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© Reuters. By Ismail Shakil and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department on Friday slapped a $298,000 penalty on Hostess Brands (NASDAQ:), alleging that safety and training failures at the bakery firm led…

Elana Gotkine FRIDAY, April 21 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For veterans with peripheral artery disease, health care utilization, distance to primary care, and geographic region are associated with receipt…

The use of cannabis may have a negative impact on outcomes for a common bypass surgery, a study suggests. Researchers at Michigan Medicine analyzed more than 11,000 cases from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular…

Denise Mann WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors know a lot about the best ways to treat heart attacks and strokes, but until now they really didn’t have this kind of information for…

Cara Murez MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Skeletal remains of a young adult discovered in a remote cave in Borneo appear to be the oldest known case of surgical amputation.Australian and…

A team of Indonesian and Australian researchers have uncovered the oldest case of surgical amputation to date in Borneo. The find presents a remarkable feat in human prehistory. The discovery, published in Nature, describes the skeletal…

Amputation and diabetes: How to protect your feetGood diabetes management and regular foot care help prevent severe foot sores that are difficult to treat and may require amputation.By Mayo Clinic Staff Diabetes complications…

Modern medicine is remarkable. Conditions like HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C were once virtual death sentences. Both can now be treated easily and effectively. But for Americans, the wonders of modern medicine come at a steep cost: Total…

The FDA approved a higher 2 mg dose of once-weekly injectable semaglutide (Ozempic) for adults with type 2 diabetes based on the phase III SUSTAIN…

BALTIMORE -- Pediatric patients who underwent limb salvage surgery (LSS) for lower extremity sarcomas had a substantial risk of undergoing late amputation, a researcher reported.…