New Gel Makes Alcohol 50% Less Toxic, Curbs Organ Damage
It sounds like a gimmick. Drink a couple glasses of wine and feel only half as intoxicated as you normally would — and sustain less damage to your liver and other organs.
It sounds like a gimmick. Drink a couple glasses of wine and feel only half as intoxicated as you normally would — and sustain less damage to your liver and other organs.
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome kills up to 30 percent of patients and is “highly associated” with flesh-eating infections. Symptoms include fever and a red rash.
By early July, the Supreme Court will release its most controversial rulings for the 2023-2024 term. The Court's 6-3 conservative supermajority has already overturned Roe v. Wade, sharply limited affirmative action, expanded gun rights, and hampered the government's ability to address threats like COVID-19, climate change, and LGBTQ+ discrimination.
For those outside the medical profession, it took a global pandemic to finally understand how pervasive distress and suicide are among medical professionals, particularly surgeons.
In my research on the case selection criteria used by plaintiff medical malpractice attorneys, one very prominent plaintiff attorney in Maryland spills the beans. He proudly proclaims, “We, who are plaintiff attorneys, take on medical malpractice caused by doctors, but we only accept 1 out of every 37.5 cases we review.”
Not long ago, the highly personal relationship between doctors and patients, based in selflessness and trust, respectively, was the cornerstone of healthcare. Today, though, corporatization and greed have driven a money-shaped wedge between us.
Cancer vaccines are finally showing promise as Moderna and Merck touted promising data on an experimental skin cancer vaccine and the U.K. announced plans for a “landmark” scheme to test the technology across the country this week, after decades of research that could bring a new era of personalized medicine.
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