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This week, Claudia is joined in the studio by Clare Wilson, Science writer at The i Paper.After a 28-young woman who was studying infectious diseases in a lab in Siberia has died from pneumonia, Health Check takes an in-depth look at the plague, examines what we know about what h ...  Afficher plus

Men and women are frequently treated differently by healthcare systems according to a review of global research published in the journal, PLOS One. Women with the same medical conditions as men are less likely to be offered the medical treatments offered to men such as surgery, s ...  Afficher plus

The availability of blood for transfusions saves lives after difficult births and operations. But in much of the developing world, hospitals have a blood shortage. One entrepreneur in Nigeria is working on a solution. She has developed an app that connects blood banks to hospital ...  Afficher plus

Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD

Educational Pearls:

Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a common medication to achieve hemostasis in a variety of conditions</ ...

Each year around 100,000 women die due to heavy bleeding after giving birth. But help is at hand from an unexpected source: condoms. World Hacks goes to a maternity hospital in Kenya to speak to the medical staff using this super-cheap kit that is saving lives. Also on the progra ...  Afficher plus

Dr. Adam Striker and Dr. Alyssa Brzenski, editor for Summaries of Emerging Evidence (SEE), examine two recent studies featured in the 40A issue. Listen in as they discuss a study of the use of a prophylactic methylergonovineduring intrapartum cesarean birth, and a second study ...