H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori)

Indeed, H. pylori is one of humanity’s old friends and companions: the germ has been with us for at least 50,000 years, and probably longer. Roughly fifty percent of all humans carry it around in their stomachs - Hanno Charisius

H1 Antihistamines

There is now little role for sedating antihistamines in allergic conditions. Less sedating antihistamines are equally efficacious - Katrina L Randall

H2 Antihistamines

They were considered a breakthrough in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease when first introduced. Now that antibiotics cure non-NSAID ulcers, and PPIs control severe esophagitis, there is much less need for them - About GERD

H2 Blockers

They were considered a breakthrough in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease when first introduced. Now that antibiotics cure non-NSAID ulcers, and PPIs control severe esophagitis, there is much less need for them - About GERD

HAARP ( High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program)

HAARP is an ionospheric research facility built by the US government in Gakona, Alaska. According to conspiracy theorists, HAARP can control the weather and even people’s minds using its radio waves - Mile Higher

HACE

HACE is the last and the most fatal stage of altitude sickness involving dangerous and lethargic symptoms like disorientation, visual impairment, bowel dysfunction, loss of appetite, or even death - Harshit Patel

HAE

It is important to note that MOST cases of angioedema or swelling are NOT HAE or C1 Inhibitor Deficiency. Laboratory analysis of blood samples, or genetic samples, are required to establish an HAE diagnosis - US Hereditary Angioedema Association

Haemophilus influenzae Type b (Hib)

Today, when I ask a room of pediatric residents how many of them have seen even a single case of H. flu, often no one raises a hand. That is how it should be - Alan E. Guttmacher MD

Haemophilus lnfluenzae (H Flu)

Long regarded as the second most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), Haemophilus influenzae has recently been identified with almost equal frequency as pneumococcus in patients hospitalized for CAP - Saeed Shoar

Hair Growth Supplements

They have not received F.D.A. approval for treating any medical conditions and have not undergone the same safety and efficacy testing as drugs - Melinda Wenner Moyer

Hair Health

Hair is the fastest growing natural tissue in the human body: the average rate of growth is 1 cm per month...Hair products (shampoos or vitamin supplements) have not been shown to noticeably change this rate - The Trichological Society

Hair Restoration & Transplantation

First find the root cause, then be very wary of scams - Laine Bergeson

HAIs

Hospitals are not the cleanest of environments and all are actually the breeding ground for dangerous bugs

Haldol (Haloperidol)

Haloperidol has been used as a first-line medication for psychiatric agitation constituting a “behavioral emergency” when a patient cannot or will not take oral medication. Today, haloperidol is most commonly administered as an IM injection along with an anticholinergic medication to minimize extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) and a benzodiazepine for additional sedation - Joseph M. Pierre MD

Half Somersault Maneuver

BPPV has been characterized as the most common form of vertigo and the “half somersault maneuver” or otherwise described as “Foster Maneuver” has been working wonders in treating this condition - HalfSomersaultManuever.com

Halitosis

Truthfully there are a lot of different causes — food, tobacco, dry mouth, alcohol, poor oral hygiene...the list is almost endless. But truthfully, most of those are precursors to the real culprit — volatile sulfur compounds(VSCs) - Thomas P Connelly DDS

Halloween

Holidays help us maintain our sense of rituals and ‘normalcy’ during a not-so normal time - Dr.Robert Glatter

Halloween Trick or Treat for UNICEF

No matter how young you are, you can make a difference in the life of a child

Halloween...Who’s Tricking Who?

We know that candy isn’t exactly good for us, but have you ever thought about what eating so much of it does to a child’s small body - Stacy Matson

Hallucinogenic Drugs

Hallucinogens are enjoying something of a revival: the drugs are being tried recreationally by nearly one in five American adults (approaching that of the nineteen-sixties), while being tested empirically for their powers to heal alcoholism and other addictions, anxieties from impending death, P.T.S.D., major depression, and even cluster headaches - Dorian Rolston

Halogenated Anesthetics

Halogenated volatile anesthetics (“anesthesia gases”) serve as the backbone for maintaining most of the general anesthetics I perform. Although their mechanism is not completely understood, studies suggest that they alter membrane proteins in the lipid bilayer while potentiating the effects of GABA – an inhibitory neurotransmitter – in the brain in spinal cord. The result is amnesia and immobility - Rishi

Hammertoes

Hammertoes are complex toe deformities that can be the result of overpowering muscle forces, foot alignment, aging, genetics, or previous trauma - TenoTac

Hamstring Injury

The hamstring often brings us dazzling dunks, explosive runs, and other highlight plays, but it puts athletes on the sideline just as frequently - Tiffany Riley

Hand Emergencies

Although injuries of the hand are infrequently life-threatening, they are common in the emergency department and are associated with significant patient morbidity and medicolegal risk for physicians - EB Medicine

Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

Highly contagious, it is most common in children under 10, and is prevalent among toddlers who joyfully swap slime with one another at nursery and stay & play groups - ParentDish UK

Hand Fractures

Hand fractures, a frequent emergency department complaint, are the most common fractures of the body and account for about 1.5% of all emergency room visits and 40% of upper extremity fractures. Hand fractures occur in all age groups, although fractures in young children should prompt suspicion of child abuse. Fractures of the phalanges are the most common hand fractures - Erik D Schraga MD

Hand Health

The human hand is an engineering marvel. There is no more impressive example of functional anatomy. It can grab and release, caress and defend. Learn karate, and you can break bricks with it. It’s a mechanism of precision and flexibility - Amy Wallace

Hand Sanitizers

To reiterate, nothing beats washing your hands. Hand sanitizer—even the real, professionally made stuff—should always be a last resort - Boone Ashworth

Hand Surgeons

Next to the brain the hand is the greatest asset to man, and to it is due the development of man's handiwork - Sterling Bunnell MD, 1944

Hand Surgery

Hand surgery field utilizes and incorporates diverse techniques from orthopedics, General surgery, plastic surgery, vascular, neurosurgery and Micro vascular surgery and psychiatry - N. Mariappan and M. Vignesh

Hand Transplantation

We would like hand transplantation to be as routine and unremarkable as kidney transplantation - Professor Simon Kay, UK

Handwashing

Anyone can "wash their hands" with soap and water and still come away with even more bacteria than when they started. The real secret to cleanliness, it seems, is not only whether you use soap, but how hard you scrub, and for how long - Brian Fung

Handwashing & Covid-19

Combined with vaccines, masking, distancing, and avoiding unnecessary gatherings, we can significantly reduce the spread - Ajay Sethi

Hanging

Almost half of the people who died from suicide by hanging had a previous suicide attempt noted in their biography. This rate was larger for women than for men - Thomas Reisch

Hangover

How are you feeling today? A little groggy? Nauseous? Have you promised yourself that you’ll never drink again? If that sounds familiar, then you’re probably here hunting for hangover cures - Thorin Klosowski

Hangover-Free New Year

Bringing in the New Year with a hangover doesn't have to be an annual event. So what do celebrities do when they want to indulge, but showing up looking like Frankenstein is not a good idea?

Hangry

Hanger is undoubtedly a survival mechanism that has served humans and other animals well. Think about it like this: if hungry organisms stood back and graciously let others eat before them, their species could die out - Amanda Salis

Hansen's Disease

The all-important first step toward overcoming that prejudice is to clear up misconceptions about leprosy - The Nippon Foundation

Hantavirus

The Hanta Virus doesn't get a whole lot of respect these days as bioterror threats have attracted most people's attentions to the "designer diseases" such as Anthrax, Ebola and Smallpox...Badassoftheweek.com

Hanukkah

The miracle of Hanukkah is not just about a little bit of oil lasting eight days. It is about the inner healing light within each of us - Rabbi Malka Drucker

HAPE

Though HAPE is known to be common in females and males, the latter are known to be at a higher risk. HAPE can be diagnosed by observing persistent symptoms of acute mountain sickness and shortness of breath even while resting. In this situation, it is recommended to descent immediately to lower altitudes and acquire emergency medical treatment - Harshit Patel

Hard Cider

This historic drink is incredibly versatile for any drinker. The craft boom has expanded the possibility and variety of cider styles, particularly in the U.S. where the beverage’s was on the D-list as being overly sweet for way too long. From dry to sweet to tannins to bubbles, there is something for everyone if you know what to look for - Craft Cider

Hard Seltzer

Hard seltzer requires almost zero explanation. It’s water with bubbles that also has alcohol in it - Rebecca Jennings

Harm Reduction

Since the 1980s, harm reduction has gone from an idea suggested by a psychologist in a small British newsletter to an international movement with thousands of adherents - Maia Szalavitz

Harmful Algal Blooms

Not all algal blooms are created equal. Some just stink up lakes and ponds, but others pose a health risk or have cost coastal economies millions of dollars - Marion Renault

Hashimoto's

Hashimoto’s is a complicated condition. It’s not just a thyroid problem. It’s an autoimmune disease, it’s progressive and over time it can impact many different parts of your body - Mark Ryan, Hashimoto's Healing

Havana Syndrome

The mystery of Havana syndrome could be its real power. The ambiguity and fear it spreads act as a multiplier, making more and more people wonder if they are suffering, and making it harder for spies and diplomats to operate overseas - Gordon Corera

Hay Fever

These afflictions are better treated with nasal steroids, like Rhinocort or Flonase, which build up their action over time to control chronic stuffiness without the risk of rebound or significant side effects - Richard Saltus

HBP Medications

Once a physician decides to prescribe medication to control a patient’s high blood pressure, the next decision — which one to choose — is complicated - SciTechDaily

HBV Vaccine

Parents worldwide would give anything to have their infant vaccinated to prevent a lifetime with HBV - HepB Blog

HCAHPS

The concept of “patient experience” has mischaracterized patients as customers and nurses as automatons - Alexandra Robbins

HCG & Weight Loss

Despite warnings by researchers, health professionals, and regulators since at least 1976 about the lack of evidence for HCG as a weight loss adjunct, it continues to attract attention and new users - Scott Gavura

HCG Diet

Despite warnings by researchers, health professionals, and regulators since at least 1976 about the lack of evidence for HCG as a weight loss adjunct, it continues to attract attention and new users - Scott Gavura

HCM

Is sudden cardiac arrest stoppable? Probably not. In the meantime push for the availability of PADs at your sports venues. It may make a difference - HWN

HDL

Good” cholesterol might be in for a name change - Damian Garde

Head & Neck Cancer Beastie Boy

Overall the incidence of head and neck cancers is going down. The bad news is another type of head and neck cancer is on the rise and is related to a common STD...HPV (Human Papillomavirus) the same virus implicated in cervical cancer

Head and Neck Cancer

The incidence of head and neck cancer is going down. The bad news is another type of head and neck cancer is on the rise and is related to a common STD...HPV the same virus implicated in cervical cancer - HWN

Head and Neck Cancer & Michael Douglas

Tobacco use is the single greatest risk factor for developing throat cancer - 75% to 80% of patients are smokers. Quitting is difficult and scary but dying slowly is worse

