Limited English-language proficiency (LEP) is a risk factor for getting potentially lifesaving screening mammograms less often, according to new study results using national data. These…
Transportation barriers, such as personal access to a vehicle or public transportation, disproportionally affect minority communities, according to results of a new study presented at…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Pregnant women who underwent immediate surgery to treat a ruptured or abscessed appendix and their fetuses had significantly better outcomes than…
People age 65 years and older account for 40 percent of inpatient operations and one-third of outpatient procedures, and these older patients are more vulnerable…
STOP THE BLEED training saved lives from Sierra Leone to Connecticut. Photo credit: American College of Surgeons The STOP THE BLEED course teaches a skill…
Photo credit: CC0 Public Domain The Solomon Islands announced that they lost the battle to stay free of the coronavirus, leaving only nine small, remote…
Photo credit: Pixabay / CC0 Public Domain Iceland, so far one of the countries that has fared better against the coronavirus, announced tightening restrictions since…
Photo credit: CC0 Public Domain Young women with benign breast disease can have surgery without their ability to breastfeed to breastfeed later. One of the…
In this Sept. 28, 2020 file photo, two boys ride a bicycle on a basketball court at Scarangella Park in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Deaths from the novel coronavirus in India passed 100,000 on Saturday, official data showed as the pandemic continued to rage across…