Have you ever felt the fear of the unknown with your advanced maternal age? It can be scary: Will there be problems trying to get pregnant? Is there an increased risk in pregnancy loss with advanced maternal age? Will I have pregnancy or delivery complications? Despite how scared you may feel, I’m SO excited for you to step past it…
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A journalist in England was mistakenly offered the COVID-19 vaccine early after an administrative error listed his height in his medical records as just 6.2 centimeters ― less than 2.5 inches. Liam Thorp is actually the 6-foot-2 political editor of the Liverpool Echo. His Lilliputian height listing wrongly deemed him to have a body mass […]
Is the colder weather causing you to have dry or itchy skin? Founder & Medical Director of Adonia Medical Clinic Doctor Ejikeme, answers nine of our burning winter skincare questions Are the winter months causing your skin to look dull and tired? It’s cold, the sun is gone, the rain seems here to stay and […]
After raising a $ 23 million series B round last year, Genome Medical raised another $ 14 million in an extension. The startup offers virtual consultations for patients and providers. It plans to use the funds to expand its telehealth platform and clinical operations. The company has taken a much more clinical approach than consumer […]
One Medical went public on January 31, with its stock listed on Nasdaq as “ONEM.” During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, health systems experienced a great shift, shutting down services for elective procedures and other clinical activities to create capacity for patients affected by the novel coronavirus. They also adopted telemedicine, which had been […]
Between his regularly scheduled surgeries, Dr. Amir Moarefi checks his phone for messages from injured protesters seeking medical help. (Jackie Fortiér/LAist) It wasn’t Deon Jones’ fractured cheekbone or even his concussion that most worried Dr. Amir Moarefi. He was most concerned that Jones could go blind. “He sustained a rubber bullet direct injury to the […]
A second wave of coronavirus has started in the U.S. — and people need to remain careful or risk stressing out the health-care system again, said William Schaffner, a professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. “The second wave has begun,” said the professor of medicine told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Monday. “We’re opening up across the country, but many, many people […]
The prestigious Lancet medical journal published a scathing and unusual editorial Friday pleading with American voters to pick a president this election who will “understand that public health should not be guided by partisan politics.” The editorial slams the Trump administration’s “inconsistent and incoherent national response” to the COVID-19 crisis as cases continue to grow. […]
Primary care startup One Medical is looking to shift more of its services online as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company, which went public in January, saw the number of in-office visits drop in March and April as stay-at-home orders went into effect. Though the pandemic didn’t affect its first quarter earnings, it […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Europe and the U.S. loosen their lockdowns against the coronavirus, health experts are expressing growing dread over what they say is an all-but-certain second wave of deaths and infections that could force governments to clamp back down. “We’re risking a backslide that will be intolerable,” said Dr. Ian Lipkin of Columbia […]
Crowdsourcing, representing diverse internet users to achieve a defined objective, is a feature of the digital generation. Wikipedia currently hosts more than 48 million articles in 302 languages. Ride-sharing applications enable mobile crowdsourcing of transportation services. These examples — which started as seemingly far-fetched ideas but are now mainstream and used daily by millions of […]
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. Reuters was unable to […]
It is “critical” personal protective equipment gets to NHS staff so they can follow the best possible guidance on its use, a senior official has said. Public Health England changed its advice on Friday to allow the reuse of gowns if stocks run low. NHS England’s medical director Prof Stephen Powis said the previous guidance […]
Unions representing doctors and nurses have expressed concerns about revised coronavirus guidance that allows some personal protective equipment to be reused at hospitals in England. An official from the BMA said the change could see front-line staff deciding they cannot treat patients. There have been warnings some hospitals could run out of the gowns used […]
The minute Caitlin, 30, an intensive care unit nurse in Brooklyn, wakes up, anxiety sets in. “You feel like you’re taking your chances and you’re risking things and working underneath conditions where you’re just very fearful,” she told HuffPost over the phone, asking that we not use her last name because she doesn’t want her […]