Head Injury

Head injury includes any injury to the scalp, skull, or brain. It is the most common type of injury requiring medical evaluation in children. While most injuries are mild, brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in pediatric trauma patients - Marideth C. Rus MD

Head Injury Talk and Die Syndrome

Head trauma, you don't have to be knocked out and you can still be talking. But, no matter how innocuous your injury, you may still have underlying brain damage which if not recognized and managed within hours can result in death

Head Lice (Pediculosis capitis)

Despite all our technological advances, the technology of lice removal practiced by our primate ancestors—careful hand removal—is still the safest and most effective we’ve come across - Lice Happens

Head Transplantation

Transplanting a head does, of course, present tremendous new challenges for surgeons. Unlike, say, fingers, which can survive for days detached from a body, brains suffer irreversible damage within minutes of losing blood flow - Sam Kean

Head Trauma

Head injury includes any injury to the scalp, skull, or brain. It is the most common type of injury requiring medical evaluation in children. While most injuries are mild, brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in pediatric trauma patients - Marideth C. Rus MD

Head Up CPR

The practice of head-up CPR is exciting and encouraging, but much more data is needed before global implementation - Glenn Goodwin DO & Charles Latimore MD

Headaches

Headache disorders are among the most common disorders of the nervous system. These include tension-type headache (TTH), migraine and chronic daily headache syndromes as well as the more rare disorders, cluster headache and trigeminal neuralgia - EHA

Healtainment

Take a happy pill, humor heals, it hurts when I laugh, a stitch in time saves nine...we have heard them all or just about...by the way - where's the funny bone? So, enjoy Healtainment - HWN

Health

Everything you want to know to stay healthy including eat, drink, sleep, be merry, stay fit and live long as well as women's and men's health, aging healthy, child, skin, envirohealth & more

Health Care is a Right, Right?

The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition - WHO

Health Disparities

Health disparities refer to the differences in outcomes or disease burden between disparate groups; lack of health equity is what caused those differences - Sara Heath

Health Inequities

Ending structural racism and inequities in the U.S. health care system has proved to be a challenge - Alexander N. Ortega and Dylan H. Roby

Health Inequities & Covid-19

COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of dense population and limited mitigation capacity due to high prevalence of chronic conditions or poor access to high quality public health and medical care - Efrat Shadmi

Health Information Online

Health is one of the biggest topics searched for on the web, yet despite its importance a large portion of this information is inaccurate, anecdotal or biased - Andy Tattersall

Health Information Technology Business

There’s no going back, and there’s no hiding the information. So let everyone have it - Andrew Kantor

Health Information Technology Professionals

Where is all the knowledge we lost with information? T. S. Eliot

Health Insurance

Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance - Dennis Kucinich

Health Insurance Companies

Their business model is designed on delaying, denying and redirecting healthcare - Ed Weisbart MD

Health Insurance Denials

Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that - Robin Fields

Health Insurance Organizations

For a century, most U.S. medical organizations opposed national health insurance. The endorsement by the American College of Physicians (ACP) of single-payer reform marks a sea change from this unfortunate tradition - Steffie Woolhandler MD et al

Health Insurance Plans

Every insurer must offer every individual a plan and ensure each patient with pre-existing conditions has access to 'adequate and affordable health insurance coverage - Bill Cassidy

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The law prohibits health care providers and businesses and people working with them – including administrative staff, laboratories, pharmacies, health insurers and so on – from disclosing your health information without your permission - Margaret Riley

Health is Not Just for Humans

Our animals trust us. We owe them a healthy life and protection from harm and abuse

Health IT Careers

HIT is a 'Hit' and is probably the most active area within the IT sector - HWN

Health IT Jobs

It's easy to see the promise that mobile technology holds for the future of healthcare, but the challenges lie in security and HIPPA privacy regulations - Richard Hein

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do - Kobe Bryant

Health News

Truth evolves in the world of health & medicine…what was considered beneficial yesterday may no longer be true today - HWN

Health Privacy

Your very online existence—the sites you access, where you access them from, the ads you click on—gives Google the kind of holistic, robust, up-to-date view of your health that was largely unimaginable a decade ago - Sidney Fussell

Health Spas

The idea is nothing new — spa treatments are one of the oldest of human practices, with everybody from the Romans to the ancient Byzantines building hammams, bathhouses, saunas, and other facilities for communal bathing - JR Thorpe

Health Stuff

If you want to be remembered as great, if you want to be a legend, you have to go out there every single day and do stuff - J. J. Watt. HealthWorldNet does not endorse or guarantee any product or drug and does not provide medical advice.

Health Trackers

With sensors that can collect data on body movements, heart rate, blood pressure and other metrics, the list of health trackers that go beyond activity trackers like Fitbits gets longer each year - Angus Chen

Healthcare Access

Everyone has the right to access healthcare. Inequalities must be addressed as a matter of urgency to improve healthcare outcomes across the world - Sarah Moore

Healthcare Administration & Management

Short length of stays, pressures on productivity, the complexities of our professions are real challenges..but, how well do you really know your patients? NickDawson.net

Healthcare Administration & Management Blogs

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them – Paul Hawken

Healthcare Administration & Management Careers

Perhaps the most interesting, reason the demand for healthcare managers is growing is due to changes in how and where patients access healthcare - HealthecareersNetwork

Healthcare Administration & Management CE

A quiet revolution is underway in the way teachers and students interact using recorded lectures, YouTube, and the Internet - The Health Care Blog

Healthcare Administration & Management Journals

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand - Neil Armstrong

Healthcare Administration & Management Organizations

Smart organizations and fast companies are embracing mobile to put the best teams in the most opportune position to deliver better results than expected - Buiding a Smarter Planet

Healthcare Associated Infections (Nosocomial Infections)

Hospitals are not the cleanest of environments and all are actually the breeding ground for dangerous bugs - HWN

Healthcare Consultants

Finding that right company to enhance and promote your enterprise is not easy. Here's a few that caught our attention

Healthcare Costs

As other countries have found, there’s no simple solution to the problem of concentrated health-care costs. But one step that could clearly help in the U.S. would be a commitment, at long last, to provide health care for every American - TR Reid

Healthcare Industry

If anything, the ‘medical industrial complex’ as it is increasingly referred to, is even bigger and more powerful than the military industrial complex - Edward Goldsmith

Healthcare Insurance Transparency

Health insurance companies and employers that directly pay for their workers’ medical care will have to start posting data on what they pay hospitals, doctors, and other providers - Bob Herman

Healthcare News

Scientists form new ideas about health all the time. But changing our habits every time a headline suggests a change in conventional medical wisdom may be a direct path to a less healthy life - Greggory Moore

Healthcare Policy

Disease, sickness, and old age touch every family. Tragedy doesn't ask who you voted for. Health care is a basic human right - Senator Elizabeth Warren 

Healthcare Professionals

We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society - Ben Carson

Healthcare Reform

It's not just the U.S. that needs health care reform. Every country struggles with this issue in one way or another -HWN

Healthcare Reform Advocates

Every health system is different. But all of them, except ours, have figured out a way to make being uninsured or going bankrupt over medical bills a thing of the past. The US can do better - Dylan Scott

Healthcare System Ratings & Rankings

Health is more about what happens outside the clinic. So why aren’t our high-tech health care systems better at addressing it - Sonia Sarkar, Mike Fried and Leana Wen

Healthcare Systems

What makes a good health care system? Quality, efficiency, access, equity, and healthy people - Commonwealth Fund

Healthcare Waste

Excessive administrative costs, high prices and inappropriate medical care are the three major culprits in wasteful spending, driving insurance premiums and taxes without helping patients - Amy Finkelstein

Healthy Fats

Overall, however, PUFAs appear to enjoy an edge over MUFAs when it comes to preventing heart disease - Paula Martinac

Hearing Aids

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye - Horace

Hearing Loss

You don't need to know anything about acoustics or anatomy to understand the correlation between sound and hearing damage: expose yourself to too much high-volume noise, and you damage your hearing - Greggory Moore

Hearing Loss & Loud Music

For most of us, our ears simply seem to take care of themselves. But when you're exposing them to overloud music, things can change, and not for the healthier.

Heart (Cardiac) Implants

Implantable defibrillators and pacemakers have been around since the 1970s, but advances in materials science and 3-D visualization are transforming them from cumbersome life-support tools into streamlined therapies - Joseph Flaherty

Heart Apps

We are seeing the beginnings of a real consumer movement that will make us healthier and reduce healthcare costs - Stephanie Tilenius

Heart Attack

The ability to diagnose an imminent heart attack has long been considered the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine - Eric Topol

Heart Attack or Cardiac Arrest?

People often use the terms heart attack and cardiac arrest interchangeably, but they are very different medical conditions. What’s common between them is that they are both life-threatening events. If someone is suffering from a heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest, every minute counts. Fast action can save lives. - Juhi Modi

Heart Attack Women

We have failed women and their hearts, and it is about time we make up for it - Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum

Heart Attack: Susan Lucci's Real Life Soap Opera

Susan Lucci is lucky to be alive. And the reason she is is because she listened to her body and sought treatment immediately - Stacy Matson

Heart Awareness

Heart disease, meanwhile, is the silent, unsexy killer. For whatever reason, it hasn’t gotten the traction that breast cancer has, which leaves millions of women unaware that they’re at risk - S E Smith

Heart Blogs

Let's get to the heart of the matter. If you, a loved one, or someone you know is dealing with heart issues - you may find it helpful to see what others are saying - HWN

Heart Cancer (Cardiac Angiosarcoma)

Cardiac angiosarcomas are a rare group of soft tissue sarcomas, characterized by aggressive local growth and early spread. Because this is an uncommon disease, there is currently no standard treatment approach - Tharani Krishnan MBBS

Heart Charities

Nonprofit organizations have evolved the way they market their campaigns over the years with the help of social media. This is certainly the case for the American Heart Association’s movement, Go Red For Women - Partners Riley

Heart Clinical Trials

Women are needlessly dying because research and treatment of cardiovascular disease is focused on men. It's time for equity in heart health as well as in Hollywood - Barbra Streisand

Heart Conditions

From HBP and Hi Cholesterol to Sudden Cardiac Arrest and CHF, it's all here

Heart Conditions Dogs & Cats

Many breeds of dogs and cats are prone to heart disease. While there are no proven methods to decrease the risk of heart disease in a breed genetically prone to its development, a pet owner has many nutritional, herbal, and therapeutic options - Judy Morgan DVM

Heart Drugs (Medications)

Research shows changing your lifestyle can be a more powerful intervention to prevent heart disease than any medication - Mark Hyman

Heart Facilities

We usually think large, academic hospitals are best. That’s not always right - Andrew M. Ibrahim

Heart Failure

Drugs may help to control the symptoms, but the disease takes a relentless course, and most people with severe heart failure do not have long to live. Until now, there has been little doctors can do - Gina Kolata

Heart Infections

Usually a manifestation of an underlying systemic infectious or inflammatory condition, carditis, once a common complication of rheumatic fever can be associated with Lyme disease

Heart Issues and Women How's Your Ticker?

