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Denise Mann TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Every year, anywhere from 700,000 to 1 million people fall while in U.S. hospitals, and this often triggers a downward health spiral.Little has…

Physician’s Briefing Staff FRIDAY, Aug. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Use of the Smart Sock system may reduce hospital fall rates among fall-risk patients, according to a study published online Aug. 19…

Physician’s Briefing Staff TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The multidose Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine offers protection against COVID-19 infection among COVID-19-unvaccinated…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RxLive, a provider of population health pharmacy solutions, today announced a $5 million Series A funding round. The digital health startup’s round was led by SpringTide, a…

Kathy Kolbe, Founder of Kolbe Corp and Dynamynd Inc. “Our mission remains the same. We’re here to help people understand their own and each other’s instinctive…

Physician’s Briefing Staff THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Eldecalcitol does not reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes among adults with impaired glucose tolerance, according to a study…

The UK’s health service has launched a new review to promote the importance of Vitamin D and identify ways to improve intake across the population, especially among those most likely to be deficient such as South Asians. Vitamin D…

Strategies to expand access to naloxone (Narcan) for the prevention of opioid overdoses were explored during a webinar hosted by the Reagan-Udall…

A Scripps Research team developed a smartphone app that can calculate users' genetic risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) -- and found that users at high risk sought out appropriate medication after using the app. In the study, which…

As children settle back into a new school year, families are being encouraged to read to their children at home, as new research from the University of South Australia shows that reading aloud can triple a child's resilience at school,…