'Alarming' First Vaping Death Reported in US

57 minutes ago | Medscape | 2 articles

An Illinois resident who had recently vaped and was hospitalized with severe respiratory illness has died. News Alerts
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A Novel Weaning Protocol for High-Flow Nasal Cannula in the PICU

1 hour ago | Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Objective: High-flow nasal cannula use in the PICU continues to increase; however, a protocol for weaning patients has yet to be published. This study aimed to create an...
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Vaping May Have Caused an Illinois Patient to Die From a Respiratory Illness

1 hour ago | Time | 2 articles

An Illinois resident who was hospitalized with a respiratory illness linked to vaping has died, according to the state's public health officials. The Illinois Department of...
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Hospital choice could affect pediatric mortality during emergencies

1 hour ago | Healio

Findings published in Pediatrics suggest that a child's chance of survival in an emergency may depend on the hospital where they receive care. Researchers assessed the...
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Trump Orders ‘a Lot' of Ketamine for Depressed Veterans

2 hours ago | The Atlantic

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the government will purchase “a lot” of the drug esketamine, a derivative of ketamine. Though ketamine is known as a recreational...
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Older Cancer Patients at Higher Risk of C diff Infection

2 hours ago | Medscape | 3 articles

Older hospitalized patients with liquid or metastatic solid tumors were at elevated risk of Clostridiodes difficile infection. Medscape Medical News
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Years ago, this doctor linked a mysterious lung disease to vaping

3 hours ago | News Medical

Dr. John E. Parker was working at a West Virginia hospital in 2015 when a 31-year-old female patient was admitted with acute respiratory problems.
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Gallstones may occur with liraglutide treatment

3 hours ago | Healio

Participants in a randomized controlled trial who took liraglutide were more likely to develop gallbladder stones and other complications of the gallbladder and biliary tract...
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'Tasteless': Patients share pictures and views of hospital food

5 hours ago | BBC

Readers have been sharing their experiences - good and bad - with the BBC.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg has pancreatic cancer and received radiation treatments...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has pancreatic cancer. Multiple media sources are now reporting that she recently underwent three weeks of radiation treatment... Read more ...

The Problem With Vacation Re-Entry Is That Everything Is Just Like I Left It

I spent a week at the beach doing next to nothing. I would have done absolutely nothing had I not had an antsy teenager that occasionally insisted we leave the beach to do... Read more ...

The long trail of dead bodies false flags that follow around Bill Hillary...

“The decedent shot himself in the back of the head seventeen times with a long-barreled, single shot shotgun. A clear case of suicide.” No one with over two brain cells... Read more ...

Your Dog May Be Leading You to a Healthier Heart

Researchers found that compared with people who had no pets, dog owners tended to have fewer risk factors for heart disease: They got more exercise, and had healthier diets and... Read more ...

Elite athletes have high rates of oral disease despite brushing their teeth more

Researchers at The University College London blamed athletes' heavy use of sports drinks, gels and bars which can be high in sugar. Many athletes endorse such products. Read more ...

Pollution causes rates of angioplasties to spiral, say scientists

Doctors at the University Hospital in Krakow used data from nearly 16,000 patients who had undergone the operation, which is often dished out as an emergency surgery to treat a... Read more ...

This Best-Selling Jacket Is The Perfect Way To Make Back-To-School Feel Cool...

The first day of school is stressful AF. The cliques, the stares, the silent judgement. And that's just the moms! Luckily, when it comes to the kids, there's an easy way to... Read more ...

Cerebral Palsy: Improving Function, Independence, and Quality of Life of...

Cerebral palsy is among the most prevalent movement disorders in children. Experts from various streams share their expertise and summarize new research aimed at maintaining... Read more ...

New Method Helps Detect Unreported Zika Outbreaks

Using travel data and infections diagnosed in travelers plus viral gene analysis, scientists have been able to uncover a hidden Zika outbreak in Cuba in 2017, that went... Read more ...

Computer Model Could Be Used To Test New Sickle Cell Medications

Sickle cell disease medication can be now tested using new computer model which mimics the way red blood cells become misshapen. Read more ...