Barbara Walters, one of the co-hosts on The View, is also known for her yearly television specials. This year her focus is on heart disease and the atypical symptoms that women experience

Heart Nutrition & Diet

Bombarded with contradictory media reports on the ever-changing landscape of nutrition research, it’s difficult for anyone to know which fats and other foods they should eat, and in what quantities - Karen Mornin

Heart Research

Medical researchers are increasingly turning to mobile devices such as smartphones and watches as a way to monitor patients in trials, an approach they hope improves participation and accuracy but that also has limitations - Peter Loftus and Tripp Mickle

Heart Risks

Most people know that the risk factors for heart disease are high blood pressure, smoking, raised cholesterol and being overweight. However, many people who have a heart attack do not have any of these traditional risk factors - Robert Byrne & JJ Coughlan

HEART Score

The HEART score has been widely adopted by emergency physicians since its publication in 2008. EPs seem to like it and use it appropriately. Some ED staffing companies even recommend or require its use - Brady Pregerson MD

Heart Screening

Thankfully, top researchers all over the planet have honed in on key cardiovascular biomarker blood tests that can provide a more comprehensive assessment and ultimately best customized treatment = Dr. John Dempster

Heart Surgery

Cardiac surgery is taken for granted, whether it's operating on infants or performing heart transplantation. However if there one procedure that has generated more controversy, hands down it has to be coronary bypass surgery - Alice Park

Heart Surgery and Clinton

Bill Clinton is using his own heart problems to further the mission 'Let’s Move', a national campaign designed to help people make better food choices, make healthy foods more available and affordable, and to encourage children and adults to exercise

Heart Surgery Minimally Invasive

MitraClip belongs to a new category of minimally invasive procedures that use catheters to replace and repair heart valves. No more cracking the chest especially for pretty women. It's commonly used in Europe but still in clinical trials in the US

Heart to Heart and Michael Strahan

Educate yourself and have a heart to heart with your parents or loved ones. Today.

Heart Transplantation

For many patients, the best hope remains a transplant, a hope introduced to the world... through the skill, determination and, yes, heart of a South African surgeon - Sandeep Jauhar

Heart Truth & Women

Most women wrongly believe they will die from breast cancer. Statistically 1 in 4 women will die from heart disease. The Red Dress Campaign reminds women of the need to protect their heart health and inspires them to take action

Heart Valve Implants

Today we can pick a variety of heart valve prostheses from our surgical supply shelves. They come in different sizes and designs to fit the individual patients’ needs - Giovanni B Ciuffo MD

Heartburn

Most people often dismiss heartburn as common and trivial, an ailment to be treated with a grimace and a glug of thick, chalky pink liquid. But, while acid reflux is very common, it is far from insignificant - Glenn D Braunstein MD

Heartburn & Reflux Meds

Regardless of what medication you take, it can be a drug mugger of essential nutrients, thus causing all sorts of side effects - Suzy Cohen R.Ph

Heartworm Disease

The name "heartworm disease" is a misnomer, as the disease mostly affects the lungs and not just the heart. Signs are often mistaken for feline asthma, allergic bronchitis or other respiratory diseases - Knowheartworm.org

Heat Cramps

As one of the earliest signs of heat-related illness, heat cramps should be taken very seriously. - Matthew Melander DO

Heat Exhaustion

Heat exhaustion is the most common heat-related condition observed in active populations ranging from athletes to recreational hikers - Korey Stringer Institute

Heat Index

Aside from using it to provide a more accurate measure of what it feels like outside, the National Weather Service relies on the heat index to let people know how much heat the human body can handle before it becomes dangerous - Jesus Jiménez

Heat Related Illness

It is important to note that heat illnesses are not on a continuum and that one condition does not lead to another condition, although having heat exhaustion one day can predispose an individual to heat illness the next day - Korey Stringer Institute

Heat Safety

You can’t control the unrelenting heat, but you likely can control your water intake. In a heat wave, it helps to have a glass-half-full attitude—and an emptied glass of water - Rachel Sugar

Heat Stroke

When heat stroke strikes, cool first, transport later - Kara Manke

Heat Warning Systems

The National Weather Service's main heat alert system, the heat index, may be leading the public to misjudge the dangers. It shows how humidity makes the temperature feel hotter, but only for a person sitting in the shade, leaving out outdoor workers and others who spend hours in the sun - Lauren Sommer

Heat Waves

The climate is not just getting hotter — it's getting less predictable - Katharina Wecker

Heathcare Industry

Comprehensive coverage of the business side of health and medicine including jobs & careers, investing, emerging tech, cont ed, equipment, health insurance...

Heavy Metals & Exposure

In your body right now you’ll find fire-retardant chemicals and toxic metals like, aluminum, cadmium, chromium, iron, mercury, and lead as well as pesticides, plastic particles and dozens of other scary residues - Stacy Matson

Heel (Calcaneus) Fractures

Always suspect calcaneus fractures in patients with axial loading injuries to the lower extremities. If a calcaneus injury is found, look for concomitant fractures of the ankle and vertebrae - Anand Swaminathan MD

Heidi Montag – Plastic Surgery Addict or Fake It Until You Make It!

Cosmetic surgery is really getting out of hand. Sadly, improving ones image through surgery is now an acceptable, easy way for young people to fix their perceived “flaws”

Heimlich Manuever

What makes the Heimlich Maneuver particularly special is this: it is accessible to everyone. Because of its simplicity—and the fact that it works when performed correctly—just about anyone can save a life - Dr. Henry J. Heimlich

Heimlich Manuever & SpongeBob SquarePants

Who lives in a Pineapple and knows the Heimlich? SpongeBob SquarePants!!! We know adults and kids alike find SpongeBob entertaining, but who knew he could help save lives???

Heimlich Valve

The conventional treatment of a spontaneous or iatrogenic pneumothorax is with a small-bore thoracostomy tube also known as a pigtail catheter. However, there are other devices available to treat this condition that can be deployed more rapidly and with similar success rates. In some cases, patients treated with these devices do not even require hospitalization - Gabe Gao

HeLa cells

Henrietta’s contributions, once hidden, are now being rightfully honored for their global impact - Victoria Baptiste, Ms. Lacks’s great-granddaughter

Heliox

The common theme is that heliox is a temporising measure but is not a treatment - Chris Nickson

HELLP

HELLP Syndrome has a global maternal fatality rate reported to be as high as 25 per cent and a fetal mortality rate of 7.7 to 60 per cent. With these numbers, it scares me that it's not talked about (more, or at all) - Laura McKnight

HELLP Management

Another great masquerader that requires a high suspicion for diagnosis - Lakshay Chanana

Helminths

As many as 1.5 billion people are at risk for STH—and as many as 875 million of those are children. Worm infections have damaging consequences to those infected, to families, and to communities - Children without Worms

Hematemesis

The underlying conditions for GI bleeding can be even more serious than the actual illness - ShareCare

Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Children

Osteomyelitis can affect any bone, and as such, has a variety of presentations - Sean M Fox

Hematologic Emergencies

Almost all haematological malignancies are curable with modern treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and bone marrow transplantation. - Chris Nickson

Hematologists

Hematology is a very interesting and complex field that crosses all disciplines. A lot of patients come to see a hematologist either because they have an unusual constellation of symptoms without a diagnosis and are seeking answers, or because they have a rare disease that is unfamiliar to other providers - AMA

Hematology

Whether you call it classical, nonmalignant somewhat-benign (copyright Dr. Ma), complex (copyright Dr. Sholzberg), or just reclaim “hematology” alone (the others can have “oncology”), there is lots of work to be done and so much fun to be had - Angela Weyand MD

Hematology

Special section for hematologists

Hematology Journals

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood - Rainer Maria Rilke

Hematology Organizations

Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization - G. M. Trevelyan

Hematology-Oncology (Heme Onc)

From chemotherapy and immunotherapy to targeted treatments, hematology/oncology is exploding with new and exciting developments each day - Matthew Kurian MD

Hematuria (Blood in Urine)

Obvious blood in the urine (haematuria) should never be ignored and always warrants further investigation - Dr. Mark Porter

Heme Onc Physicians

Hematology Oncology specialists, also called Heme/Onc hematology oncology as a Medical specialty doctors, specialize in treating, screening, and preventing disorders of the blood such as anemia, sickle cell disease, bleeding disorders, hemophilia as well as different types of cancer - Callie Torres

Hemiplegic Migraine

Migraine affects 15 to 20 percent of people, but hemiplegic migraine makes up less than 1 percent of these cases. This rare variety of migraine with aura can include visual symptoms, like flashes of light and zigzag patterns, that happen before or during a migraine episode - Ishonst.com

Hemochromatosis

With prompt diagnosis and treatment, hemochromatosis patients can enjoy a normal lifespan. The remedy is simple, inexpensive, and a relic of the barber-surgeon: bloodletting - Bradley Wertheim

Hemodialysis

Three times a week dialysis may become a thing of the past with the move toward every other day or daily dialysis - Alicia Chang

Hemolytic Anemia

Nearly half a billion people on the planet — around one out of every fifteen individuals — are afflicted with a condition that is largely unknown in the popular consciousness - Randall Amster

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)

HUS was first described in 1955, but was not known to be secondary to E. coli infections until 1982. It is now recognized as the most common cause of acute kidney failure in infants and young children - About HUS

Hemophilia A

Hemophilia can be hard, I can attest to that, but there are so many wonderful things in life to look forward to, that hemophilia CAN take a backseat position - Jonathan James, Hope for Hemophilia

Hemoptysis

Hemoptysis generates great concern for both the patient and the clinician. Although massive hemoptysis occurs infrequently, it must be recognized promptly and dealt with - Jason R Ladwig MD and Francis D Sheski MD

Hemorrhage (Bleeding)

For centuries, if a doctor wanted to stop a bleeding wound, he would use the tourniquet method...But internal bleeding is much trickier to stop, and it can be just as life-threatening = Claire Maldarelli

Hemorrhagic Shock

Fluids as first modality of treatment, particularly in excess as recommended till recently, are deleterious in hypotensive shock and should be considered second line modality - Fabrizio Giuseppe Bonanno

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids are a bathroom nightmare and one of the most bothering and intimate pains. They are so cunning, that they may sneak up on you at virtually any age. You may be a farmer, lawyer, president, or even a doctor. It does not care for race or gender, hemorrhoids will come looking for you too. Sadly, you’ll be reading this when you’re already in pain -   Leigh Haugh & Sebastian Andro

Hemothorax

Hemothorax Treatment = Chest tube - Anand Swaminathan MD

Hemp

The first things most of us think of when it comes to hemp are hippies with their sandals and necklaces made from hemp cords – but there’s much more to this plant than that - David Bronner

Hemp Seed Oil

While hemp seeds are quickly becoming an essential part of many consumer's lives, there's still a lot of misleading information that often causes extreme confusion- creating a barrier between the potential goodness of hemp seed oil and the consumers who want to experiment with it - CBII

Hempseeds

Flax and chia seeds may have their fans, but there's a new It-seed in town: hemp - SELF Staffers

