Antibiotics are now an accepted first-line treatment for most people with appendicitis, according to final results of the Comparing Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy
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Living guidelines for care of kids and teens with COVID-19
Living guidelines for the clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID-19 have been developed with 20 recommendations including the use of corticosteroids as first-line
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Advancing treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
A retrospective study led by Northwestern Medicine investigators found that the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy drug tisagenlecleucel demonstrated safety and efficacy in pediatric
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Cause found for higher sex-specific risk of mortality
A remarkable number of life-threatening diseases manifest more severely in males than in females. One current example is COVID-19 caused by SARS CoV-2. Another example
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How to sleep for longer
Many of us have been wondering how to sleep for longer and it’s little wonder. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the world with
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USPSTF recommends aspirin for those at high risk for preeclampsia
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends low-dose aspirin for reducing the risk for preeclampsia among those at high risk. This recommendation forms the
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Sydney gets blueprint for freedom as virus cases fall
Vaccinated Sydney residents will finally emerge from a lengthy COVID lockdown by mid-October, Australian officials said Monday, outlining a three-stage “blueprint for freedom” as case
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Even the G-spot is named for a man
“Pudendum” isn’t the only questionable term slinking around in the female pelvis. Pull out a map to this region and you face an array of
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A call for research on food insecurity among migrants on the move
Migration is on the rise around the world, and migrants are often at their most vulnerable when they are in active transit. During this time,
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New avenue for study of diseases like multiple sclerosis
A surprising discovery may offer a promising new direction in the study of multiple sclerosis and other diseases of hypomyelination—when axons of neurons are not
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