In a shocking turn of events, 41-year-old nurse Heather Pressdee from Pennsylvania received a life sentence after pleading guilty to three counts of murder and other charges related to administering lethal doses of insulin to more than 20 patients at skilled nursing facilities. Despite the potential of facing a death sentence, Pressdee agreed to serve
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The recent government data released by the CDC indicates a drop in pregnancy-related deaths in the United States, reaching levels similar to those seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. The data reveals that in 2022, 680 women died during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, a significant decrease from the peak of 1,205 deaths recorded in 2021.
The recent implementation of new Medicaid rules has sparked a wave of discontent among House Republicans, who are concerned about the implications of these rules on long-term care facilities and home care workers. The rules, which mandate minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes and higher pay for home care workers, have been met with skepticism
A recent cross-sectional study conducted by Jennifer Flythe, MD, MPH, and colleagues from the University of North Carolina Kidney Center revealed alarming trends in the prescribing practices of QT-prolonging medications with known torsades de pointes (TdP) risk to older dialysis-dependent patients. The study found that a significant percentage of Medicare patients with kidney failure receiving
The study conducted by Hongying Daisy Dai, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Nebraska Medical Center revealed alarming findings regarding the impact of vaping on teens. The researchers found that teens who engaged in more frequent vaping had significantly higher levels of urine lead and uranium. In fact, frequent vapers were shown to have
Loneliness and social isolation have been identified as significant factors affecting the mortality risk among cancer survivors. A retrospective longitudinal study conducted over a period of 10 years revealed that individuals with higher levels of loneliness, as measured by the UCLA Loneliness Scale, were more likely to face a higher risk of mortality. The study
Despite men having a lower life expectancy and being at a higher risk for certain health conditions, women spend a significant amount of their lives in poor health. This is due to various factors such as stroke-related disability, cancers like ovarian and breast cancers, dementia, and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Research has
Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” has sparked discussion among medical professionals on social media platforms such as X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Medical student @NDAcademic found the lyrics, “I love you, it’s ruining my life,” to be particularly relatable, shedding light on the emotional toll of working in the medical field.
A recent study conducted by Chinese researchers has demonstrated a groundbreaking strategy for the treatment of relapsed or refractory hematologic cancers. The approach involves the use of sequential CD7 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy followed by haploidentical hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), without the need for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. This novel treatment regimen has
The lingering effects of COVID-19 on taste and smell dysfunction have been a topic of significant interest among healthcare professionals and researchers. A recent national cross-sectional study shed light on the long-term consequences of the virus on these sensory functions. While taste dysfunction appeared to resolve within a year after exposure to COVID-19, smell loss