Hendra Virus

Hendra virus: a one health tale of flying foxes, horses and humans - Briony Hazelton

Henipaviruses - Nipah, Hendra & Langya

Henipaviruses are the only Paramyxoviruses classified as biosafety level 4 pathogens due to their extreme pathogenicity, potential for bioterrorism and lack of available licensed vaccines or therapeutic modalities - Mohamad Aljofan

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura

Most people who develop Henoch-Schönlein purpura are children. Henoch-Schönlein purpura will usually get better on its own and no specific treatment is needed - Patient.info

Henrietta Lacks

A sample taken from her without permission became the immortal He-La cell line used for extensive bio-medical research and then commodified in a multi-million dollar industry - Clarence Spigner

Hep A vaccine

Hepatitis A continues to be one of the most frequently reported, vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S., despite FDA approval of hepatitis A vaccine in 1995 - Bill Marler

Heparin

Unfractionated heparin retains a role in the treatment of patients at high risk of bleeding, or in whom rapid reversal of anticoagulation may be required. Unlike LMW heparin, unfractionated heparin has a short half-life after intravenous injection (1–2 hours), can be reversed by protamine sulfate, and plasma clearance is not dependent on renal excretion - John W Eikelboom and Graeme J Hankey

Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)

Despite thrombocytopenia, HIT is a prothrombotic state that can cause disastrous vascular complications - Sean Murnan MD and Richard Slama MD

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Each year, thousands of cirrhotic patients are affected by hepatic encephalopathy (HE). It impacts their family and friends. Despite the seriousness of the condition, many patients are not receiving the treatment and support they need - Cynthia Wade

Hepatic Encephalopathy Management

Treatment of HE has three main components: providing supportive care, addressing and correcting precipitating causes, and initiating ammonia-lowering therapy - Daniella Marie Ohnemus MD

Hepatic Hemangioma

Hepatic hemangioma is the most common benign liver tumor and it is usually found incidentally during radiological studies. This tumor arises from a vascular malformation. Symptoms usually correlate with the size and location of the tumor. Symptomatic patients can be managed surgically or with other non-surgical modalities - Monica Leon

Hepatic IminoDiacetic Acid Scan

HIDA scan is a useful clinical tool as an adjunct to the diagnosis and management of patients who present with typical biliary pain and a normal TUS scan - K. Riyad et al

Hepatic Steatosis (Fatty Liver Disease)

Fatty liver diseases come in two major forms: alcoholic liver disease, which is caused by excessive alcohol consumption defined as >30 g/day and affects around 1–2% of the global population; and the more common NAFLD, which affects roughly 25% of the global population, with the incidence being higher in Western countries and lower in Asian countries - SMC Laboratories

Hepatitis

Hippocrates first described jaundice in ancient times; not too surprising, since hepatitis A is often transmitted when sanitation is poor. With world-wide improvements in sanitiation Hep B is now the most common but Hep C is the most devastating - HFI

Hepatitis & Covid-19

What’s unusual is that it’s fulminant hepatitis, which basically means the liver has failed completely in these children. That’s extremely rare in childhood. And it has put us all on high alert - Associate Prof Asha Bowen

Hepatitis A

Unlike hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A infection does not cause chronic liver disease and is rarely fatal, but it can cause debilitating symptoms and fulminant hepatitis (acute liver failure), which is associated with high mortality - WHO

Hepatitis B

Its symptomless nature also makes it hard to visualize. While other diseases invoke graphic images of illness, hepatitis devastates the liver - Charlotte Lee

Hepatitis B Exposure

In general, if hepatitis B vaccine and/or HBIG are required, the sooner they are administered the better. The effectiveness of HBIG when given after 7 days for occupational exposures is unknown - CCC

Hepatitis C

Awareness is the antidote to this silent epidemic. Early diagnosis, determined through a simple blood test, can reduce the spread of viral hepatitis...Mazie Hirono

Hepatitis C Exposure

The risk of HCV transmission after percutaneous exposure is about 1 in 56 (1.8%) when the source person is HCV-infected. There is no post-exposure prophylaxis currently available/approved for HCV prevention - CCC

Hepatitis C Screening

With a growing consensus in the global health community that Hepatitis C (HCV) could be eliminated, a new report highlights a key missing element needed to achieving complete elimination — adequate surveillance and monitoring - O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law

Hepatitis D

Hepatitis D is a satellite virus that can only infect people who also have hepatitis B. It is estimated that approximately 5% of people living with hepatitis B globally also have hepatitis D, which can lead to more severe liver disease - Benjamin Cowie

Hepatitis E

Hepatitis E virus infection (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide. The infection usually resolves within weeks, but sometimes it causes acute liver failure, which may be fatal - Stellenbosch University

Hepatorenal Syndrome

Of the various complications in liver cirrhosis...hepatorenal syndrome type 1 still carries the worst prognosis - Michael Schepke

HER2 (Human Epidermal Receptor 2) Positive Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous malignancy that can be divided into several molecular subtypes according to estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) - Hengqiang Zhao* and Yiping Gong

Herbal Supplements

We are just beginning to understand the complexities of herbal medicine, with its multiplicity of active chemicals in a single herb, and the interaction of a mixture of herbs found in traditional therapies - AM Foundation

Herbal Supplements & Medicine

We are just beginning to understand the complexities of herbal medicine, with its multiplicity of active chemicals in a single herb, and the interaction of a mixture of herbs found in traditional therapies - AM Foundation

Herbicides

An herbicide is any agent used to bring about plant death. Although everything from salt to soap has been used for this purpose, herbicides are primarily synthetic chemicals manufactured for use in the agriculture, industrial, and ornamental and turf industries - Fred Fishel

Herbologists

Up until very recently, herbal medicine was considered pretty much a pariah as a topic of conversation in polite medical circles - Chuck Gallagher

Herbology Journals

There are many diseases that have had magnificent cure rates thanks to Western medicine. But there are other diseases that have also responded well to herbal treatments - Chuck Gallagher

Herbology Organizations

Herbal medicine has always been with us; in fact, humanity has survived for thousands and thousands of years — even prior to the advent of modern technologies and conventional medicine — because of it - Frugally Sustainable

Herceptin (Trastuzumab)

Deemed as the “drug that changed the breast cancer treatment landscape,” Herceptin has saved millions of women’s lives by targeting cancer at its genetic roots - Denise Heady

Herd Immunity

Herd immunity refers to the indirect protection afforded to people who are susceptible to a disease but unlikely to get infected because enough people are immune that transmissions have slowed or stopped - Jo Craven McGinty

Herd Immunity Covid-19

Without a vaccine, herd immunity won’t save us - Kaleigh Rogers, Julia Wolfe and Laura Bronner

Hereditary Angioedema

It is important to note that MOST cases of angioedema or swelling are NOT HAE or C1 Inhibitor Deficiency. Laboratory analysis of blood samples, or genetic samples, are required to establish an HAE diagnosis - US Hereditary Angioedema Association

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Nosebleeds alone may be a reason to suspect HHT, especially if they are frequent, persist into adulthood and/or are present in multiple generations of your family - Sara Palmer

Hereditary Spherocytosis

Twenty-five percent of all newly diagnosed patients result from new mutations. Parents of these sporadic cases do not have clinical or hematologic abnormalities - Dr Surbhi Mahajan

Hereditary Thrombophilia

Factor V Leiden is more often than not a hidden disorder, until someone in a family...develops a deep vein thrombosis or another unexpected clot - Jane E Brody

Hermaphrodite

True hermaphrodites exist, although they are rare, but most commonly have a male-type body with ambiguous genitalia. Internally, both ovarian and testicular tissue are present either as separate organs or an ovotestis. Related sex structures are poorly developed or absent - Des Moines U

Hernia Meshes

The adaptation of surgical mesh to gynae and colorectal surgeries is not well supported by research or clinical trials. There are ongoing reports of significant complications...Women's Health Action

Hernias

The most common include incisional, occurring in an area weakened by a surgical procedure; femoral, on the outer groin; umbilical, in the belly button; hiatal, in the upper stomach; pelvic floor; and inguinal, in the inner groin - Glenn D Braunstein MD

Herniated Ruptured Discs

With proper management through conservative care, spinal discs can heal just like any other tissue in the body. Surgery is not necessarily the best or only option - BogyGears

Heroin

Like an evil twin, the morphine molecule locks onto the endorphin-receptor sites on nerve endings in the brain and begins the succession of events that leads to euphoria or analgesia. This imposter is more powerful than the body's own endorphins

Herpangina

No, it’s not the name of a tune written by some Swedish vocal group - ENT Center of Austin

Herpes Simplex

If you are a human being living on planet Earth, chances are you have herpes - Christina Cauterucci

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

HSV-1 causes encephalitis in children beyond the neonatal period and in adults, and it is the most common etiology for sporadic non-seasonal encephalitis worldwide - Ajith Kumar AK

Herpes Simplex Keratitis

While herpes simplex virus (HSV) remains a very frequent cause of unilateral keratitis in adults and bilateral keratitis in children, the prognosis is usually quite good given that the various forms of appearance are known and provided that the therapeutic regimens, both medical and surgical, are adequately chosen - Berthold Seitz MD

Herpes Zoster

This virus is unique in that it has the capacity to cause two very distinct forms of clinical disease in the same infected person throughout his or her lifetime - Brian Secemsky

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus

HZO is considered an ophthalmologic emergency, as sequelae often include severe chronic pain and vision loss - Thomas Catron MD

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Keratitis

Similar to HSV keratitis... does not necessarily involve the cornea, but the cornea is involved in ~50% of cases - Caleb Manasco MD

Herpetic Gingivostomatitis

Primary Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in children is usually asymptomatic or non-specific. Herpetic gingivostomatitis is the most common specific clinical manifestation, occurring in 15-30% of cases -

Herpetic Whitlow

This diagnosis is of particular importance given its close similarity on presentation to paronychia and its drastically differing treatment - Danielle Betz & Kathleen Fane.

