Puberty blockers: NHS to set up independent review group
The group will assess the prescription of puberty blockers for under-16s, NHS England says. Source link
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Doctors’ Group: Antibiotics Can Be Taken for Shorter Periods
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans have at some point in their lives gotten a long course of antibiotics to treat a bacterial infection. But according to new recommendations from a major U.S. doctors’ group, some of the most common bacterial infections can now be treated … Read more
Blood group O less likely to contract coronavirus infection than any other blood type | Study
Even as scientists are working around the clock to identify the Covid-19 risk factors, two new studies, that investigated the “potential role of blood type in predicting” the risk, revealed that people with blood group ‘O’ are less vulnerable to the novel coronavirus infection than any other blood type. Two recent studies published in Blood … Read more
Black Doctors’ Group Creates Panel to Vet Vaccine
September 22, 2020 — Black doctors are joining to create their own independent task force to review decisions about potential COVID-19 vaccines, according to STAT News. The committee is being organized by the National Medical Association, which was founded in 1895 as a professional society for Black physicians. As trust in federal health agencies … Read more