RALEIGH Several hospitals in the Triangle say they will require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, changing a policy of voluntary inoculation that’s been in place since the vaccines became available last winter. All three Duke Health hospitals and UNC Health Hospitals in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Siler City and […]
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Intense physical activity may not be as helpful in losing weight as you may hope. Catherine Falls/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Catherine Falls/Getty Images Intense physical activity may not be as helpful in losing weight as you may hope. Catherine Falls/Getty Images It’s an eternal question: What diet is […]
Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., have started sharing their prices online in compliance with a recent federal rule. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, […]
After experiencing a suicidal crisis earlier this year, Melinda, a Massachusetts 13-year-old, was forced to remain 17 days in the local hospital’s emergency room while she waited for a space to open up at a psychiatric treatment facility. She was only allowed to use her phone an hour a day […]
Since moving into her own place, Rita Stewart says, she feels healthier, supported and hasn’t returned to the emergency room. “This is a chance for me to take care of myself better.” Kimberly Paynter/WHYY hide caption toggle caption Kimberly Paynter/WHYY Since moving into her own place, Rita Stewart says, she […]
ECMO is the highest level of life support — beyond a ventilator, which pumps oxygen via a tube through the windpipe into the lungs. Instead, the ECMO process basically functions as a heart and lungs outside of the body — routing the blood via tubing to a machine that oxygenates […]
Annie Kunz in the women’s heptathlon 100-meter hurdles during the Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., in June. Building her training regimen around recent findings from sex-specific sports medicine research has made a difference in her performance, says Kunz, who is competing at the Tokyo Olympics. Steph Chambers/Getty Images hide caption […]