Hesitant Vaxxers

An estimated 60-70% of the world’s population needs to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to achieve herd immunity. This makes overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, procrastination, and rejection the greatest marketing communication challenge of our lifetime - Rohit Deshpandé

Hestia Criteria

The Hestia criteria can be used to discriminate PE patients with low risk for adverse clinical outcome from patients with high risk for adverse clinical outcome. The low-risk patients can be safely treated at home - Wendy Zondag

HGH Therapy

Human growth hormone is described by some as the key to slowing the aging process. Before you sign up, get the facts - Mayo Clinic

HHS

The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services - HHS.gov

Hiatal Hernia

Over the past few decades, our understanding on the relationship between hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has evolved, shifting from one extreme to the other - GutnLiver.org

Hib H.Flu

Today, when I ask a room of pediatric residents how many of them have seen even a single case of H. flu, often no one raises a hand. That is how it should be - Alan E. Guttmacher MD

Hib Vaccine

More than 90% of countries now routinely provide conjugate Hib vaccine to their children, a proportion that was achieved through an impressive global public health push - Stephen Howie

Hiccups

Hiccups are probably one of the most annoying bodily malfunctions on the planet - Natasha Hinde

HIDA Scan

HIDA scan is a useful clinical tool as an adjunct to the diagnosis and management of patients who present with typical biliary pain and a normal TUS scan - K. Riyad et al

Hidden Immunity & Covid-19 Resistance

Some people are unusually resilient to the coronavirus, so scientists are now searching their genes and blood in the hope of finding the pandemic's Achilles' heel. - David Cox

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

When it comes to hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), there’s a lot of BS, from body shaming to being silent, it’s time to take that BS down. So ask questions, share answers, and together, we can get closer to the truths of HS - No BS About HS

High Ankle Sprain (Syndesmosis)

Not all ankle sprains are created equal. High ankle sprains involving the syndesmosis can mean triple the recovery time of a regular sprain, chronic instability, or definitive treatment with surgery. Increased awareness and knowledge of how to diagnose these injuries is important to ensure quality care for patients - William Ford MD MBA

High Blood Pressure (HBP)

Try to chill—it’s not all bad news. High blood pressure happens to be one of easiest health conditions to fix through lifestyle changes like diet and exercise - Kristen Dold

High Carb Diet

Carbs are everywhere, but you don’t have to give them up. Just choose them a little more wisely a little more often - Riva Greenberg

High Density Lipoprotein

Good” cholesterol might be in for a name change - Damian Garde

High Fat Diet

And so fat is back in vogue. However there’s also the risk that people will interpret this as meaning they can add an avocado to every meal and expect the pounds to drop off - that won’t happen - Rachel Hosie

High Flow Nasal Canulation (HFNC) Vapotherm

HFNC works best for patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure—but not from cardiogenic pulmonary edema and not in the presence of concomitant hypercapnia. The most frequent indication for its use in the ED is pneumonia - Skyler Lentz MD

High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)

There is currently no evidence to suggest that HFCS is any worse than sugar. Both high fructose corn syrup and sugar are essentially the same; the difference between them is too small to matter in moderate consumption, and in excess both are harmful to health - Examine

High Intensity Interval Training

There’s observational data in athletes going back almost 100 years showing the benefits of a few bouts of really high-intensity exercise in people - Michael Joyner

High Risk (Sub Massive & Massive} PE Management

The only evidence-based intervention that seems to improve mortality in massive PE is thrombolysis. The primary goal of therapy should be administration of thrombolysis as soon as possible to patients without contraindication - Josh Farkas

High Risk Pregnancy

The idea behind identifying the risk level of a pregnancy is to emphasize preventive care, not to raise expecting moms’ anxiety levels - Katie Charles

HIIT

There’s observational data in athletes going back almost 100 years showing the benefits of a few bouts of really high-intensity exercise in people - Michael Joyner

Hiking

It doesn’t take much smarts to figure out that hiking can be a healthy pastime, but did you know that it can also help make you smarter?

Hiking Apps

We believe in the power of the outdoors—which usually means putting your phone down and getting out there. But sometimes, your smartphone is your window into a better time in the wild - Aer Parris

Hiking Vacations

Nature can be the best medicine. Study after study has shown that it’s simply better for us to be surrounded by wildflowers and trees than by computers and stressed-out coworkers - Ann Abel

Hip & Pelvis Injuries

Injuries to the pelvis and hip are wide-ranging, from benign to life-threatening. The life-threatening injuries predominantly involve disruption of the pelvic ring. Although hip injuries that are localized to the acetabulum and proximal femur and avulsion injuries can be severe and cause significant morbidity, they are generally not life-threatening - James F. Fiechtl MD

Hip Dislocation

Although posterior hip dislocation is an uncommon injury, the consequences of delayed recognition or treatment can be dire - The Trauma Pro

Hip Dysplasia

Adults with Hip Dysplasia often have difficulty gaining an accurate diagnosis. One study found it took an average of 5 years to find out what was wrong - #AdultHipDysplasia

Hip Fracture

The plain and simple truth is that hip fractures can often lead to long-term complications, which can end up forcing you into assisted or nursing home living for an extended stay - Hilary Young

Hip Joint

The hip joint is one of the most active joints in the human body and is designed for many different types of movement. It has three main axes which allow movement in all three degrees of freedom - BrainLab

Hip Pain

Depending on the cause of your pain, the solution might be a set of exercises, pain relief medication, minor surgery, or some combination of these. But for many people, knee and hip problems become so intractable that the best solution is to replace - HHP

Hip Replacement

I just had a hip replaced. It was not too big a deal and it beats being gimpy with pain for more years. If you remotely think you need a new hip, go for it, it is worth it - Frank A Weil

Hip Replacement & Zsa Zsa, Dahling!

Total hip replacement is one of the most common orthopedic surgeries for people over 60 and is successful more than 90% of the time. Typically postop recovery is fairly straightforward, unfortunately that doesn’t appear to be the case for Zsa Zsa

Hip Resurfacing (Shaving)

The procedure is aimed at middle-age patients, who are physically active and are expected to outlive the normal 15-to-20-year life span of a full replacement joint - Barry Meier

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

The law prohibits health care providers and businesses and people working with them – including administrative staff, laboratories, pharmacies, health insurers and so on – from disclosing your health information without your permission - Margaret Riley

Hippocampus

One of the primary functions that our brains provide us with is the ability to store new memories and access them later on. The central structure responsible for this ability is called the hippocampus. It looks a bit like a mix between H.R. Giger's alien and a seahorse - Dr. Fabian Schönfeld

Hirschsprung Disease

The absence of ganglion cells leaves a portion of the colon essentially paralyzed and unable to propel waste products along its length. This is the reason why babies born with Hirschsprung’s disease are often unable to pass their first “meconium” stool and children diagnosed later in life have severe constipation. - REACH

Hispanic Healthcare

Hispanics are less likely to seek and receive health care services, which may contribute to their poorer health status and higher rates of morbidity and mortality - Hispanic Access Foundation

Hispanics & Covid-19

Race is complicated, and so are the solutions - The Economist

Histamine

The first surprise? Histamines mainly function as neurotransmitters. It’s a brain chemical, like serotonin or dopamine - Flora Health

Histamine Intolerance

Doctors are still arguing about the existence of histamine intolerance, since the symptoms reported by those affected can often not be proven under laboratory conditions - André Sommer

Histamine-meditated Angioedema

Histamine-induced angioedema often presents with urticaria and other manifestations of anaphylaxis such as bronchospasm, wheezing and hypotension. Onset is rapid and attack duration may be brief - Jacques Hébert

Histologists

It is the story of your body. How it is put together, how it works. It is not often you get to gaze into the building blocks of your own soul and marvel at them in full vivid color - ihearthisto.com

Histology Journals

Every picture tells a story - iHeartHisto.com

Histology Organizations

If you enjoy science/biology/medicine then embrace histology - ihearthisto.com

Histoplasmosis

Most people who get histoplasmosis never know it. The infection is either asymptomatic or causes symptoms mild enough that patients don’t seek medical attention - Lisa Sanders MD

Historical Perspective Covid-19 Vaccines

Pandemic accelerated advances in vaccine technology, opening up possibilities for combating array of diseases - Linda Geddes

History of Anatomy

Since the earliest efforts of ancient Egyptians to distinguish individual organs, humankind has been fascinated with uncovering the secrets of the human body - Bodies...The Exhibition

History of Anesthesia

Until the discovery of general anaesthesia in the middle ofthe 19th century, surgery was performed only as a last and desperate resort. Conscious and without pain relief, it was beset with unimaginable terror - David Liley

History of Dentistry

Dentistry has come a long way since its inception and is often overlooked for other scientific advancements - Shoshana Davis

History of Islamic Medicine

The history of Western medicine owes much to its encounters with the medieval Muslim world, yet this debt seems destined to go unrecognized and unrepaid - Jonathan Lyons

History of Medicine

By the historical method alone can many problems in medicine be approached profitably - William Osler MD

History of Medicine Organizations

By the historical method alone can many problems in medicine be approached profitably - Sir William Osler

History of Osteopathic Medicine

Fortunately, a significant number of Osteopathic Physicians continue to value the wisdom of the original teachings, and seek a deeper understanding of Osteopathy - Art of Osteopathy

History of Pharmacy

Though the cavemen's methods were crude, many of today's medicines spring from sources as simple and elementary as those which were within reach of early man - George A. Bender

History of Surgery

You can rest soundly knowing that your experience will be virtually pain free, that your chances of coming out of surgery alive have never been higher. But it hasn’t always been this way - Kristina Ericksen

History of Traditional Chinese Medicine

The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread - Chinese Proverb

History of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary medicine owes much to mankind’s infatuation with the horse that helped finance and advance its development from amateur status to scientific discovery. It also benefited from strides in human medicine - Harry Schenawolf

History of Women in Medicine

The heritage of women in medicine spans ancient history to the present, with female practitioners weathering fluctuations in status influenced by the religious, social, and scientific milieu in which they lived - Rhoda Wynn

History of Women in Nursing

The history of nursing as been one of caring and trust and, in this respect, nothing has changed from centuries ago when nuns and sisters cared for the ill and infirmed - Geriatric Nursing

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Some people thrive when all eyes are focused on them, but if this is followed by a deep sense of discomfort when the crowd disperses, there may be something more at play - Alexandria Barley

HIT

Despite thrombocytopenia, HIT is a prothrombotic state that can cause disastrous vascular complications - Sean Murnan MD and Richard Slama MD

HIT Business

The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do...Steve Ballmer

HIT Professionals

There’s no going back, and there’s no hiding the information. So let everyone have it - Andrew Kantor

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

Millions of people with HIV are able to live relatively normal lives. What was impossible in the 70's is reality today, thanks to medical research - AIDS Research Alliance

HIV Exposure

Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) involves taking anti-HIV medications as soon as possible (within 3 days) after you may have been exposed to HIV to try to reduce the chance of becoming HIV positive - AIDS.gov

HIV Screening

To encourage people to test more frequently, campaigns should continue to focus on the fact that HIV doesn’t discriminate. HIV testing also increases the opportunity to screen for multiple conditions, such as tuberculosis and other sexually transmitted infections, at the same time - Linda-Gail Bekker

HIV Treatment

These so-called antiretroviral drugs have made it possible for people diagnosed with HIV to live long and relatively healthy lives, as long they continue to take the medications. And for most of these people, their therapy often still includes AZT - Alice Park

HIV Vaccines

Developing a vaccine for HIV has been a huge challenge. The virus replicates in less than 24 hours and mutates at a rapid rate. But its deadliest quality is the fact that HIV directly targets the immune system, taking out the very cells that usually act as the body’s main line of defense = Hannah Seo

HIV Viral Load

Viral load testing is the gold standard for HIV treatment monitoring. Periodic viral load tests are the most accurate way of determining whether antiretroviral therapy is working to suppress replication of the virus - UN AIDS

Hives

Urticaria is an inflammatory skin disorder that affects up to 20% of the world population at some point during their life. It presents with wheals, angioedema or both due to activation and degranulation of skin mast cells and the release of histamine and other mediators. Most cases of urticaria are acute urticaria, which lasts ≤6 weeks and can be associated with infections or intake of drugs or foods - Pavel Kolkhir

HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations)

Formats of HMOs vary widely, but they all share a few crucial traits. They deliver health insurance to the public at relatively affordable prices -- on the condition that members deal exclusively with a pre-selected network of doctors and hospitals - George Anders

Hoarse Voice

Hoarseness, a general term used to describe any change in the character of a patient’s voice, is a common presenting complaint among all population groups. It is estimated to affect up to one-third of the adult population1 at some point in their lives and one-tenth of children.2 Diagnosing and treating the cause of hoarseness can be difficult - Rachele A Quested

Hoarseness (Dysphonia)

Hoarseness, a general term used to describe any change in the character of a patient’s voice, is a common presenting complaint among all population groups. It is estimated to affect up to one-third of the adult population1 at some point in their lives and one-tenth of children. Diagnosing and treating the cause of hoarseness can be difficult - Rachele A Quested

Hockey

When you think hockey, you think body checks, fist fights and missing teeth. But there’s so much more to hockey than the rough contact sport it’s known for - Health Fitness Revolution

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Hodgkin lymphoma is considered one of the most treatable cancers, with more than 90 percent of patients surviving more than five years. Survival rates for patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma tend to be lower - Arnold Freedman MD

Holiday Poisonings

During the holiday season, it is easy to overlook the fact that some of the most unsuspecting items in the home can pose real hazards - Laila A. Salts MD

Holidays

Every day is a gift. But some days are packaged better ― Sanhita Baruah

Holidays & Covid-19

Can people sit around the table again instead of having the grandma and grandpa eating by themselves in another room? I think we can - Bernard Camins

Holidays & Star Wars: Force for Change

There is just way too much nasty stuff going on. So, if you’re feeling overwhelmed and a bit light in the spirit department perhaps the Force will brighten your world...

Holidays Lower your Expectations

Holidays...the “most wonderful time of the year," we all know that's a joke because it's actually the most stressful time of the year. Maybe it's because every year we go into them with unrealistic expectations

Holidays: Our Survival Guide

How do we get through the holidays without needing a January stint in rehab, or developing an eye twitch, or chewing every fingernail down to the quick?

Holistic Medicine

If holistic health were accepted more widely in tandem with modern medicine, it could improve the mind-body, human-animal and human-environment relationships - David Vognar

Home Birth

Childbirth at home is usually considered more risky than in the hospital for both mother and baby in high-risk or first-time pregnancies...but safer than hospital births for women who are having their second or later child with a low-risk pregnancy - NICE

Home Care

It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing - Mother Teresa

Home Care Is Often Better Than Hospitalization (and It Is), Why Is It So Uncommon in the U.S.?

Healthcare hasn’t left the news for years. The fact that the talk is almost always about the $$$ may explain why home health care hasn’t caught on even though it often provides better patient outcomes and saves cash.

Home Care Workers

Caregiving may be the last realm where humans outperform machines. But will that change the way society values it - Elizabeth Weingarten

Home Drug Tests

There isn’t a single test that will detect all substances, and a kit from your neighborhood pharmacy might test negative for one drug while totally missing others - Partnership to End Addiction

Home Eye & Ear Tests

It’s part of a broader trend toward do-it-yourself healthcare, which carries risks. The makers of these apps all say these tools are meant to be used in between doctor visits and shouldn’t replace eye and ear exams - Julie Jargon

Home Fitness Sport Equipment Home Gyms

"Exercise machines" are oxymorons. The devices we've come to depend on for so many of our physical exertions - the bikes, the climbers, the treadmills... rather than save us from physical labor, they demand it of us - Megan Garber

Home Healthcare

Home: The place to save society. - Spencer W. Kimball

Home Hemodialysis

Kidney failure and its treatment dialysis is overwhelming the medical systems of many countries. Could home hemodialysis be the answer? Besides that, people may actually live longer and healthier lives - HWN

Home Tests

It’s easier than ever to skip the doctor and go straight for the at-home test these days, thanks to updated regulations and the technology to match — and for many, it’s the answer to invasive and expensive hospital visits - Sarah Buhr

Home Workouts

There’s a broad social embrace of fitness as something we should be doing, even in our downtime, even when we’re at home and theoretically supposed to be relaxing – Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

Homeless Charities

Studies show that simply housing people can reduce the number of homeless at a lower cost to society than leaving them without homes - German Lopez

Homeless Crisis

We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve - Linda Lingle

Homeless Healthcare

The unhoused crisis in our country is a public health emergency, and a moral and policy failure at every level of our government - Cori Bush

Homelessness

We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve - Linda Lingle

Homeopathic Medicine

Rather than deriding such practices as homeopathic medicine as quackery, modern science should endeavor to better understand why they seem to work–or at least why so many people believe that their health improves - David Ewing Duncan

Homeopathy

There is zero evidence to support the use of homeopathy. Homeopathy can be dangerous, in that it keeps people from seeking out actual medicine, and it’s also a rip-off - Justin McElroy and Dr. Sydnee McElroy

Homocysteine

Levels of homocysteine in the blood -- promoted as the new cholesterol as a harbinger of coronary disease -- may not be very helpful in predicting heart attacks and strokes in healthy people - Donald G. McNeil Jr

Homocystinuria

Homocystinuria (HCU) refers to a group of inherited disorders of homocysteine metabolism associated with high blood homocysteine concentration, thromboembolic tendency and neurocognitive symptoms. The most common causes of a high blood homocysteine relate to underlying vitamin B12 or folate deficiency which must be excluded first. Thereafter, an inherited metabolic condition can be considered - Adam Gerrard

Homosexual

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people - Judith Light

Honey

Most “all-natural” sweeteners are indeed, processed. Heat, chemical additives, and ingredient manipulation are common practices to turn leaves, fruit, and sap into powders or concentrated syrups. In contrast, honey…is just, honey. - Honey.com

Hookah

Hookah has become a huge rage nowadays and youngsters flock to hookah joints without understanding its repercussions. Experts have tried to throw light on the hidden truths about this leisure activity - IANS

Hookah Is It Healthier than Cigarettes?

Hookah is healthier and less addictive than cigarettes, right? Think again. Results of several studies suggest that hookah is far more dangerous than cigarettes.

Hookworms (Ancylostomiasis)

Hookworms are excellent parasites: they are in us for the long haul, so they are rarely fatal, but heavy hookworm infection leads to anemia, and in children that anemia can be so severe that it affects development and school performance - Perri Klass

Hormonal Acne

Hormonal acne, as the name suggests, is influenced by changes in your hormones. It can affect anyone—regardless of their gender, age, or skin care routine - Jenna Ryu and Jenn Sinrich

Hormonal Birth Control

For women who realize the time has come to re-evaluate their birth control strategy, there are many methods to choose from: I.U.D.’s, hormonal implants, shots, the “patch” and the vaginal ring, to name a few - Michelle Andrews

Hormonal Birth Control & Blood Clots (DVT)

In terms of clotting and contraception, it's important to be clear about the types of contraceptive methods in question. First, it's inaccurate to call out 'the contraceptive pill', because not all pills are created equal - Allie Anderson

Hormonal Birth Control & Breast Cancer

For people who want to prevent pregnancy, birth-control drugs come with an obvious reward. They also come with some small risks—including, for some forms, a slightly increased risk of breast cancer - Haley Weiss

Hormonal IUDs

Reproductive health experts believe the time is right to re-educate doctors—and women—about the new generation of IUDs - Alexandra Sifferlin .

Hormone Free Contraceptive Gel

This revolutionary birth control is hormone-free and works by maintaining vaginal pH - Vox Creative

Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

About 80% of breast cancers are estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) and 65% are both estrogen and progesterone receptor-positive (ER/PR+, also called hormonal receptor-positive, HR+) - Jon Hu

Hormone Replacement Therapy

It's nearly impossible to make a decision about Hormone Replacement Therapy on your own. The data continues to conflict and so much of the decision is based on individual circumstances

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

HRT is not something to be afraid of, especially with today’s refined versions that are body identical and carry less risks than previous methods of HRT - Emma, Lady McAdden Centre

Hormone Therapy Breast Cancer

Anti-estrogen therapy targeting the estrogen-mediated signaling pathway is an essential component of treatment for both early and advanced-stage breast cancer expressing the estrogen receptor (ER) and/or progesterone receptor (PR) - Rima Patel

Hormone Therapy Cancer

Cancers that are not hormone receptors positive do not appear to benefit from hormone therapy, either to prevent recurrence, or to prevent second cancers - Sarah Cannon

Hormones

Hormones are very powerful things. We are helpless in their wake - Meg Cabot

Hormones for Acne

You’ve got two major options when it comes to regulating and stabilizing your hormones: oral birth control and spironolactone. Both of these medications work by limiting, regulating, or decreasing the effects of acne-stimulating androgens in your body - Chloe Metzger

Horner Syndrome

Horner syndrome is associated with an interruption to the sympathetic nerve supply of the eye. It is characterized by the classic triad of miosis, partial ptosis, and anhidrosis +/- enophthalmos - Mike Cadogan

Horse Racing

The horse racing industry is animal suffering for human entertainment... While the horse racing industry markets itself as a glamour sport, there can be no doubt that horses suffer injuries, torment and slaughtered on an industrial scale - World Animal Protection

Horseback Riding

Heaven is high and earth wide. If you ride three feet above ground than other men, you will know what that means ― Rudolf C. Binding

Horseback Vacations

For those who love horses and want adventure travel to the world’s most beautiful and fascinating places, horseback is the way to go - RidingWorld.com

Horses

Wherever a man has left his footprints in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization, we find the hoof print of a horse beside it – John Trotwood Moore

Horses Lend Helping Hooves

Horses are proving themselves to be a valuable asset in the therapy of those with physical, mental, emotional or developmental disabilities.

