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US veteran ‘feeling whole’ year after penis transplant
The docs reported the replace on their affected person November 7 within the New England Journal of Remedy. Hopkins surgeon Dr. Richard Redett says the team is evaluating other possible transplant candidates but it's a lengthy process. One was performed in 2016, at Massachusetts General Hospital - the first penis transplant done in the United States. Curtis Cetrulo, a MA transplant surgeon who... [Full Article...]
Purdue Student Refused Cold Medicine Due to Puerto Rico ID
He handed it to the clerk. "That's when I tell her that was a US-issued license, and I didn't need anything else but that license". "A Puerto Rican license is a USA -issued license", he said. "We are fully investigating this matter to learn more about what occurred and we are seeking to speak with the customer directly", the statement read . [Full Article...]
Scientists discover first new HIV strain in nearly 2 decades
United States scientists at the medical device and healthcare major Abbott labs discovered a new strain of HIV virus, the company has announced. Dr Carole McArthur, the study's co-author, said that the discovery "reminds us that to end the HIV pandemic, we must continue to out think this continuously changing virus and use the latest advancements in technology and resources to monitor its evolut... [Full Article...]
Court's rejection of HHS conscience rule decried
While Engelmayer described the rule as arbitrary and capricious, "nothing is more haphazard than giving the state unaccountable power to steamroll dissent", he said. "This rule ensures that health care entities and professionals won't be bullied out of the health care field because they decline to participate in actions that violate their conscience, including the taking of human life", OCR Direct... [Full Article...]
Flu shots were really insulin, sickening group home residents, Oklahoma officials say
Police say that most of the patients could not speak or could not walk, making it hard for EMS staff to identify what had gone wrong. Roles praised the fire department and EMS, which contained the situation. Several remained hospitalized Thursday due to the long-acting insulin that was administered, police said. "I've never seen where there's been some sort of medical misadventure to this magnit... [Full Article...]
Free hepatitis A vaccinations offered after alert over infected ShopRite deli worker
Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, the director of gastroenterology and hepatology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. The New Jersey Department of Health says 332 people have required hospitalization among the 396 cases for which officials have data. [Full Article...]
Health Records on iPhone now available to veterans across the US
This capability was developed through the VA's Veterans Health Application Programming Interface (Veterans Health API ). Apple's Health app now has health records for veterans . "Veterans deserve access to their health data at any time and in one place, and with Health Records on the Health app, VA has pushed the Veterans experience forward". [Full Article...]
Screen Time May Be Reshaping Preschoolers' Brains
From the past decade, the usage of screens in the form of TV, tablets, smartphones has increased by 90 % among children below one year of age. The results showed that children who used more than the AAP's recommended amount of screen time , of an hour a day without parental interaction, had more disorganized, underdeveloped white matter throughout the brain. [Full Article...]