by Kevin Dew, Alex Broom, Chris Cunningham, Elizabeth Dennett, Kerry Chamberlain and Richard Egan, The Conversation Credit: Ivan Samkov from Pexels A diagnosis of life-limiting cancer can be overwhelming and…
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North Carolina Medicaid recipients can obtain OTC birth control pills at pharmacies at no cost
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain North Carolina Medicaid recipients can begin receiving over-the-counter birth control pills at no cost this week through hundreds of participating pharmacies. The oral conceptive Opill will…
Around 160,000 UK joint replacement surgeries missed during COVID-19 pandemic, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Nearly nine months’ worth of joint replacement surgery has been missed in the UK—around 160,000 operations—since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study led…
I feel sick. How do I know if I have the flu, COVID, RSV or something else?
Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels You wake with a sore throat and realize you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Should you go…
Australia launches landmark peanut allergy treatment for babies
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Australian children with potentially deadly peanut allergies will be offered life-saving treatment in a nationwide program touted as a world first. Eligible babies will receive daily…
Accuracy of diagnostic blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease varies
Determining performance of blood biomarker tests for amyloid pathology. Neurologists diagnose cognitive impairment with a clinical exam of memory and thinking skills. To determine whether Alzheimer’s disease is the cause…
Nurse practitioners can ease NZ’s health care pressures—why is the role not better recognized or funded?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New Zealand’s health system is grappling with a severe workforce shortage. Media reports frequently highlight individuals and families being unable to access timely health care, exacerbated…
Research shows genetic variants are more common in people with Parkinson’s disease than previously thought
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Investigators in the Parkinson’s Foundation-backed PD GENEration study—which reached its goal of 15,000 participants ahead of schedule this spring—found that 13% of participants have a genetic…
Little evidence to back widespread prescribing of mood-altering drugs to children for mental health issues
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There’s limited evidence to back up the widespread and increasing rates of prescribing mood-altering drugs (psychotropics) as the mainstay of mental health treatment for children and…
Getting drugs into the brain is hard. Maybe a parasite can do the job
A mind-bending parasite may one day deliver drugs to the brain. Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that famously makes mice lose their fear of cats, but also can cause…