Hospice

Hospice is less about what we think modern medicine should do and more about finding a small sense of serenity in one’s final moments - John F. Wasik

Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP)

Pneumonia occurring within 48 hours or more after a hospital admission and was not present on presentation - Infectious Disease Society of America

Hospital Companies

The sprawling institutions we know are radically changing—becoming smaller, more digital, or disappearing completely. The result should be cheaper and better care - Laura Landro

Hospital Consultants

Finding that right company to enhance and promote your enterprise is not easy. Here's a few that caught our attention

Hospital Harm

Patients expect hospital care to be safe and for most people it is. However, a small proportion of patients experience some type of unintended harm as a result of the care they receive - Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Hospital Indemnity Insurance -- too good to be true - Touvejs

Hospital Medicine

The future is bright for our field: Our specialty is growing, we are making our part of the world a better place, we have the ability to shape our future, and we are finding solutions to complex problems together - Eric E. Howell MD

Hospital Prices

Hospital prices are the main driver of U.S. healthcare spending inflation, and that trend should direct any policy changes going forward - Alex Kacik

Hospital Ratings

There’s an exceedingly simple way to get better health care: Choose a better hospital - Austin Frakt

Hospital Treatment Protocol Covid-19

We argue that a number of repurposed commonly available and inexpensive medications when used in combination (MATH+ protocol) has the potential to significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality from COVID19 disease - Frontline Covid19 Critical Care Alliance

Hospitalist Jobs

Although relatively new, the UK has been doing it for decades

Hospitalist Journals

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint - Mark Twain

Hospitalist Organizations

I won't belong to any organization that would have me as a member - Groucho Marx

Hospitalists

As hospitalists have evolved from a purely clinical role to serving broad, operational needs in hospital systems, they’ve become indispensable - George Hoke MD

Hospitals

The hospital industry to this day works its tail off to do the right thing - Rick Scott

Hospitals & Covid-19

When the trauma patients, the cardiac arrests, or the strokes come in, it’s a mad shuffle, but we still find a way to see them - Kit Delgado

Hot Baths (Hot Tubs)

Using hot baths or saunas shouldn’t be considered as a substitute for exercise. But it can mimic some of the health benefits – and we think that when used in conjunction with exercise, it can give rise to greater health - Charles James Steward

Hot Flashes

It flies in the face of the traditional wisdom that women have these symptoms for three to five years around the final menstrual period. We now know for most women that is patently wrong - Dr. Rebecca Thurston

Hot Flashes Management

The more options available to treat menopausal symptoms, like hot flashes and night sweats, the better; since no solution is a one-size-fits-all - Corey Whelan

Hot Yoga Bikram Yoga

Hot yoga is generally safe, and the side effects we’re seeing are generally mild, though as with any kind of yoga, the practice does have risks - Casey Mace

House Fires

The best way to ensure fire protection is by preventing fires in the first place - SafeWise.com

Housefly

House flies (Musca domestica L.) are ubiquitous cosmopolitan pests occupying a variety of environmental niches on a global scale. Flies flourish in environments where they have access to microbe-rich substrates, which are essential for the development and fitness of the larval progeny - Dana Nayduch

Household Cleaning Products

Many cleaning products are fine on their own but become toxic and potentially dangerous when combined. The ingredients can have chemical reactions that create new, potentially toxic gases that can cause irritation, breathing difficulties and burns - Team HomeServe

Household Toxins

You've heard of New Year's health resolutions, but is your home making you sick - Dorit Sasson

Housing Crisis

It is time to re-orient housing systems across the world away from financialisation and toward housing as a social good and a fundamental human right. To meet the need for deeply affordable housing while also putting us on track to meet environmental goals - Kirsten McRae

Houston? We Have a Problem OD

In the past few years prescription drugs have claimed the lives of more celebrities than hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. Will Whitney Houston be on that list?

How Can We Help Ukraine?

People of conscience around the world need to loudly and clearly condemn Russia’s actions and offer support for the Ukrainian people - Barack Obama

How To Avoid Weight Gain During the Holidays, Really!

The question is…how do you avoid packing on the pounds while still eating, drinking, and being all kinds of merry? There has to be a way, right? There is, and certain very fit celebrities are sharing their secrets with us

HPV (Human Papillomavirus)

While everyone by now knows the relationship between HPV and cervical cancer, most of the world is unaware of the increasing incidence of HPV related head and neck cancer - HWN

HPV test

Testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV) offers women twice the chance of catching indicators of cervical cancer than traditional Pap tests do - Eileen Drage O'Reilly

HPV Vaccine

Health experts have a new strategy to get more young people vaccinated against HPV—don’t talk about sex - Betsy McKay

HPV Vaccine & Cervical Cancer

In the 70's, HPV received a great deal of media attention when Harald zur Hausen first postulated its ability to cause cervical cancer. Now, who gets the HPV vaccine has become the overriding issue, especially if its your kid!

HPV-Related Cancers

Since the 1980s, the percentage of HPV-related oropharynx cancers has been steadily increasing — and HPV is now the cause of the vast majority of tumors found in the oropharynx - Julia Belluz

HRT and Breast Cancer

The risk of breast cancer is the same for women on the combined contraceptive pill as it is on HRT and yet the pill does not get the same negative press that HRT does - Emma, Lady McAdden Centre

HSAs (Health Savings Accounts)

Unfortunately, the biggest problem with health savings accounts is that there aren't that many people who are eligible to use them - Dan Caplinger

HSP IgA Vasculitis

Most people who develop Henoch-Schönlein purpura are children. Henoch-Schönlein purpura will usually get better on its own and no specific treatment is needed - Patient.info

HSV

If you are a human being living on planet Earth, chances are you have herpes - Christina Cauterucci

HSV Keratitis

While herpes simplex virus (HSV) remains a very frequent cause of unilateral keratitis in adults and bilateral keratitis in children, the prognosis is usually quite good given that the various forms of appearance are known and provided that the therapeutic regimens, both medical and surgical, are adequately chosen - Berthold Seitz MD

HSV-1 (Cold Sores)

There's this perception that HSV-1 is not that big a deal, and HSV-2 is something that carries a stigma. I'm here to say that's really not true, in general terms, the viruses are essentially the same, save for where they occur - Thomas Connelly

HSV-2 (Genital Herpes)

Genital herpes is not a disease that anyone should take lightly. While it isn’t a life threatening disease, it is one that lasts a lifetime, and it is highly contagious to others - Herpes Online

Huffing

Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 are more likely to abuse inhalants than any other age group. Females are more likely to experiment with inhalants than males - Inhalation Addiction Treatment

Hughes Syndrome

Simply put, antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder that is characterized by excessive clotting of blood in the arteries and veins - Molly's Fund

Human Arms

The human arm is an incredible structure that allows us to perform a wide range of movements and activities. From lifting heavy objects to playing musical instruments, our arms play a vital role in our daily lives - Nao Medical

Human Bioarchaeology

Bioarcheology involves a question driven, multidisciplinary, multi-method approach and increasingly involves teamwork. It mainly involves the study of skeletons – these are the most commonly found and excavated human remains anywhere in the world - Dr. Charlotte Roberts, Professor of Archaeology, Durham University

Human Bites

Human bite wounds can occur as a result of incidental or purposeful injury and are more prone to infection than animal bites - UpToDate

Human Cells and Health

Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body - Dan Millman

Human Chimeras

Overall, human pluripotent stem cell and chimera research can be both ethical and uniquely catalyze new discoveries that have strong impact on knowledge and health - Paul Knoepfler

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, or hCG, is a hormone integral to the early stages of pregnancy, produced by the developing placenta soon after fertilisation. While most commonly recognised as the key indicator in pregnancy tests, the significance of hCG extends far beyond this initial role - Dr Mike Forsythe

Human Embryo

The definition of the human embryo is far from being engrained, it’s constantly evolving with scientific advances - Nicolas Rivron

Human Genome

The human genome contains so much data that, it has been calculated, it would fill 43 volumes of Webster's International Dictionary - Iain McGilchrist

Human Growth Hormone

Is growth hormone the magic elixir that can stop the aging process? Not according to the scientific literature. In fact, when misused for this purpose, clinical data indicate that the risks far outweigh any minimal potential benefits - Marlene Busko

Human Intelligence

Smart people should feel entitled to make the most of their gift. But they should not be permitted to reshape society so as to instate giftedness as a universal yardstick of human worth - David H. Freedman

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)

Most people probably have not heard of human metapneumovirus, which causes a respiratory illness that typically feels like a common cold - Lindsey Bever

Human Rights

Human rights are inherent to us all, regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status - UN

Human Trafficking

Human traffickers prey on the most desperate and vulnerable. To end this inhumane practice, we must do more to shield migrants and refugees -- and particularly young people, women and children - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Human Trafficking The Most Silent Crime

No country is exempt from human trafficking. Not one

Human-Made Pandemic

A natural pandemic has been terrible. A synthetic one would be even worse - Abraar Karan and Stephen Luby

Humanitarian Crises

The global humanitarian crisis is worse than ever - Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU

Humanitarian Crisis: Ukraine

They do not always know the final destination. They just want to go west - Andrey Kurkov

Humerus Fractures

Humeral shaft fractures are common and account for 3% of all fractures. Even though the majority of these fractures are unstable, they typically do well with non-operative management - Victor Huang MD

Humor & Jokes

Laughter is the best medicine, or so the cliché goes. Actually, given the choice between laughter and, say, penicillin or chemotherapy, you’re probably better off choosing one of the latter - Julie Beck

Hunger

The solution to hunger is not about hand-outs and a top-down approach, but a bottom-up approach that starts with women, works with local government and mobilizes communities to take self-reliant actions - World Hunger Day

Hunger Charities

With the global hunger crisis rising, there are a lot of people who could really use your help - Shannon Rosenberg

Hunter Syndrome

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) and mucolipidosis (ML) are genetic lysosomal storage diseases (LSD) caused by the body’s inability to produce specific enzymes. The missing or insufficient enzyme prevents cells from recycling waste, resulting in the storage of materials in cells throughout the body - National MPS Society

Huntington's Chorea

Meet the disease that Feels like ALS, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's all at once - Max Lugavere

Huntington's Disease

Meet the disease that Feels like ALS, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's all at once - Max Lugavere

Hurricane Relief

Whether it’s a natural disaster or a humanitarian crisis, needs on the ground can change rapidly, even within hours. Giving cash allows organizations the flexibility to support what’s most needed at all stages of the crisis - Diane Cole & Kathleen Masterson

Hurricanes

Hurricanes combine unyielding winds and torrential rain to create some of Earth’s most powerful storms. When hurricanes near land, wind can cause devastating damage, even spawning tornadoes. But the bigger danger is rain, which can cause catastrophic, and often deadly, flooding - Christina Nunez and Allie Yang

Hyaluronic Acid Injection

Unfortunately, it only lasts in the joint for a few hours but the effect, when it works, seems to last for months - Kevin R Stone MD

Hybrid Immunity & Covid-19

Vaccine policy should consider the power of ‘Hybrid Immunity’ - Charlotte Thålin

Hydralazine (Apresoline)

In current practice, oral hydralazine is used in essential hypertension refractory to other therapeutic agents. Studies comparing its effects as an add-on medication to multidrug treatment for hypertension have proved effective but not as efficacious as other multi-modal first-line therapies - Linda Herman

Hydration

Hydration once seemed straightforward. You’re thirsty, you drink. But in the last several years, hydration has become about as complicated as immigration reform - Andrew Tilin

Hydrocephalus

Today, no cure for hydrocephalus exists, and the primary treatment – the insertion of a shunt into the brain – was developed fifty years ago and suffers from one of the highest failure rates of any surgical treatment - Hydrocephalus Association

Hydrochlorothiazide Chlorthalidone

Very few agents used for the treatment of any disease can boast such staying power, which is a testament both to the efficacy and safety of these compounds and to the relevance of salt and volume control in the management of essential hypertension - Marvin Moser MD

Hydrocodone

Hydrocodone is a uniquely American drug. Every day, there is a new headline about the ongoing – and worsening – opioid epidemic. But in spite of that, US doctors still prescribe powerful painkillers at rates unthinkable in other countries around the world - Northpoint Staff

Hydrofluoric Acid

Treatment is CALCIUM GLUCONATE to neutralize fluoride ion and prevent further tissue destruction.

