Advanced practice providers, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, have always played a role on the health care team. But in the past, they always worked with physician supervision. Now, many states have granted them independent practice authority, and as the physician shortage grows worse, their role within primary care has become unclear. This confusion can…
Advanced practice providers, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, have always played a role on the health care team. But in the past, they always worked with physician supervision. Now, many states have granted them independent practice authority, and as the physician shortage grows worse, their role within primary care has become unclear. This confusion can…
Valérie André was 10 years old in 1932 when, armed with a congratulatory bouquet, she greeted the hero aviator Maryse Hilsz at the Strasbourg airfield in France. She was already committed to becoming a doctor, an ambitious career goal for a young lady at the time. But she was so warmly received when she presented…
Over the past year, Muanema Fakira noticed something odd about the eyes of her 1-year-old daughter Sumaya. Her left eye was cloudy. It did not gleam with curiosity or glint in the sun. When the problem persisted, Ms. Fakira made the rounds to health clinics in their town in central Mozambique. Doctors said they could…
New year, new pantry? A new survey finds that 19% of US adults plan to eat healthier in 2025. One way to do that is to ditch ultra-processed foods, which are often bursting with calories, sugar, fat and salt. When looking for better alternatives to cookies, potato chips and marshmallow cereals, beware foods that wear…
Don’t forget to add this to your meal prep. Dr. Jonathan J. Rasouli, a board-certified spinal neurosurgeon at Northwell Health in New York, is opening up his own cookbook and shared some of his best dishes for brain health. Now he’s given The Post his recipe for a Mediterranean quinoa bowl that has a host of…
Don’t forget to add this to your meal prep. Dr. Jonathan J. Rasouli, a board-certified spinal neurosurgeon at Northwell Health in New York, is opening up his own cookbook and shared some of his best dishes for brain health. Now he’s given The Post his recipe for a Mediterranean quinoa bowl that has a host of…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva remains in intensive care in a Sao Paulo hospital but is getting better, doctors said in a statement on Wednesday. The 79-year-old leader underwent an unplanned surgery for a brain bleed in the early hours of Tuesday, after suffering from complications resulting from…
All of our brains inevitably shrink with age — a change that is most accelerated and profound in the nearly 7 million Americans currently living with dementia. While there isn’t a way to reverse this loss in brain volume, we can potentially curb it by prioritizing our mental and physical health. Dr. Arjun Masurkar, a cognitive…
Cancer may seem like an old person’s disease, but studies have shown that certain types have become increasingly prevalent in Americans younger than 50. Recent research found that Gen X and millennial Americans are at higher risk of developing 17 cancers compared to older generations. Rates of colon cancer diagnoses, for example, have increased by 15% in adults…