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WESTFIELD, Ind. — They preached patience, then didn’t practice it. The truth is the Indianapolis Colts were in a hurry the minute they drafted Anthony Richardson fourth overall in 2023. A hurry to get him on the field, a hurry to hand him the starting quarterback job, a hurry to find out if the franchise’s years-long odyssey at the position …

When you go to the dentist, you’re likely focused on matters like cavities and gum health. But dental experts can detect a lot more from your exam.  “A lot about someone’s overall health can be observed just by looking in their mouth,” Dr. Kami Hoss, a dentist and author of If Your Mouth Could Talk, told HuffPost. “In fact, over …

A patient in a South Carolina children’s hospital has died of a brain-eating amoeba, according to the facility.  In a news briefing Tuesday, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands confirmed the patient died of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, also known as PAM, a rare but often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri organism. The hospital did not share any more details …

Patient dies from brain-eating amoeba after possible exposure at Lake Murray  WLTX Patient exposure to fatal brain-eating amoeba happened at Midlands lake  WIS News 10 Infection caused by brain-eating amoeba kills person in South Carolina, children’s hospital says  WBTV Patient dies from brain-eating amoeba after swimming in South Carolina waters  WPDE Brain-eating amoeba case confirmed in South Carolina  WYFF Source link

AI use in healthcare has the potential to save time, money, and lives. But when technology that is known to occasionally lie is introduced into patient care, it also raises serious risks. One London-based patient recently experienced just how serious those risks can be after receiving a letter inviting him to a diabetic eye screening—a standard annual check-up for people …

“When I was in RN school, one of my classmates was assigned a female patient who had a stage 4 pressure ulcer on her coccyx — this was down to the bone and really awful looking. The wound care team had taken a photo of it, and that photo was in the patient’s chart. My classmate removed the photo from …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said late Friday it won’t comply with a request from the Food and Drug Administration to halt all shipments of its gene therapy following the death of a third patient receiving one of its treatments for muscular dystrophy. The highly unusual move is a latest in a string of events that have hammered the …

News Joey Bartlett 9 Hrs Ago Arima General Hospital Shaquille Edwards, a 30-year-old father of one, is considering legal action after what he describes as medical negligence at the Arima District Hospital which left him with limited use of his left hand. For the past five years, Edwards has been living with epilepsy, enduring increasingly frequent seizures, from every three …

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — An El Paso doctor was disciplined by the Texas Medical Board and accused of prescribing controlled substances to a patient who, in some cases, led to overdoses. The Texas Medical Board disciplined 27 doctors at a June meeting. Among those were two El Paso doctors, one of whom was Dr. M.D. Blas Miranda. The Board …

Sarepta Says Another Patient Died After Receiving Gene Therapy  Bloomberg Patient dies in Sarepta gene therapy trial, adding to safety concerns  STAT Sarepta Therapeutics lays off one-third of workforce in drastic cost-cutting  The Boston Globe Third death from a Sarepta gene therapy  BioCentury Sarepta Therapeutics Stock Is Surging After The Bell: What’s Going On?  Yahoo Finance Source link