Risk factors include prenatal smoking, high prepregnancy body mass index, high gestational weight gain, and high birth weight.

Greatest susceptibility seen for hypertension, with highest hospitalization risk for 0.1 µg/m3 increase in three-month smoke PM2.5.

Odds of being aware are lower among non-Hispanic Black individuals and individuals with no more than some college education.

The new vaccine is indicated for individuals who have been previously vaccinated with any COVID-19 vaccine and are 65 years or older, or 12 to 64 years of age with at least 1 underlying condition that ...

Researchers characterized frailty among patients surviving sepsis at hospital discharge, identifying risk factors linked to the development of frailty.

Researchers analyzed data from the CDC WONDER Database to assess cardiovascular mortality trends among individuals with ...

Genetic carrier screening is conducted to determine if an asymptomatic person is a carrier for a potentially inheritable pathogenic gene.

Researchers conducted an analysis of data from the Health and Retirement study examining how media use impacts sleep duration and quality in media and use.

Nina E. Hill, MD, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues examined recent trends in HIV PrEP among young adults (aged 18 to 25 years). The analysis included data from the IQVIA ...

Over the past 5 or 10 years, methylene blue has come to be touted online as a so-called nootropic agent – a substance that ...

HealthDay News — A federal judge has ruled that transgender inmates in US prisons must continue getting medical care, including hormone therapy and gender-affirming accommodations.

In 2022, the Biden administration issued the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to preserve abortion access for extreme cases in which it was necessary to prevent organ loss. On ...