Over-the-counter birth control pills are coming to America. The F.D.A. has approved a hormonal birth control pill to be sold sans prescription. Although many countries in Latin America and Europe have had OTC birth control…
The traditional image of a full-time physician—working long hours and available around the clock—is undergoing a transformative shift. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the medical profession is witnessing an increasing trend…
According to a recent report in JAMA, ER visits that are related to mental health have significantly increased among children, teenagers, and young adults. The New York Times reports, “The findings indicated an ‘urgent’ need…
The potential of AI to benefit humanity may be as great as the potential to destroy it, believe many prominent technology experts, futurists, and investors. Physicians’ opinions of AI in medicine hover in similar territory. …
By The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Authors: Kathleen Dooling, MD and Tara Anderson, DVM, PhD 1. The risk of developing shingles increases with age. Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is caused…
By The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Author: Agam Rao, MD Agam Rao, MD is the medical officer with the Poxvirus and Rabies Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.…
Transgender adults are a marginalized group that faces discrimination, harassment, and even violence. But a new Washington Post-KFF poll reported that despite the struggles and inequality they are up against—the majority of trans people say…
Approximately 1 billion people worldwide are lonely – including more than 40% of seniors. Loneliness in the elderly is a major risk factor for physical and mental ill-health as well as early death. For example,…
The abortion debate in America has sharply shifted to over-the-counter abortion pills. Since 2000, the FDA has approved the drug mifepristone—as the first step in a two-drug process for aborting early pregnancies, mostly at home. …
A study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that a doctor following medical guidelines for preventive, chronic, and acute disease care in patients would need about 27 hours per day. Sermo doctors agree…
By The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Each year on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, March 24th, CDC acknowledges the impact of TB around the world and progress made against this disease. TB is…
Six million Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, but this number grows much higher when we account for the families and those close to patients that are also impacted. The good news: neurologists report on…