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 Kids are mistaking marijuana edibles for candy, experts caution

Kids are mistaking marijuana edibles for candy, experts caution

May 9, 2025

Interview with nurse Michele Caliva


Sepsis survival rates for kids improve in New York state

Sepsis survival rates for kids improve in New York state

May 8, 2025

Interview with Melissa Schafer, MD


Transplanting animal organs to humans raises questions, hopes

Transplanting animal organs to humans raises questions, hopes

May 8, 2025

Interview with L. Syd Johnson, PhD


Are health care institutions prepared for immigration enforcement actions?

Are health care institutions prepared for immigration enforcement actions?

May 1, 2025

Interview with Rachel Fabi, PhD


New stroke treatments are being explored

New stroke treatments are being explored

April 29, 2025

Interview with Hesham Masoud, MD


AI's use in mental health care offers promise and risk

AI's use in mental health care offers promise and risk

April 24, 2025

Interview with Serife Tekin, PhD


 Occupational therapy helps restore one's essential abilities

Occupational therapy helps restore one's essential abilities

April 22, 2025

Interview with occupational therapists Alexis Antoniou and Paige Courbat


Opioid use disorder's treatments may include prescriptions, psychotherapy, support groups

Opioid use disorder's treatments may include prescriptions, psychotherapy, support groups

April 22, 2025

Interview with nurse practitioner Theresa Baxter


Water-based physical therapy can ease pain, movement

Water-based physical therapy can ease pain, movement

April 18, 2025

Interview with Ryan Martin, DPT, and Morgan Phillips, DPT


Children with kidney disease may require transplants

Children with kidney disease may require transplants

April 18, 2025

Interview with Scott Schurman, MD


How best to protect against measles 

How best to protect against measles 

April 16, 2025

Interview with Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD


Virtual nurses will assist in hospital admissions, discharges

Virtual nurses will assist in hospital admissions, discharges

April 16, 2025

Interview with Kathy Berardi, RN


Some states allow people to be sterilized against their will

Some states allow people to be sterilized against their will

April 14, 2025

Interview Jennifer James, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco


Upstate lab can test a tick to see whether it carries a disease

Upstate lab can test a tick to see whether it carries a disease

April 14, 2025

Interview with Saravanan Thangamani, PhD


High-tech center helps patients avoid delays at hospital

High-tech center helps patients avoid delays at hospital

April 9, 2025

Interview with nurse Kyle Choquette


Suzetrigine aims to deliver non-addictive, non-opioid pain relief

Suzetrigine aims to deliver non-addictive, non-opioid pain relief

April 1, 2025

Interview with Vandana Sharma, MD


Babies can be trained to sleep consistently

Babies can be trained to sleep consistently

March 28, 2025

Interview with Zafer Soultan, MD


Physical activity can help women before, during menopause

Physical activity can help women before, during menopause

March 26, 2025

Interview with Carol Sames, PhD


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