Testing for a hidden enemy - Fentanyl
Worldwide, about 500,000 deaths are attributable to drug use.1 More than 70% are related to...
Food as medicine
The food-as-medicine movement has been around for decades, but it's making inroads as physicians...
After screening for prediabetes and diabetes, what next?
Participation is Lacking in Follow-Through Programs
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure...
C-Reactive Protein: A Considered Prognostic Biomarker to Help Manage COVID-19 Patients
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers in China conducted a study1 to explore...
At-home STI testing: It removes some barriers, but raises concerns too
If you Google “at-home STI tests,” you’ll find plenty of entries. It’s true that such tests can...
Sexually transmitted infections are everyone’s concern
All age groups, not just young people need to pay attention, take precautions
The incidence of...
Intimate partner violence: A major public health problem
Intimate partner violence refers to behavior by an intimate partner or ex-partner -- including...
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Oral health, systemic health: A two-way street
The oral cavity is the intersection of medicine and dentistry and the window into the general...
There’s no escaping zoonotic diseases. But there are ways to manage them
How SARS, HIV, Other Animal & Environmental Pathogens Are Spreading to Human Populations.
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Maternal morbidity & mortality
About 295,000 women worldwide died during and following pregnancy and childbirth in 2017.1 The vast...