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Total inappropriate Medicare imaging exams estimated to have produced 3.55 to 129.2 kT carbon dioxide equivalents per year

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, April 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Five years after COVID-19 first hit the United States, scientists are already brainstorming how to stop the next big virus.One possible solution? A special kind of ultraviolet light called far-UVC, CBS News reported.Unlike regular UVC light, which can be …

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, April 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Weeks after ordering staff back to the office, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now letting some employees work from home again.The move follows major staff cuts and resignations that threaten the agency’s ability to approve new …

Hospitalized patients more likely to be older and have more medical and psychiatric comorbid conditions

Authors say these factors can inform steps individuals can take to lower their risks for age-related brain diseases

Patients interested in or uncertain about fertility preservation should be referred to reproductive specialists

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy more effective for achieving ≥50 percent excess weight loss

Wearing spectacles with highly aspherical lenslets versus single-vision spectacle lenses reduces myopia progression and axial elongation over five years

16.9 percent of the association was mediated by psychological distress; 3.0 and 3.1 percent mediated by social isolation, neuroticism

3.6-fold higher C. difficile movement seen by including environmental surfaces and health care personnel hands