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ICYMI: The Washington Post: Nursing Home Staff Shortages Continue To Worsen, Exacerbating Challenges At Overrun Hospitals
In case you missed it, The Washington Post reported on the staffing shortages in long term care facilities and the subsequent effect on overwhelmed hospitals across the countr...Full Article
Dialysis Patients: Need For Optimisation Of Stroke Prevention
The anticoagulants currently used to prevent strokes in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation do not provide adequate protection for this group. This is the finding of a ...Full Article
NIH Scientists Urge Pursuit Of Universal Coronavirus Vaccine
A growing body of scientific evidence, considered together with ecological reality, strongly suggest that novel coronaviruses will continue to infect bats and other animal res...Full Article
Latest ADA Annual Standards of Care Includes Changes to Diabetes Screening, First-Line Therapy, Pregnancy, and Technology
The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) released its much-anticipated annual Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes (Standards of Care). Based upon the latest scientific diabe...Full Article
Quarter Of Over 50s Less Active Than Pre-Pandemic
A new report into the health of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic has been launched by The Physiological Society and Centre for Ageing Better. The report features the...Full Article
Custom Finger Clip Offers A New Way To Measure Blood Pressure, Other Vitals
Monitoring a person’s blood pressure on a regular basis can help health care professionals with early detection of various health problems such as high blood pressure, which h...Full Article
Miach Orthopaedics Announces U.S. Commercial Availability of BEAR® Implant to Treat ACL Tears
Miach Orthopaedics, Inc., a privately held company dedicated to developing bio-engineered surgical implants for connective tissue restoration, announced the BEAR® Implant is n...Full Article
Robots Help Nurses Get the Job Done – With Smiles and Beeps
You can't miss Cedars-Sinai's newest helpers: identical twin robots named Moxi. They zip through the hospital's hallways and corridors, assisting nurses by performing simple...Full Article
The Influencer Impact: A Parent’s Guide to Influencers
Over the past decade, social media personalities have taken the world by storm, influencing the products our children are interested in, how they behave, what they want to be ...Full Article
Exploring Psychological Resiliency of Older Adults with Diabetes
Studies suggest that exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with a variety of different mental health consequences including reports of depression, loneliness, ...
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The American Academy of Audiology Cautions Parents on Toy Selection this Holiday Season as the Sight & Hearing Association Releases
its Annual Noisy Toys List
“Many parents don’t realize the permanent damage a simple toy can inflict on a child’s hearing,” said Sarah Sydlowski, Au.D., Ph.D., MBA, president of the American Academy of ...
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Lung Autopsies of COVID-19 Patients Reveal Treatment Clues
Lung autopsy and plasma samples from people who died of COVID-19 have provided a clearer picture of how the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads and damages lung tissue. Scientists at the...Full Article
Long Term Care Industry Urges Americans to Get Vaccinated and Boosted to Protect Seniors Against Omicron During Holiday Season
With the holiday season well underway and the new Omicron variant emerging across the United States, it is critical that members of public do their part to minimize the spread...Full Article
Computer and Smartphone Based Treatments Effective At Reducing Symptoms Of Depression
Computer- and smartphone-based treatments appear to be effective in reducing symptoms of depression, and while it remains unclear whether they are as effective as face-to-face...Full Article
Women With Long COVID-19 May Need Targeted Rehab To Counter Physical Activity Tolerance Problems
Women with long COVID experience heart rate irregularities in response to physical exertion, and this has the potential to constrain not only exercise tolerance but free-livin...Full Article
Stress In America™ 2021: Pandemic Impedes Basic Decision-Making Ability
Americans are struggling with the basic decisions required to navigate daily life as the effects of pandemic-related stress continue to take a toll, especially on younger adul...Full Article
How Has The COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted The Diagnosis Of New Cancers?
Restrictions in access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions in the treatment of cancer and other conditions. A new study now indicates that the pandemic als...Full Article
Repurposed Cancer Treatments Could Be Potential Alzheimer’s Drugs
NIH research highlights importance of data-driven approach to identify novel drug targets. Existing and emerging cancer drugs could be repurposed as therapies to be tested in...Full Article
Together by St. Jude Teaches Children about the COVID-19 Vaccines in New Coloring Book
Experts at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have created a coloring book to help children learn about vaccines and how they work to prevent COVID-19. The coloring book co...Full Article
How to Care for Your Baby's Delicate Skin, Hair and Nails
Bringing home a new baby is a time of joy and excitement. However, caring for them can be overwhelming — even for experienced parents. Fortunately, dermatologists from the Ame...Full Article
World Health Organization Update on Omicron
On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE). Th...Full Article
Home for the Holidays: How to Help Loved Ones With Hearing Loss at Thanksgiving and Other Holiday Gatherings
As many extended families prepare to gather for their first Thanksgiving dinner since the pandemic began, experts at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) ar...Full Article
Operation Successfully Performed Using New High-Tech Robot
One of the world's first operations performed by a new robotic technology has taken place at MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital's Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Dis...Full Article
Annual Report To The Nation Part 2: Patient Economic Burden Of Cancer Care More Than $21 Billion In The United States In 2019
Part two of the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that cancer patients in the United States shoulder a large amount of cancer care costs. In 2...Full Article
Annual Report To The Nation: Rapid Decrease In Lung Cancer And Melanoma Deaths Lead Overall Continued Decline In Cancer Death Rate
Overall cancer death rates continue to decline in men and women for all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on t...Full Article