Category: 6. Health

Isabella, also known as “Bella”, struggled to keep her weight under control for much of her life. The 18-year-old Jersey Shore native says she was an active kid. She danced, played basketball and field hockey. However, regardless of what she…

Florida Stroke Registry – Conducts ongoing surveillance of hospital stroke performance metrics made accessible through data use agreements with stroke centers, to track, measure, and analyze stroke performance. This surveillance is critical to…

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a group of conditions that may occur in a person who was exposed to alcohol before birth.

These conditions can affect each person in different ways and can range from mild to severe.

A new study from UCLA Health shows that a cardiovascular risk score already used routinely in primary care can predict who will develop serious eye diseases years later. Researchers found that people with higher cardiovascular risk scores…

The discovery of benzodiazepines (BZDs) was part science, part fortunate coincidence. Frank Berger initially found mephenesin had calming effects but poor duration of action and potency.¹ He later developed a longer-acting compound, meprobamate….