Healthcare providers have long used the body mass index (BMI) to assess your health and predict your risk of disease, but it is a flawed measure that has been scrutinized over the years. VO2 max, a ...

Exercise generally falls into one of two categories—aerobic or anaerobic—and if your goal is simply to improve your physical fitness, you could probably get by for a while without ever knowing the ...

The probability for successful first-attempt intubation was greater among adults who received high- vs. standard-dose ...

Overhead and non-overhead athletes who underwent Bankart repair experienced similar recurrence and return to sport rates as well as patient-reported outcomes, according to results presented ...

Clinical question: What is the prevalence of, and what are the risk factors for, occult hypoxemia in ICU patients, and does that impact patient outcomes? Background: The finding of occult hypoxemia, i ...

Mandarins are a type of citrus fruit within the orange family, known for their sweet, juicy flavor and easy-to-peel skin. They are available year-round, with peak availability during the winter.

For Amber Ekleberry, Director of Programming for the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF), art is a family tradition. Ekleberry’s great-grandfather was the Mexican-American sculptor Octavio ...

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a stealthy threat. It infects more than 500,000 people in the United States each year, and kills up to 30,000. It is a leading cause of health-care-associated ...

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One of the most common health-care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found. Clostridium difficile ...

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