Health Lab Articles

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Tipping the Scales

How a simple health care need gained importance during the pandemic.
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6 Things to Do When Visiting the Emergency Room

Follow these preparation steps from an emergency medicine physician to make your visit go smoothly. 
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HPV Fuels Uptick in Head and Neck Cancers in Taiwan, Study Finds

Vaccines and other policies could help keep in check a disease that’s becoming increasingly common worldwide.
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Who Has a Right to Ask if You’re Vaccinated?

Vaccine passports, HIPAA medical privacy rights and COVID-19 vaccination controversy is manufactured and not rooted in public health law.
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New Data Could Inform Youth-Focused Pandemic Messaging

Polls of people aged 14 to 24 about masks, distancing and more show the importance of focusing communications on protecting others,
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New Technology Predicts ICU Need for COVID-19 and General Ward Patients

The predictive analytic outperformed two similar technologies.
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Body’s Natural Pain Killers Can Be Enhanced

A study in cells and mice finds compound works with fewer side effects than opioids.
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A Pregnant Liver Transplant Recipient Conquers COVID-19

A pregnant liver transplant recipient receives cutting-edge monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 months before her due date.
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For Scleroderma, Algorithm Helps Better Screen for Fatal Complication

Pulmonary arterial hypertension occurs when blood vessels in the lungs are blocked or destroyed, which can cause the heart to fail.
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Online master’s degree focuses on improving health care quality and safety

Health professionals now have a flexible 12-month path to earn a leading edge health improvement focused degree.
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New Urine-Based Test Holds Promise for Detecting Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Using next-generation sequencing, the UPSeq test assesses 15 biomarkers to find aggressive prostate cancer that can be missed by biopsies or imaging tests.
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When COVID Dealt Struggling Medical Students Another Blow, the Shield Fund Provided a Lifeline

A student who’d been helped stepped up along with faculty members to pay it forward.
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5 Ways to Get Young Kids to Wear Face Masks

New mandates require children ages 2-4 to wear masks at places like stores, daycare and camps. Specialists share their secrets to helping kids comply. 
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Better ZZZs, Better Health

Two sleep experts address their most-asked questions about falling asleep, staying asleep and addressing sleep disorders.
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Back Pain: A Thing of the Past

Nothing could slow Peggy Arden down – until severe back pain. Now, thanks to minimally invasive back surgery, she lives pain-free.