Showing 3,421 to 3,432 of 7,559 results
Plantar Fasciitis: Prevalence, Treatment, and Emerging Therapies
Plantar fasciitis, affecting about two million Americans yearly (women twice as often as men), causes sharp heel pain upon waking, often improving throughout the day; it stems from inflammation of the plantar fascia, commonly treated with stretching, icing, NSAIDs, and newer techniques like Botox in...
Plantar Fasciitis: Prevalence, Treatment, and Emerging Therapies
Plantar fasciitis, affecting about two million Americans yearly (women twice as often as men), causes sharp heel pain upon waking, often improving throughout the day; it stems from inflammation of the plantar fascia, commonly treated with stretching, icing, NSAIDs, and newer techniques like Botox in...
Progress
12% Bias Score
Unregulated Cosmetic Surgeon Causes Sepsis and Necrosis in Multiple Clients
A BBC investigation exposes Ricky Sawyer, a "beauty consultant" to celebrities, for performing illegal and dangerous Brazilian butt-lift injections, resulting in multiple clients suffering severe complications like sepsis and necrosis, highlighting the urgent need for tighter regulation in the cosme...
Unregulated Cosmetic Surgeon Causes Sepsis and Necrosis in Multiple Clients
A BBC investigation exposes Ricky Sawyer, a "beauty consultant" to celebrities, for performing illegal and dangerous Brazilian butt-lift injections, resulting in multiple clients suffering severe complications like sepsis and necrosis, highlighting the urgent need for tighter regulation in the cosme...
Progress
48% Bias Score
Spanish Study Reveals Eightfold Increase in Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Deaths
A Spanish study, involving 130 hospitals, reveals that deaths from multi-drug resistant bacteria in 2023 were 24,000—eight times higher than previous estimates—with urinary tract infections being most frequent, but pneumonia having the highest mortality rate. Almost half of infections were hospital-...
Spanish Study Reveals Eightfold Increase in Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Deaths
A Spanish study, involving 130 hospitals, reveals that deaths from multi-drug resistant bacteria in 2023 were 24,000—eight times higher than previous estimates—with urinary tract infections being most frequent, but pneumonia having the highest mortality rate. Almost half of infections were hospital-...
Progress
24% Bias Score
Expert Panel Challenges Lucy Letby Convictions
A 14-member expert panel, led by Dr. Shoo Lee, reviewed the medical evidence in the Lucy Letby trial and concluded that there was no medical evidence to support the claim that Letby's actions caused the deaths or injuries of the infants; they instead attributed the deaths to natural causes or medica...
Expert Panel Challenges Lucy Letby Convictions
A 14-member expert panel, led by Dr. Shoo Lee, reviewed the medical evidence in the Lucy Letby trial and concluded that there was no medical evidence to support the claim that Letby's actions caused the deaths or injuries of the infants; they instead attributed the deaths to natural causes or medica...
Progress
60% Bias Score
Ghanaian Midwife's Cancer Battle Highlights Africa's Health Crisis
Ghanaian midwife Mary Amankwah Fordwor's throat cancer diagnosis in 2021 led to 14 surgeries, voice loss, and marital dissolution, highlighting the personal and societal impact of cancer in Africa, where 1.1 million cases and 700,000 deaths occur annually, according to the WHO.
Ghanaian Midwife's Cancer Battle Highlights Africa's Health Crisis
Ghanaian midwife Mary Amankwah Fordwor's throat cancer diagnosis in 2021 led to 14 surgeries, voice loss, and marital dissolution, highlighting the personal and societal impact of cancer in Africa, where 1.1 million cases and 700,000 deaths occur annually, according to the WHO.
Progress
44% Bias Score
US Funding Cuts Exacerbate Uganda's Healthcare Crisis Amidst Multiple Outbreaks
Uganda faces a severe healthcare crisis due to US funding cuts to USAID and WHO, coinciding with Ebola, Marburg, and Mpox outbreaks, and high HIV rates; 1.2 million Ugandans rely on US-provided HIV medication, now jeopardized.
