Category: 6. Health

To be someone who menstruates means continuously trying to untangle fact from fiction. Is it true that you can’t swim on your period? No. Does the scent of a person menstruating attract bears? Also no.

There is one period rumor I’ve always…

A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is the first to focus on radiation therapy…

Adolescent and young adult patients who were prescribed the oral antibiotic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) in outpatient settings had a 30-day higher risk of acute respiratory failure than patients who started amoxicillin or…

Introduction

In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E) as a critical public health threat, attributing them to 197,400 hospitalizations, 9,100…

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP), a condition whose development is shaped by both genetic and clinical risk factors, significantly impairs women’s quality of life, yet genetic insights into non-European populations and comprehensive risk…

Introduction

Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT) constitutes approximately 4–10% of all deep vein thrombosis (DVT) cases, with its incidence on the rise, largely due to the growing utilization of central and peripheral venous access…

The Kennedy’s Disease Association has awarded Sokol Todi, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology, a grant to advance research in spinal and…

Detailed mapping of CD4⁺ T cells from children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has revealed distinct immune cell subsets with likely roles in disease pathogenesis, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine…