In the United Kingdom, 2.9% of patients undergoing anesthesia reported receiving glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), according to a study published online Sept. 16 in Anaesthesia to coincide with the annual ...
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Children born with certain heart defects may face fewer open-heart surgeries, thanks to a new replacement valve that grows with them.
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It's October and time for flu shots. Medical experts urge getting a flu vaccination soon, before influenza starts spreading widely—and to get up to date on protection against other fall respiratory viruses, too. Updated COVID-19 ...
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A new study published in the Journal of Mental Health suggests that some forms of screen time can be beneficial to mental well-being.
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Sibling aggression takes many forms, like hitting, shoving, threatening or calling names. Although sibling aggression is widespread and can shape people for years, it hasn't been studied well by psychological researchers.
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Global life expectancy is close to the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the outlook for years lived in good health is recovering more slowly, the WHO said Friday.
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Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.
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Very low-carbohydrate (VLC) diets may be associated with health benefits in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and were not associated with acute diabetes complications, new research being presented at the annual meeting ...
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Many of us know someone who's faced side effects of cancer treatment, like hair loss or debilitating nausea. Their experiences can make us wonder whether everyone experiences these same effects.
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More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Euclid began his treatise "Optics" with an assumption that now sounds peculiar: visual rays traveled out from the eye toward the objects we see.
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