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Why did the turtle cross the road? Actually, it’s not just to provide a punchline to this very old joke since it has a purpose that’s more important than you think. Why Do Turtles Cross Roads? It’s now June and, depending on where you live, it can be quite common to find turtles crossing the

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today: US Guidelines Add Dexamethasone Recommendations The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel has added a recommendation to prescribe dexamethasone for COVID-19 patients

On Wednesday, the U.S. registered a record number of coronavirus cases within 24 hours. There were 45,557 new coronavirus cases confirmed, NBC News reported. Though the restaurant industry suffered severe losses at the onset of the pandemic, due to the spike in cases of several restaurants employees across the U.S. testing positive for the virus recently,

(Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a challenge by hospital groups to a federal rule requiring them to disclose prices they quietly negotiate with insurers, in a victory for White House efforts to make healthcare pricing more transparent to patients. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington, D.C. said the rule was reasonably

Welcome to Ethics Consult — an opportunity to discuss, debate (respectfully), and learn together. We select an ethical dilemma in patient care, you vote, and then we present an expert’s judgment. Last week, you voted on what to do when an older woman with multiple comorbidities wants to visit her critically ill husband with COVID-19.

With most states in the reopening phases, a bump in the number of COVID-19 cases was feared. And that is happening now with latest reports from the Louisiana Department of Health revealing 938 more coronavirus cases, 12 more deaths and 22 additional hospitalizations as of Thursday afternoon. With the concerning numbers, it taints plans of

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A series of tweets from a young psychiatry resident in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic were stoic, straightforward, and heartbreaking. Dr Sofia Noori “I’m a 30-year-old doctor. I was supposed to get married next month. I’m volunteering to treat patients

Scientists in the United Kingdom have coined a new term: SARS-CoV-2 pandemic paradox. The term refers to the comparison between the mortality rate in the early months of the pandemic to the last five years during the same months. Researchers at the Warwick School of Medical collaborated with the Institute of Digital Healthcare, University of Warwick,

Americans are waking up. The pandemic, which is disproportionately affecting Black Americans, has laid bare health and racial disparities that have been long documented for people of color. That, combined with the deaths of George Floyd and other Black men and women at the hands of police officers, have led a growing number of cities,

At the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology virtual scientific meeting, over 100 sessions and thousands of abstracts on the latest emerging topics in cancer treatment were presented in an all-online format. MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders in their field — Sara Tolaney, MD, a breast oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; H. Jack

When beaches started to welcome back people, there were already concerns that COVID-19 cases may surge again. Over in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, there were a lot of people who went out after spending months holed up in their home. Unfortunately, this also spelled disaster in some ways and something that would give the coronavirus

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer AG agreed to pay as much as $10.9 billion to settle thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming that its widely-used weedkiller Roundup caused cancer after more than a year of talks, resolving litigation that has pummeled the company’s share price. The German drugs and pesticides maker has come to terms with about

The American diet is rich in saturated fat: red meat, diary products, and baked goods, among other processed food. Doctors and nutritionists advise against consuming abundant saturated fat for they fear it could raise LDL cholesterol, which increases risk of cardiovascular diseases by forming blockages in our arteries.  For this reason, the U.S. Dietary Guidelines

The national incidence of vulvar melanoma is on the rise in women aged over 60 years, climbing by an average of 2.2% per year during 2000–2016, Maia K. Erickson reported in a poster at the virtual annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. These are often aggressive malignancies. The 5-year survival following diagnosis of vulvar

Across the U.S., public health officials have recently been threatened and harassed at their homes, to the point of forcing them to quit their jobs. Theodore Mazer, MD, former president of the California Medical Association and a delegate and California representative to the American Medical Association, discusses with MedPage Today the hostility of the protesters,

Popular belief states that people who are trying to lose weight should avoid potatoes at all costs. Is this always true? Read ahead to find out. Should You Avoid Potatoes When On A Weight Loss Regimen? As per popular belief, potatoes are something that you should exclude from your diet if you are trying to

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today: Fauci Testifies: More COVID-19 Testing to Come US public health officials said in testimony before a Congressional committee that they plan to increase COVID-19-testing

The categories of antioxidants are aplenty: vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, curcumins, catechins, tannins, carotenoids, terpenes and alkaloids, among other several types of antioxidants. Some of the commonly consumed antioxidants are vitamins C and E, beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, and zeaxanthin.  Free radicals are unstable molecules produced when the body burns food for energy and during exercise. Exposure to

Ramie Fathy visited more than a dozen medical schools as an applicant. Even now, three years later, he still remembers the moment the University of Pennsylvania emerged as his top choice. He walked into the atrium of a building, saw the Philadelphia skyline, and knew it was a place he could see himself. “I’ve probably

The use of broad-panel, next-generation sequencing (NGS) proved to be more cost-effective than single-gene testing in patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer, according to a study presented during the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) virtual meeting. In this exclusive MedPage Today video, the study’s lead author, Nathan A. Pennell, MD, PhD, of

Obesity and metabolism-related diseases have become “the world’s biggest health problems,” taking the lives of at least 2.8 million each year, according to Healthline. To combat both, many diets have emerged, only a few of which are backed by research.  One of these science-backed diets is the ketogenic diet, a low-carb, high-fat diet. Because consumption

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today: Cortisol Levels on Admission Can Help Predict Severity UK researchers have discovered a link between high levels of the steroid hormone cortisol in hospitalized

Making a sequel to a video game that is loved by many is no easy task. It has served as a driving force for game developers ever since the industry started growing. As such, here are some of the best video game sequels that have been made. A Look Back At The Best Video Game

Glycemic control among youth with diabetes is no better today than it was in 2002 and in some subgroups it’s worse, despite increased availability of diabetes technology, newer therapies, and more aggressive recommended blood glucose targets, new research finds. The sobering data from 6399 participants in the longitudinal SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study were

When COVID-19 began spreading rapidly across the United States, government officials responded with stay-at-home orders, business closures, cancellations of elective procedures, and many other unprecedented measures to slow the spread of the virus. Yet, as Americans did their part to social distance and protect their neighbors and loved ones, kidney patients, and particularly those on

The number of people affected by COVID-19 over in Los Angeles County is surging, a development feared as regions start to reopen. But beyond that, there is the failure to adhere to the health guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some are failing to observe proper social distancing, a red

Before patients with cancer begin treatment with intravenous fluorouracil and related drugs, they should be tested for lack of the enzyme dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), says an EU panel. This enzyme is involved in the metabolism of fluorouracil, as well as the related drugs capecitabine (Xeloda, Genentech) and tegafur, which are converted to fluorouracil in the