Device maker Stryker strikes $4.9 billion deal for Inari Medical
By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Medical-device maker Stryker on Monday agreed to acquire Inari Medical, which makes ...
My Auto-Immune Disease Symptoms Stopped When I Started to Take Stress Seriously
My auto-immune disease symptoms stopped after I started taking my stress seriously. Here are the steps I took to get my ...
A Pharmacist’s View On Cannabis Education For Seniors
After decades of criminalization, many older adults still have questions about cannabis as a medicine, and whether it can fit into their current health regimens.
FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones
Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now ...
Ask a health professional: How do semaglutide and tirzepatide support wellness goals?
Ready to crush your New Year’s health goals? These breakthrough medications offer more than weight loss—they support your ...
Ancient lead pollution may have lowered IQs across the Roman Empire
The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...
Sure, the Romans Were Smart. But They Could Have Been Smarter.
Exposure to lead from mining probably lowered I.Q. levels in the empire, research has found. It might be the world’s first ...
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Sugary drinks cause more than 2 million cases of type 2 diabetes annually, study finds
A study from Tufts University estimates that sugary drinks cause 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new ...
Naomi Osaka Announces Split from Cordae After 6 Years: 'No Bad Blood at All'
In her return to the court post-pregnancy, Osaka has struggled to get back to her previous No. 1 ranking. At three of the ...
FDA seeks to boost accuracy of blood-oxygen monitors across skin tones
The U.S. health regulator on Monday proposed new guidelines for widely-used blood oxygen monitoring devices to improve their ...
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Sugary drinks may cause more than 330,000 deaths a year, study suggests
With the evidence, researchers created a comparative risk model and estimated that sugary drinks “cause more than 330,000 annual deaths from diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” Mozaffarian said.
FDA Pushes to Improve Blood Oxygen Monitor Accuracy Across Skin Tones
The FDA's draft recommendations for pulse oximeters aims to include clinical studies involving at least 150 participants with ...