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One of the nation's top health officials is warning that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) could worsen in coming months. On Tuesday, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke at a webinar for Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, when he said Americans should brace for what […]
Daniel Oh, a neurology resident at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Hospital, says that amid the chaos, he feels hopeful and inspired thanks to the unifying efforts being made within the Southern California medical community. “At LAC + USC hospital, we have been fortunate to have resident physicians fighting the war against […]
A new study has identified an upward trend in injuries associated with cell phone usage. Published on Thursday in the JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery journal, the report suggests the injuries have “steeply” spiked since the advent of smartphones. The team of researchers from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in New Jersey pored over data from a […]
—Over a year ago, the Centers for Disease Control said that teen vaping is an “public health tragedy,” and the situation has only gotten worse. According to the annual National Youth Tobacco Survey, more than one in four high school students say they use e-cigarettes, and 27.5 percent reported using one in the last 30 […]
Looking for a reason to take a sick day (or a way to make some extra cash)? Scientists are currently searching for healthy volunteers who are willing to be infected with the flu virus to see how it affects the body. Volunteers will be compensated up to $3,300. Led by the National Institute of Allergy […]
A 67-year-old grandmother from East China’s Shandong Province gave birth to a baby girl last week. With her 68-year-old husband, the couple may be the oldest to ever to have a naturally conceived baby in the country, according to state-run channel CCTV. The woman — who has only been identified by her last name, Tian […]
When 13-year-old Austin Hardison received a smartwatch for Christmas last year, he probably had no idea that it would one day lead to a heart condition diagnosis. The Arizona teen said that he felt lightheaded one day this month while watching television, and his smartwatch alerted him that his heart rate was extremely high at […]
Karey Gengler’s sudden and tragic death from a brain aneurysm at age 46 left her family grieving. But in the days after she passed, she went on to save the lives of four other people, including her daughter’s boyfriend who was desperately in need of a kidney. For over a year, Mike Rodgers, her daughter […]
An Iowa man was awarded $12.25 million on Friday after he was misdiagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery to remove his prostate. A pathologist at the Iowa Clinic had mixed up Rickie Huitt’s tissue samples with another patient who did have prostate cancer, which she admitted to in a July 2018 deposition. Based on the […]
A freshman at the University of Maryland died of complications from adenovirus on Nov. 18, raising concerns across the College Park campus as eight more students have contracted the illness. Olivia Paregol had a cough early in the school semester, and over the next few months her health continued to decline. The 18-year-old eventually developed […]