US Funding Cuts Exacerbate Uganda's Healthcare Crisis Amidst Multiple Outbreaks
Uganda faces a severe healthcare crisis due to US funding cuts to USAID and WHO, coinciding with Ebola, Marburg, and Mpox outbreaks, and high HIV rates; 1.2 million Ugandans rely on US-provided HIV medication, now jeopardized.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Health Scare Leads to Anxiety, Yoga Offers Relief
After a benign health scare, the author developed severe health anxiety, interpreting minor physical sensations as serious illnesses. This was alleviated through yoga and mindful breathing techniques that fostered a more positive body image and reduced fear.
Health Scare Leads to Anxiety, Yoga Offers Relief
After a benign health scare, the author developed severe health anxiety, interpreting minor physical sensations as serious illnesses. This was alleviated through yoga and mindful breathing techniques that fostered a more positive body image and reduced fear.
Progress
8% Bias Score
Senate Committee to Vote on Kennedy's Health Secretary Nomination
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for U.S. health secretary will be voted on by the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday; Democrats are concerned about his anti-vaccine stance and potential conflicts of interest, while Republicans largely support him, with a few key undecided votes.
Senate Committee to Vote on Kennedy's Health Secretary Nomination
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for U.S. health secretary will be voted on by the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday; Democrats are concerned about his anti-vaccine stance and potential conflicts of interest, while Republicans largely support him, with a few key undecided votes.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Racially Biased Kidney Test Delays Thousands of Black Transplants
A race-based formula for assessing kidney function, used since the 1990s, unfairly lowered the transplant priority of Black patients; following its removal, over 14,300 Black patients gained an average of two years on their waitlists, and one patient, Jazmin Evans, received a transplant after a 3.5-...
Racially Biased Kidney Test Delays Thousands of Black Transplants
A race-based formula for assessing kidney function, used since the 1990s, unfairly lowered the transplant priority of Black patients; following its removal, over 14,300 Black patients gained an average of two years on their waitlists, and one patient, Jazmin Evans, received a transplant after a 3.5-...
Progress
12% Bias Score
Household Chemicals Linked to Canine Bladder Cancer, Highlighting Multi-Chemical Exposure Risks
Duke University research shows a strong link between household chemical exposure and bladder cancer in dogs, with higher levels of flame retardants, phthalates, and anthracene found in warmer areas and linked to higher cancer markers in urine samples; this highlights a need to regulate multi-chemica...
Household Chemicals Linked to Canine Bladder Cancer, Highlighting Multi-Chemical Exposure Risks
Duke University research shows a strong link between household chemical exposure and bladder cancer in dogs, with higher levels of flame retardants, phthalates, and anthracene found in warmer areas and linked to higher cancer markers in urine samples; this highlights a need to regulate multi-chemica...
Progress
36% Bias Score
EU Could Prevent Millions of Cancer Cases by Meeting Reduction Targets
A new study shows the EU could prevent almost 3 million cancer diagnoses by 2050 if member states meet targets on tobacco and alcohol, with another million preventable by addressing air pollution and obesity; however, delays in implementing tobacco control measures and insufficient spending on wide-...
EU Could Prevent Millions of Cancer Cases by Meeting Reduction Targets
A new study shows the EU could prevent almost 3 million cancer diagnoses by 2050 if member states meet targets on tobacco and alcohol, with another million preventable by addressing air pollution and obesity; however, delays in implementing tobacco control measures and insufficient spending on wide-...
Progress
24% Bias Score
EU Cancer Prevention: 3 Million Cases Potentially Avoidable, but Policy Delays Raise Concerns
A new study reveals that nearly 3 million new cancer diagnoses could be avoided in the EU between 2023 and 2050 by achieving tobacco and alcohol reduction targets, along with measures against air pollution and obesity; however, delays in implementing EU's Cancer Plan raise concerns.
EU Cancer Prevention: 3 Million Cases Potentially Avoidable, but Policy Delays Raise Concerns
A new study reveals that nearly 3 million new cancer diagnoses could be avoided in the EU between 2023 and 2050 by achieving tobacco and alcohol reduction targets, along with measures against air pollution and obesity; however, delays in implementing EU's Cancer Plan raise concerns.
Progress
32% Bias Score
Showing 3,421 to 3,432 of 7,559 results