Buried in the charging documents in the George Floyd murder case is something called "excited delirium." One of the junior officers mentioned it during Floyd's arrest. We had never heard of excited ...

The “diagnosis” of excited delirium, a term often used to justify and defend police brutality, disproportionately against Black people, has circulated in the medical canon for more than 25 years. It ...

Although urinary tract infections (UTIs) are typically minor—albeit painful—health issues for most people, they can pose ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco, PhD, an associate professor of surgery and population health at New York University ...

In her late 60s, your mom goes to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Within hours, she’s confused and agitated, insisting she’s at home and not in a hospital bed. Medical professionals call ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: And as we just heard, black victims in the United States are less likely to be believed when reporting cases of sexual violence, and sadly, this racism ...

Delirium is a state of mental confusion that can occur as a result of illness, surgery or with the use of some medications or drugs of abuse. The syndrome is difficult to define exactly, but involves ...

In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers evaluated the association of in-hospital delirium (sudden, severe confusion and brain function changes) with functional ...

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