Health
Rapid rise in home-based post-acute care options during the pandemic
No one wants to stay in an emergency room or a hospital bed any longer than absolutely necessary.
May 5, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reviews COVID-related hospital visitation limits and family stress
Efforts by hospitals to protect people from COVID-19 by restricting them from visiting family members in ICUs may have contributed to a significant increase in stress-related disorders, according to a study led by University ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
AI study 'exciting first step' toward improving post-treatment surveillance of lung cancer patients
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help guide the post-treatment surveillance of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and improve outcomes as a result, according to a study led by researchers from The Royal Marsden ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pfizer COVID-19 third dose vaccine protection against hospitalization from omicron wanes after 3 months: study
A study released April 22 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine shows that a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine provides strong protection, roughly 80% to 90%, in the first few months against hospital admissions and ...
Apr 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Natural gas flares likely source of respiratory illness spike
Flaring of natural gas from oil wells appeared to cause an increase of around 11,000 hospital visits for respiratory reasons in North Dakota up to 60 miles away from oil drilling sites, according to new research.
Mar 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early flu peak puzzles scientists after last year's reprieve
The flu is back with case counts that look comparable to those that predate the pandemic, with one important distinction.
Feb 7, 2022
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Addiction
Ten hospitals reduce opioid prescriptions for children with appendicitis through a quality improvement initiative
As public awareness of opioid abuse in the U.S. has grown, so too have efforts to reduce—or even eliminate—the use of opioids after various types of operations. A regional quality improvement (QI) effort to reduce opioid ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Health
Binge drinking linked to first episodes of heart rhythm disorder
New Year's Day, Super Bowl Sunday and other days when more people consume more alcohol are also associated with more emergency room visits for atrial fibrillation, an often-deadly heart rhythm disorder, reported a new study ...
Jan 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cyprus limits social gatherings under COVID tsunami
Cypriot authorities on Wednesday announced stricter controls on social gatherings to tackle the world's worst COVID-19 infection rate per capita.
Jan 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Big differences in how emergency doctors assess patient care needs
When researchers divided out-of-hours general practitioners (GPs) into four groups based on how often they admit their patients to the hospital, they found that if you are seen by a doctor who belongs to the 25 per cent ...
Dec 2, 2021
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