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Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton

In this web exclusive, Dr. Stephen Patrick, a newborn ICU doctor and researcher on how the opioid crisis affects pregnant women and infants, talks with CBS News' Erin Moriarty about what happens after a mother tests positive for a substance during pregnancy. Patrick argues that automatically referring mothers to child welfare or law enforcement over a single drug test - even for substances like marijuana, which are legal in much of the country - can create more harm than it prevents: driving women away from prenatal care, disproportionately affecting Black and Native American families, and separating moms from newborns without evidence of harm.

Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD – Get Free Report) and RBC Life Sciences (OTCMKTS:RBCL – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk. Analyst Ratings This is a breakdown [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Fears over vapes laced with a highly addictive drug have triggered calls for drug education to be given greater priority on the curriculum for primary school aged children

(The Center Square) — A Connecticut children’s hospital has agreed to stop offering pediatric “gender affirming care” after reaching a settlement with the Department of Justice following an investigation. Under the settlement, announced on Wednesday, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center has agreed not to perform “sex-rejecting procedures” on minors — including by administering puberty blockers and [...] The post Connecticut hospital to end pediatric ‘gender-affirming’ care appeared first on The Black Chronicle .

A study of nearly 100,000 adults treated for suspected infection suggests that the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2), a score based on routinely collected vital signs that is widely used to identify patients at risk of clinical deterioration, may help clinicians identify which patients are most likely to benefit from immediate antibiotic treatment and which may safely undergo further evaluation before receiving antibiotics.

Believe it or not, your muscle strength and mass can actually tell a lot about your heart's health. New research suggests that weak muscles could be a major warning sign for a future heart attack.

We have a major crisis on our hands. This HIV challenge isn't going away any time soon. In fact, it appears to be getting out of [...]

Two years ago, ambient AI scribes were a mere curiosity. A handful of health systems ran the pilots. Conference demos drew crowds but not purchase orders. That phase is over. Nearly two-thirds of U.S hospitals running Epic had deployed an ambient AI documentation tool by mid-2025 – 1,744 of them – according to a study ... Read More

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