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The Supreme Court may soon stop requiring insurers to cover PrEP and other preventive medical care services for free, pending the results of a case regarding the Affordable Care Act it’s set to hear; it stems from a group of Texas small businesses that don’t want to “encourage homosexual behavior, prostitution, sexual promiscuity and intravenous…
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Doctors at Northwestern Medicine say medical innovations helped them achieve two medical milestones last year: the largest number of lung transplants in a single year and the shortest median wait time for transplants. Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute’s use of “lungs in a box” technology repairs lungs that were previously unusable, and newly developed “lungs…
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Northwestern Medicine is celebrating a milestone after performing a record number of lung transplants using new technology known as “lungs in a box.” The procedure allows surgeons to remove lungs from a donor body, attach them to a ventilator, and make them usable for transplant by treating any infection, inflammation, or edema, before storing them…
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tion about helping women feel good through the menopause transition and beyond — nuances about the drug are getting lost, experts told The Times. While decades of evidence suggests that low doses of testosterone can increase some women’s sexual desire with few side effects, some proponents are overstating the drug’s ability to boost mood, cognition,…
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Sleepiness is widely believed to be influenced by both circadian rhythms and sleep pressure, said Ian Katznelson, MD, a neurologist at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. Circadian rhythms dictate how bodily functions ebb and flow over a roughly daylong cycle, experts said, and these rhythms are largely set by a biological “clock” in the brain.…
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“Because strokes can strike at any age, it’s important to be aware of how your brain works and the signs and symptoms of stroke,” says Fan Caprio, MD, medical director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “You should see your primary care physician regularly to reduce any risk factors you may have…
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