liver Transplant

Jun 03, 2021 at 10:59 am by pj

   Daughter donates part of her liver to mother     WESTON, Fla. – Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital has performed.... Read More

Little-Known Illnesses Turning Up in Covid Long-Haulers

Jun 01, 2021 at 03:14 pm by pj

  By Cindy Loose, Kaiser Health News The day Dr. Elizabeth Dawson was diagnosed with covid-19 in October, she awoke feeling as if she had a bad hangover. Fou.... Read More

New Guidance from ACOG on Fibroid Management Supports Incisionless Transcervical Radiofrequency Ablation as a Uterus-Preserving Treatment

Jun 01, 2021 at 01:39 pm by pj

  Additionally, an expert physician panel in Europe reached consensus and published a new recommended fibroid treatment algorithm with transcervical radiofrequency ablat.... Read More

Post Pandemic, the Pivot for Medical Practice will be Tracking Complications of COVID-19 Syndrome

Jun 01, 2021 at 01:12 am by pj

By TONY COWAN   As COVID-19 and its mutations continue to criss-cross the globe, medical practices and public health workers have dealt with alternating medical surge e.... Read More

39 Percent of Therapists Admit to Checking Social Media, Answering Emails During Virtual Sessions

May 31, 2021 at 12:09 pm by pj

  Permission from OnlineTherapy.com Expert reviewed by: Caitlin Kingston, LCSW Our new survey found that while the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated mental heal.... Read More

Essential Work: Keeping Families Safe

May 25, 2021 at 01:02 pm by pj

By Amy Moncion, LCSW-QS   I’ll be honest: It’s been a long year for social workers. As advocates for child welfare, we know how to handle a full plate. In.... Read More

Alcohol, Not Cannabis, Associated with Changes in Brain Morphology 

May 25, 2021 at 01:00 pm by pj

By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON   According to a new study published in PubMed through the US National Institutes of Health and the Journal of Biological Ps.... Read More

Pandemic Leads Doctors to Rethink Unnecessary Treatment

May 25, 2021 at 12:12 pm by pj

By Bruce Alpert, Kaiser Health News  Covid-19 is opening the door for researchers to address a problem that has vexed the medical community for decades: the overtr.... Read More

As Pandemic Eases, Many Seniors Have Lost Strength, May Need Rehabilitative Services

May 25, 2021 at 11:39 am by pj

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News   Ronald Lundquist, 87, has been active all his life. So, he wasn’t prepared for what happened when he stopped goi.... Read More

Stark Racial Disparities Persist in Vaccinations, State-Level CDC Data Shows

May 20, 2021 at 12:40 pm by pj

  By Hannah Recht and Rachana Pradhan and Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News   Black Americans’ covid-19 vaccination rates are still.... Read More

Racism Derails Black Men’s Health, Even as Education Levels Rise

May 20, 2021 at 12:27 am by pj

  By Virginia Anderson, Kaiser Health News More education typically leads to better health, yet Black men in the U.S. are not getting the same benefit as other gro.... Read More

To the Bat Cave: In Search of Covid’s Origins, Scientists Reignite Polarizing Debate on Wuhan ‘Lab Leak’

May 20, 2021 at 12:06 am by pj

  By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News Once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, the idea that the covid virus escaped from a Chinese lab is gaining high-profile atten.... Read More

Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Cite Negative Interactions with Providers as Significant Barrier to Care

May 19, 2021 at 11:49 pm by pj

By Jill Pease Experts recommend the use of continuous glucose monitors as the gold standard for managing Type 1 diabetes. Yet many adult patients, particularly those with low.... Read More

Loyola University Chicago Researchers Identify Novel Approach to Repair the Human Heart

May 19, 2021 at 09:38 pm by pj

  Study Published in Nature Communications Seeks to Improve Care and Recovery in Heart Failure Survivors      A team of scientists from L.... Read More

What Does Approval of the Pfizer Vaccine for Teens and Preteens Mean for My Child?

May 18, 2021 at 11:06 am by pj

  By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News    Q: The federal government approved the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. What does this mean.... Read More

Latinos Are the Most Eager to Get Vaccinated Survey Shows

May 18, 2021 at 10:59 am by pj

  By Anna Almendrala, Kaiser Health News   Hispanics who have yet to receive a covid shot are about twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites or Blacks to say t.... Read More

Biden Boasts About Equitable Senior Vaccination Rate by Race Without Data to Back It Up

May 12, 2021 at 08:34 pm by pj

  By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News   “There’s virtually no difference between white, Black, Hispanic, Asian American,” referring to v.... Read More