More than 50 anesthetists across Australia have participated in a new video campaign that highlights how they are ‘always ready’ on the medical frontline.
Critical care nurses are facing an “impossible” task going into the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic during the winter without the support of redeployed staff, a nursing leader has warned. British Association of Critical Care Nurses chair Nicki Credland said the only reason intensive…
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Stroke patients who engage in rehabilitation training at home through live video consultations may recover motor skills better than through in-person rehab sessions, results of a new study suggest.
Medscape Medical News
More than half of the world’s population carries the bacterium Helicobacter pylori in their stomach mucosa. It often causes no problems throughout life, but sometimes it can cause inflammation, and in some cases, it can even lead to the development of stomach cancer.
Amid the often-confusing stream of messages on how it intended to tackle the alarming rise in cases of coronavirus, the government made one announcement on health and social care last month that could be expected to receive a near-unanimous positive response. It revealed that a…
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"But what we’re seeing as the increasing threat right now is actually acquisition of infection through small household gatherings," said the agency’s director, Dr Robert Redfield.
WebMD Health News
Irvine, CA (10/09/2020) – Advantech announced today that MIC-730AI, Edge AI Inference System based on NVIDIA Jetson® Xavier has received a 2020 IoT Edge Computing Excellence Award from IoT Evolution World, the leading web site covering the Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace.
A new research project has been launched to assess the effectiveness of the “Swan” model of end-of-life and bereavement care and the related “Cygnet” role created in response to Covid-19. The study has received funding of £100,000 from the Burdett Trust for Nursing and will…
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Black Philadelphians contract the coronavirus at a rate nearly twice that of their white counterparts. African Americans make up 44% of Philadelphians but 55% of those hospitalized for COVID-19.
Kaiser Health News
In one of the first studies of its kind, a University of Cincinnati researcher is using a grant from the Ohio attorney general’s office to research the pharmacogenomics of opioid addiction.