Incluso cuando los principales funcionarios de salud de los Estados Unidos dicen que es hora de aprender a vivir con el coronavirus, un coro de destacados investigadores aseguran que mensajes confusos sobre los refuerzos de las vacunas han puesto en grave riesgo a millones de personas mayores. Según los Centros para el Control y la […]
Chatbots are conversation platforms driven by artificial intelligence (AI), that respond to queries based on algorithms. They are considered to be ground-breaking technologies in customer relationships. Since healthcare chatbots can be on duty tirelessly both day and night, they are an invaluable addition to the care of the patient. Medical chatbots. Image Credit: olya osyunina/Shutterstock.com […]
The folate debate refers to the ongoing discussion about the mandatory fortification of food with folic acid. Approximately 80 countries currently add this synthetic vitamin to their food supply. The rationale for doing so is prophylactic, with the hopes to prevent particular types of birth defects. In 2021, the UK joined the list of these […]
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are small T-shaped plastic devices containing either copper or a low dose of progestogen hormone. Lasting five to ten years, they provide highly effective contraception and are chosen by increasing numbers of users of all ages from adolescence to perimenopause. The main device sold in Australia is the Mirena Hormonal IUD, which […]
CELINA, Tenn. — It was about 1 a.m. on April 19, 2016, when a burglary alarm sounded at Dale Hollow Pharmacy in Celina, a tiny town in the rolling, wooded hills near the Kentucky border. Two cops responded. As their flashlights bobbed in the darkness, shining through the pharmacy windows, they spotted a sign of […]
Medicaid enrollees are getting vaccinated against covid-19 at far lower rates than the general population as states search for the best strategies to improve access to the shots and persuade those who remain hesitant. Efforts by state Medicaid agencies and the private health plans that most states pay to cover their low-income residents has been […]
Even families that love staying in and spending time at home start feeling the need to get out and go on adventures as the weather heats up. Though the official spring break has passed, there are still so many things to do with the kids and ways to go out and enjoy the warmer weather. […]
Parenting toddlers isn’t for the faint of heart. But traveling with toddlers? You have to possess saint-like levels of patience. Just ask Hilary Duff, who recently flew to Hawaii with husband Matthew Koma, 3-year-old daughter Banks, 1-year-old daughter Mae, and 10-year-old son Luca (whom she shares with ex-husband Mike Comrie). She shared an Instagram Story […]
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are small T-shaped plastic devices containing either copper or a low dose of progestogen hormone. Lasting five to ten years, they provide highly effective contraception and are chosen by increasing numbers of users of all ages from adolescence to perimenopause. The main device sold in Australia is the Mirena Hormonal IUD, which […]