Swaddling and SIDS: What to Know
Generations of parents have swaddled their babies, but a new study concluded that the practice might increase the risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Or does it? Shortly after the study was published in the...
Could Healthcare Employees Move to a Six-Hour Work Day?
Several healthcare institutions in Sweden have begun to implement six-hour work days for their employees. The experiment launched in February was aimed at reducing the average work day from eight to six hours in...
U.S. Medical Procedure Costs Vary Dramatically by Location
Need surgery? If you blow out a knee or slip a disk, you will likely discuss things like insurance, recovery time, paid time off, long-term effects and more. But what about geography? State boundaries? City...
FDA in 2015 Approves Most First-of-a-Kind Drugs in 19 Years
In 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the highest number of drugs with never-before-sold ingredients in 19 years, according to an article by CBS News. There were 45 such drugs approved in 2015,...
Heroin Death Rates Increasing for Middle-Aged White Americans
In this age of advanced medicine and health consciousness, death rates are falling in the United States. Every age group, racial group and ethnic group are living longer and healthier lives – except one. A...
FDA Lifts 30-Year Ban on Blood Donations by Gay and Bisexual Men
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the end of a 30-year ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men that dates to the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Instead,...
Urgent Medical Issues can Stump Smartphone Voices
Smartphone personal assistants may know who’s fifth on the all-time home run list (Willie Mays), the 1924 Democratic presidential candidate (John W. Davis) and the 74th element on the periodic table (tungsten), but they...
Massachusetts House Unanimously Passes Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisis
Opioid addiction has become a national problem, but government officials in Massachusetts are being more specific in their observations. They’re using words like “crisis” and “epidemic” when describing the prevalence of opioid abuse in...
Cardiac Arrest Survival Chances Those on Higher Floors
Living in the penthouse offers prestige and a great view, but also a key negative – poor chances of surviving cardiac arrest. A January 2016 study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) found...
Injectable Liquid Illuminates Cancer Cells, May Help Surgeons Locate and Remove Tumors
A blue liquid injected into a cancerous area illuminates cancer cells much more brightly than healthy tissue, giving surgeons a better chance of removing the entire malignancy at once, according to CBS News. Microscopic cancer...