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Key Takeaways A new coalition of medical groups plans to counter health misinformation Composed of 50 groups from across the country, members will tackle the spread of fake health news, particularly in social media Coalition funders also plan to form partnerships with high schools, in an effort to educate future patients on health matters Alarmed...

Test will be sold without a prescription and can be used by anyone 14 years and older or by an adult or children ages 2 years and older A new at-home test will help people struggling with upper respiratory symptoms figure out whether they have COVID-19 or the flu. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) anticipates that 2020 will be another peak year for cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), an uncommon but serious neurologic condition that affects mostly children. The disease has peaked every two years between August and November in the United States since 2014.  Enteroviruses, particularly enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68), are...

AFM Outbreak Anticipated for 2020: Healthcare providers urged to quickly recognize symptoms and hospitalize patients immediately What The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) anticipates that 2020 will be another outbreak year for acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), an uncommon but serious neurologic condition. According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, over half of patients with AFM in...

Uterine leiomyomata (UL) are commonly known as fibroids and are the most common pelvic tumor in women. They are benign, smooth muscle tumors that arise from one muscle cell and thus the tumor is multiple clones of one cell. By 50 years of age, 70% of white women and 80% of black women have had...

According to Mcleod Health and several studies African-American women suffer fibroids 2 to 3 times more than white women.  McLeod OB/GYN Dr. Monica Ploetzke stated “We also know that Black women tend to experience fibroids at a younger age and often more severely than their white counterparts.” One estimate is that 25% of African-American women...

Specifically, maternal smoking and breastfeeding tied to fracture risk in young adulthood Factors during gestation and infancy may impact bone health in young adulthood, according to a study published online July 8 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Yi Yang, from the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia, and colleagues assessed whether fetal...

Pharma company says there is further evidence remdesivir may reduce deaths, hasten recovery There is more good news on the effectiveness of the antiviral drug remdesivir against COVID-19, according to new clinical trial results from the drug’s maker. Gilead Sciences said Friday that in a trial involving more than 1,100 patients, remdesivir was associated with...

Diagnosing Psoriasis in patients of color can be tricky. We sat down with Dr. Hope Mitchell to learn more about Psoriasis–how it’s diagnosed, progression, treatments and more. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Mitchell attended the University of Rochester and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. She obtained her doctorate of medicine...