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Empty nitrous oxide dispensers in London park. Credit: Anna Billington, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London Recommendations from research published today on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord damage caused by nitrous oxide abuse have been simultaneously adopted as official clinical practice guidelines by the Association of British Neurologists. The

The National Institute of Standards and Technology says it will publish the Ascon group of algorithms in its lightweight cryptography standard later this year. WHY IT MATTERS NIST has found "a worthy defender" of data generated by small Internet of Things-connected devices as the result of a four-year international competition, according to the announcement.  In

Opinion > Kevin, M.D. — Lessons and tips to make your work more meaningful by Sharyar Baradaran, DDS, and Arya Shamie, MD February 18, 2023 We were both born in Iran to renowned physician fathers and were friends and classmates in elementary school until the Persian revolution hit in 1979. We both escaped Iran with

Quizzes > Weekly News Quiz — You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz by MedPage Today Staff February 18, 2023 The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up

By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Feb. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Sen. John Fetterman is being treated for clinical depression at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.“While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” Fetterman's chief of staff Adam Jentleson said in a statement.The Pennsylvania Democrat

Rubble in Aleppo following the devastating earthquake. Credit: Sevim Turkmani/OCHA Syria fears a resurgence of diseases such as polio and cholera, after scores of health centers were destroyed and medical staff killed in last week's earthquake, the country's health minister said. Maram Al-Sheikh, minister of health in the Syrian Interim Government, said the earthquake had

About four years ago, Dr. Gene Dorio sat on the ethics committee of a Southern California hospital whose administrators insisted they could decide whether to disconnect a ventilator from an unconscious patient — even though the man’s wife and adult children wanted to continue life support. The problem, Dorio told California lawmakers last year, was

Skip to main content February 17, 2023 12:47 PM MH Illustration/Getty Images SUNY Upstate Medical University will not move forward with its plan to acquire Crouse Health System, citing the industry's economic and operational headwinds.  Syracuse, New York-based Upstate Medical University in April announced plans to acquire neighboring Crouse Hospital. The combination would’ve allowed the financially