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Imagine you have just finished a workout. Your legs are like jelly, your lungs are burning and you just want to collapse on the couch…Read More

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 90 cases across seven counties, the state health department posted online Friday, and 16 people are hospitalized…Read More

The vast majority of people who have a substance use disorder (SUD) never seek treatment. At most, 10% of adults with a drug or alcohol use disorder have entered any type of inpatient or outpatient treatment program, as reported by SAMHSA…Read More

Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? If you rewind to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, chances are you experienced some level of pessimism. And who could blame you? With social isolation, health concerns and economic uncertainty, fear and anxiety became a daily reality for many…Read More

Texas has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country, with more than 2.7 million Texans diagnosed with the condition. About one in six people in San Antonio have type 2 diabetes, and a third of residents are prediabetic, according to the American Diabetes Association…Read More

The use of oral contraceptives and a greater number of live births both reduced the risk of ovarian cancer, according to a new analysis of a population registry. “Findings from our large-scale, hypothesis-free, machine-learning study suggest that the risk for ovarian cancer is likely to be…Read More

The formulation of benzoyl peroxide (BP) products plays a role in the levels of benzene found, according to new research, with leave-on products found to have significantly lower concentrations of benzene. Concerns about the potential for BP products to break down into benzene, a known carcinogen…Read More

The ability of a single bruise to predict abuse when a child enters an emergency department (ED) has been unknown, but new research indicated that a validated screening tool is highly effective in helping clinicians make that prediction when one bruise is the only skin finding…Read More

The glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonist tirzepatide lowers the risk for cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), whether they have general adiposity, measured with the body mass index (BMI), or central adiposity, measured with the waist-to-height ratio…Read More

The search for a solution to antimicrobial resistance found something. And researchers found it in a true “it’s always the last place you look” location. Australian oysters. Or more specifically, Australian oyster blood. We know antimicrobial resistance claims at least 1 million lives each year, and experts suspect that number to double by 2050…Read More