In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often became disabled or lost their lives to whooping cough, ...

Ableism is discriminatory and social prejudice directed against persons with disabilities; combating it requires an understanding of the impact and ways to eradicate it. There are ways in which we can ...

Living in zero gravity can lead to periodontitis, a common and serious condition where the gums become inflamed and the bone that supports teeth starts to break down, eventually leading to tooth ...

Objectives As the US population ages and healthcare reimbursement shifts, identifying new patient-centred, cost-effective models to address acute medical needs will become increasingly important. This ...

Each year millions of Americans with mental illness struggle to find mental health care. Nearly half of the 60 million adults and children living with mental health conditions in the United States go ...

Objective To synthesise the published literature on practitioner, patient and carer views and experiences of shared medical appointments (SMAs) for the management of long-term conditions in primary ...

A mental health survey given to over 50,000 troops on their way out of the military in 2023 found that two-thirds indicated they might have a mental health condition worthy of medical follow-up.

The term “medical assistance in dying” is commonly used in U.S. and Canada policy discussions and often refers to both assisted suicide and euthanasia. Euthanasia, by contrast, involves a medical ...

The PRAC reviewed data from nonclinical studies, clinical trials, postmarketing surveillance databases, and the medical literature, finding that in large epidemiological studies of adults with type 2 ...

King County notched a win in its lawsuit against the Trump administration Tuesday after a federal judge temporarily blocked the federal government from imposing new conditions on homelessness and ...

Expanded qualifying conditions: Chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, Crohn’s disease, and terminal illnesses would be eligible for medical cannabis treatment. New product forms: Patients can ...