Hydrofluorocarbons HFCs

Unfortunately, despite their PR spin, HFCs are NOT an environmental alternative to anything - Greenpeace

Hydrogen Sulfide

Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic gas—second only to carbon monoxide as a cause of inhalational deaths - Jingjing Jiang

Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)

It is a derivative of morphine; to be specific, it is a hydrogenated ketone thereof. Comparatively, hydromorphone is to morphine as hydrocodone is to codeine—that is, also a semi-synthetic drug - PsychonautWiki

Hydropower

The world’s most relied-upon renewable energy source isn’t wind or sunlight, but water - Adrienne Bernhard

Hydrotherapy

Using hot baths or saunas shouldn’t be considered as a substitute for exercise. But it can mimic some of the health benefits – and we think that when used in conjunction with exercise, it can give rise to greater health - Charles James Steward

Hydroxychloroquine & Covid

Plaquenil is another name for HCQ. Almost looks like Plague, Nil means non-existent. "Plague Nil". It's right in front of us - Vincent Kennedy

Hygeine

It's easy to forget that having clean and accessible water is a luxury that many in the world do not have - Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Hygienists

How can we specify our research goals or our proper place in the continuum of patient care, or upgrade our educational programs, or tell the public about ourselves, if we see ourselves as appendages to dentistry - Irene Woodall

Hymen

The hymen – or the vaginal corona, as some believe we should now call it – has been a centre of scrutiny and anxiety for centuries. How can we put an end to the myths around it - Sophia Smith Galer

Hyperbaric Medicine

Although the administration of pure oxygen in a high-pressure chamber has been around as a therapy for more than 300 years, it is only now beginning to reach its potential - Jane E. Brody

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is proven effective for some diseases and conditions. For others the evidence ranges from scant to none - HyperbaricLink

Hypercalcemia

Hypercalcemia is usually mild (< 12 mg/dL), asymptomatic and typically does not require emergent treatment. Hypercalcemic crisis, however, occurs in a subset of patients where the serum calcium concentration is usually greater than 14 mg/dL and requires emergent treatment - Dustin Taliaferro DO

Hyperemesis Gravidarum

In roughly 1 percent of women, the nausea and vomiting that can accompany a pregnancy can become so severe and unrelenting that those symptoms transcend simple “morning sickness - Patricia Waldron

Hyperhidrosis Sweaty Palms

For when "glistening" is more like "sweating buckets" - Emma Haak

Hyperkalemia

Hyperkalemia treatment is a core skill for emergency physicians and an area in which we excel. Give calcium to stabilize cardiac myocytes if there are ECG changes, insulin (plus dextrose), albuterol, and sodium bicarbonate to shift potassium into the cell, and then sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS; brand name Kayexalate) to eliminate the potassium from the body, right - Kevin T.Collopy BA FP-C

Hyperleukocytosis

Hyperleukocytosis is a medical emergency caused by an increased number of leukocytes sludging in capillaries. The recommended initial therapy is standard induction chemotherapy. Assessment for DIC or TLS must be done daily after chemotherapy because of increased lysis or bursting of blasts releasing contents into circulation - Dongdong Zhang

Hypermagnesium

Hypermagnesemia generally develops in people with renal function disorders or due to exogenous Mg intake for constipation - M Korkut MD

Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS)

Hypermobile EDS (hEDS) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder (HCTD) characterized by generalized joint hypermobility and joint instability causing recurrent subluxations and dislocations and chronic musculoskeletal pain. Skin abnormalities are usually mild and include a soft and mildly hyperextensible skin and easy bruising. There is no reliable/appreciable genetic etiology to test for in the vast majority of patients - Geneskin

Hypermobility spectrum disorders

Although there are some differences between the diagnostic terms used, at the moment everyone within this group may experience the same potential symptoms, the same linked conditions, and require the same symptom-based treatment and management, with an awareness that a heritable disorder of connective tissue may be present. - The Hypermobility Syndromes Association

Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State

While DKA is a state of near absolute insulinopenia, there is sufficient amount of insulin present in HHS to prevent lipolysis and ketogenesis but not adequate to cause glucose utilization - Adair R Gosmanov, MD et al

Hyperparathyroidism

Hyperparathyroidism should be easy to diagnose in about 95% of cases. Unfortunately many doctors and endocrinologists don’t have much experience diagnosing parathyroid problems and thus it takes too long and too many tests are performed - James Norman MD

Hyperphosphatemia

Most patients are asymptomatic and the symptoms, when present, are usually related to other abnormalities that may be associated (in hypocalcemic patients: muscle cramps, tetany, numbness and tingling; in uremic patients, fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea, sleep disorders) - Doctor Guidelines

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a complex and heterogeneous interstitial lung disease (ILD) that occurs when susceptible individuals develop an exaggerated immune response to an inhaled antigen - Mark Hamblin

Hypertension

Try to chill—it’s not all bad news. High blood pressure happens to be one of easiest health conditions to fix through lifestyle changes like diet and exercise - Kristen Dold

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Hypertension (HTN) is the most commonly encountered disorder during pregnancy. High blood pressure has a negative impact on the mother and the foetus, which is why early diagnosis and proper control are mandatory to avoid complications - Dr. Ghada Sayed Youssef

Hypertensive Emergency

Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) remain the workhorses for management of hypertensive emergency due to their ideal pharmacokinetics, minimal adverse effects, and (relatively) predictable hemodynamic response - Ashley and Brooke Barlow, PharmDs

Hyperthyroidism

This should be the scary icing on the morbidly uncomfortable cake that is hyperthyroidism, proving beyond a doubt that when it comes to thyroid hormone (as with so many things - even cake), too much is definitely not a good thing - Dr. Alan Christianson

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a complex but relatively common form of genetic heart muscle disease that occurs in 1 out of 500 people, but often goes undiagnosed in the community - Circulation

Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

The history of treatment of pyloric stenosis is doubly gratifying, the story of an operation elegant in conception and so effective that it has been called, “the most consistently successful operation ever described - Chinwendu Onwubiko MD PhD

Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

The history of treatment of pyloric stenosis is doubly gratifying, the story of an operation elegant in conception and so effective that it has been called, “the most consistently successful operation ever described - Chinwendu Onwubiko MD PhD

Hyperviscosity Syndrome

Hyperviscosity Syndrome happens when elevated WBCs or severe hyperproteinemia cause high serum viscosity and micro-circulatory problems in patients with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia, multiple myeloma or acute leukemia - Anand Swaminathan

Hyphema

Hyphema: its the bloody eye - Blake Briggs MD

Hypnobirthing

Seeking alternatives to anesthetics and other kinds of medical intervention in childbirth, more women are turning to hypnotherapy courses—and some hospitals are recommending them to patients - Anne Marie Chaker

Hypnosis

It sounds like the work of sorcerers and scam artists, but hypnosis can play a very real role in protecting and promoting health - Sarah Klein

Hypocalcemia

Hypocalcemia’s manifestations range from asymptomatic to life threatening. Serious physiologic derangements are typically not seen until ionized calcium levels fall below 1.6 mEq/L - Brett Faine PharmD MS

Hypochondria

Heads up, hypochondriacs: In case constant worry about your health wasn’t bad enough, a recent study shows fretting may put you at a greater risk for illness - Lindsay Holmes

Hypoglycemia

What is certain is that hypoglycemia is one of the most perplexing, complicated, misunderstood, and misdiagnosed conditions of the 21st century - Hypoglycemia Support Foundation

Hypoglycemia Neonatal

There remains a need to develop effective screening procedures to identify neonates who may have persistent hypoglycemic disorders, preferably before they are discharged home early, at 48 hours of age, as is the current trend - Rebecca Simmons MD

Hypomagnesium

Likely underdiagnosed as levels are rarely drawn - Phyllis Huang

Hyponatremia

Hyponatremia is the most common fluid and electrolyte disorder encountered in clinical practice and is found in approximately 20% of admissions to hospital. In addition to being extremely prevalent, hyponatremia is an independent predictor of mortality - Michael Kilian

Hypoparathyroidism

Hypoparathyroidism is a rare disease that goes beyond hypocalcemia; it has a variety of etiologies and can be linked to multiple comorbidities - Know HypoPara

Hypophosphatemia

Hypophosphataemia is the term used to describe low levels of phosphate in the blood. It is most commonly caused by hyperparathyroidism and vitamin D deficiency - You and Your Hormones

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

While the prognosis for the series of surgeries has greatly improved over the past 20 years, HLHS children still have a long road ahead - Amy Bennett

Hypospadias

Most people are surprised to hear that penis birth defects like hypospadias are among the most common birth defects in the world - more common than cleft lip, Down syndrome, and spina bifida - Operation Happenis

Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure)

Many people that suffer from this condition are not aware of it and often mistake the symptoms with other disease or condition - Zlatko Chavdarovski

Hypothalamus

Think of the hypothalamus as the peace-maker, or the referee. The hypothalamus regulates homeostasis in our body – from sensing body temperature, hunger and thirst, to stress and reproduction - Joanne Verkuilen, The Fertility Blogs

Hypothermia

Normal human core body temperature is 37°C (98.6°F), clinical hypothermia occurs when the core temperature falls below 35°C (95°F) - that's not much of a drop - Morgan L. Anderson

Hypothyroidism

Are you taking thyroid medication but still have lots of symptoms such as an inability to lose weight, fatigue, hair loss, cold intolerance...DrZiggy

Hypovolemic Shock

Hypovolemic shock is the most common type of shock in children, most commonly due to diarrheal illness in the developing world... For patients with hypovolemic shock due to fluid loss, the crystalloid solution is preferred over colloid - Sharven Taghavi & Reza Askari.

Hypoxia

Etiologies of hypoxia can be largely divided into 2 basic categories defined by reductions in either blood oxygen content/blood oxygen delivery, however, the special case of CO poisoning arises due to a combination of these factors - Pathway Medicine

Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy is something that you’ve probably never heard of unless it’s very sadly happened to somebody you know. It’s so scarcely known about considering the devastation and heartache it brings to families around the world = Emma Louise Cheetham

Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)

A hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) diagnosis is a scary thing, and it can be difficult to navigate the medical, educational and financial challenges of raising a child with special needs alone - HIE Help Center

Hysterectomy

Nearly 1 in 5 women who underwent a hysterectomy for benign conditions -- such as uterine fibroids, abnormal bleeding, endometriosis or pelvic pain -- may not have needed the surgery...Obstetrics & Gynecology

Hysteria

Hysteria was the first mental disorder attributed to women (and only women) — a catch-all for symptoms including, but by no means limited to: nervousness, hallucinations, emotional outbursts and various urges of the sexual variety - Catherine Pearson

Hysteroscopy

Hysteroscopy is considered the gold-standard treatment for growths like polyps, which are too often missed during blind D & Cs - Stirrup Queens

HZO Keratitis

Similar to HSV keratitis... does not necessarily involve the cornea, but the cornea is involved in ~50% of cases - Caleb Manasco MD