Category: 6. Health

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) used to be a rare pregnancy condition, but it now affects roughly 14,000 pregnancies annually, posing a major cause of maternal death. Yet why it happens is still not well understood. Placenta accreta…

As cesarean delivery (C-section) rates continue to rise worldwide, experts at NYU Langone Health are highlighting a surgical technique that may help lower the risk of long-term complications. The endometrium-free closure technique…

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The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD), Alzheimer’s Association, Rainwater Charitable Foundation, and the Robertson Foundation have come together to award three grants totaling $2.1 million on frontotemporal degeneration…

NEW YORK (WABC) — New York State is seeing its most severe flu season in years, with hospitalizations hitting a record high for a single week, according to the Department of Health.

“We are having a more severe flu season than prior years, almost…

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In a meta-analysis reported in JAMA Oncology, Zaorsky et al found that longer durations of androgen-deprivation therapy given with…

Babies who don’t get their first round of vaccines on time at 2 months of age are much less likely to get vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella by age 2, according to a new study that suggests pediatricians may have a narrow window in…