Blood

In Niyongere's office, she first spoke to an intern who disappeared after a full medical history and examination, and then returned with the young doctor the patient had spoken to by phone. A distant part of her brain observed that her…

Doctors usually only measure blood pressure on one arm, but a new study on hypertension suggests they should check both. The difference between the two readings can be an indication of an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and…

It will be difficult "to find and diagnose them in this vanishingly small window," said Dr. Ilan Schwartz, an infectious disease doctor at the University of Alberta who was not involved in the study. "The study looks solid, but it isn't…

A large study with high-dose blood thinners in critically ill Covid-19 patients in the hospital is temporarily canceled because the treatment appears to be of no benefit and possibly causes harm, the heads of the study announced on…