Women and Minorities Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis
Hundreds of thousands of Americans become disabled or die each year because of a diagnostic error. But some patients are at higher risk than others.
Children Who Survive Shootings Endure Huge Health Obstacles and Costs
A new study finds that young people who have been injured by firearms are more prone to psychiatric diagnoses and developing a substance use disorder than kids who have not been shot 鈥 and their families also suffer long-term ill effects.
Suzanne Somers鈥 Legacy Tainted by Celebrity Medical Misinformation
The popular actress and author, who died this week, also can be remembered as a progenitor of selling dubious medical information to a trusting public.
Los adolescentes publican en Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat o TikTok, fotos o videos de s铆 mismos con armas y montones de dinero, a veces desafiando a sus rivales. Cuando los mensajes se hacen virales, alimentados por los “likes” y los comentarios, el peligro es dif铆cil de contener.
鈥楢ll We Want Is Revenge鈥: How Social Media Fuels Gun Violence Among Teens
Teens share photos or videos of themselves with guns and stacks of cash, sometimes calling out rivals, on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or TikTok. When posts go viral, fueled by 鈥渓ikes鈥 and comments, the danger is hard to contain.
Illustrated Report: How Gun Violence Goes Viral
As chatter and images about guns and violence slip into the social media feeds of more teens, viral messages fueled by 鈥渓ikes鈥 can lead to real-world conflict and loss.
M谩s ni帽os peque帽os se intoxican al inhalar la nicotina l铆quida de los cigarrillos electr贸nicos
Miles de menores al a帽o est谩n expuestos a la nicotina l铆quida de los cigarrillos electr贸nicos, tambi茅n conocidos como vapeadores. Para un ni帽o peque帽o, incluso unas pocas gotas pueden ser fatales.
Doctors Sound Alarm About Child Nicotine Poisoning as Vapes Flood the US Market
Popular e-cigarettes lack packaging that stops kids from consuming the hazardous nicotine inside.
M谩s adolescentes adictos a cigarrillos electr贸nicos con altas dosis de nicotina
El vapeo se ha disparado hasta convertirse en una industria de $8.2 mil millones, y los fabricantes est谩n inundando el mercado con miles de productos que pueden ser mucho m谩s adictivos.
E-Cigs Are Still Flooding the US, Addicting Teens With Higher Nicotine Doses
The FDA, Justice Department, and White House have failed to act as vapes with kid-friendly flavors like cotton candy or gummy bears proliferate.
Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years
The profound and painful loss 鈥 80 million years of life, compared with the white population 鈥 is a call to action to improve the health of Black Americans, especially infants, mothers, and seniors, researchers say.
Most Americans Say They or a Family Member Has Experienced Gun Violence
More than 1 in 5 Americans report having been threatened with a firearm, and almost as many say they worry about gun violence every day or almost every day, a new 蘑菇影院 poll shows.
Estr茅s pand茅mico, pandillas y miedo impulsaron un aumento de tiroteos adolescentes
Investigaciones muestran que los adolescentes expuestos a la violencia armada tienen el doble de probabilidades que otros de cometer un delito violento grave dentro de los dos a帽os luego del trauma, lo que perpet煤a un ciclo dif铆cil de romper.
Pandemic Stress, Gangs, and Utter Fear Fueled a Rise in Teen Shootings
With their brains still developing and poor impulse control, teens who carry firearms might never plan to use them. But some do.
Is Legislation to Safeguard Americans Against Superbugs a Boondoggle or Breakthrough?
While supporters cheer the PASTEUR Act as an essential strategy to stem the rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, critics call it a multibillion-dollar giveaway to Big Pharma.
Los hospitales optimizan los ingresos tratando de mantener sus camas llenas al 100 %, y llenas de pacientes con condiciones que las aseguradoras reembolsan bien.
Hospital Financial Decisions Play a Role in the Critical Shortage of Pediatric Beds for RSV Patients
Yes, the U.S. is experiencing an unusual spate of childhood RSV infections. But the critical shortage of hospital beds to treat ailing children stems from structural problems in pediatric care that have been brewing for years.
Hay m谩s infecciones sexuales y empresas producen m谩s tests caseros鈥 驴son confiables?
Datos preliminares para 2021 mostraron cerca de 2.5 millones de casos reportados de clamidia, gonorrea y s铆filis en el pa铆s, seg煤n los Centros para el Control y Prevenci贸n de Enfermedades.
As STDs Proliferate, Companies Rush to Market At-Home Test Kits. But Are They Reliable?
The popularity of at-home covid tests has amplified calls from public health researchers and diagnostic companies to make home testing similarly routine for sexually transmitted diseases. But FDA guidelines are lagging.
El v铆nculo con la esclerosis m煤ltiple impulsa una vacuna contra el virus Epstein-Barr
Los cient铆ficos llevan a帽os intentando desarrollar vacunas contra este virus. Sin embargo, recientemente varios avances en la investigaci贸n m茅dica han dado m谩s urgencia a la b煤squeda y m谩s esperanzas de 茅xito.
