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New Virtual Education Guide to Help Students with Disabilities
As millions of students with disabilities and their parents head into the winter months of this pandemic and continued fluctuations between in-person, hybrid and remote learni...Full Article
Fusion Robotics™ Awarded Best Spine Technology by Orthopedics This Week
Fusion Robotics LLC, a spinal robotics and navigation company with a vision to make robotics a standard in spine surgery, not an exception, announced receiving a Best Spine Te...
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Temperature Scanners of Limited Value in Detecting Covid-19
Making people stand in front of a scanner to have their body temperature read can result in a large number of false negatives, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through ai...
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Chronic Kidney Disease, Depression Increases Risk For Falling
People with chronic kidney disease who also suffer from depressive disorders—a long-term chronic form of depression—are more likely to suffer a fall or fall-related injuries, ...Full Article
Dementia Risk Factors: What You need to Know
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there are 73 million baby boomers in the nation. As the baby boomer population — defined as adults born from 1946 to 1964 — continues to ...
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Adults With Endocrine Disorders Have an Increased Risk of Heart Disease
All adults with endocrine disorders should be tested for high cholesterol and triglycerides to evaluate their risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a Clinical Practice ...Full Article
The Ad Council And The Covid Collaborative Announce A New Resource Designed To Address Healthcare Professionals' Questions About Covid-19 Vaccination
The Ad Council and the COVID Collaborative announced a new resource designed to address healthcare professionals' questions about COVID-19 vaccination. The videos [link]–which...Full Article
New Study: Us Students' 2021 Resolutions More Focused On Health/Wellbeing Than In Past Years
Online learning community Brainly surveyed 1,000 US high school students about their New Year’s resolutions. (Little did anyone know what a challenging and unprecedented year ...Full Article
FDA Grants 3B Medical Emergency Use for Lumin UV System Use in Nursing Homes, Ambulatory Care and Primary Care for SARS-CoV-2 N95 Re-Use
3B Medical announced receiving Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA to permit use of Lumin, a UVC system, on N95 respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lumin was design...Full Article
How To Build Creativity On And Off-Line, In Childhood And Beyond
Creativity is a fundamental building block of our humanity. It’s the relentless engine that’s driven progress since the dawn of time and propelled us towards so many of our gr...Full Article
NIH Holds COVID-19 Vaccine Kick-off Event
The National Institutes of Health held a livestreamed COVID-19 vaccination event to kick-off NIH’s vaccination efforts for its employees on the front line of the COVID-19 pand...
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Covid-19 Spurs Anxious, Upsetting Dreams
The anxiety, stress and worry brought on by COVID-19 is not limited to daytime hours. The pandemic is affecting our dreams as well, infusing more anxiety and negative emotions...Full Article
Mechanical Engineering® Magazine Announces Winners of 2020 Emerging Technology Awards - Focus on Innovative Technologies in Response to COVID-19
For the fourth consecutive year, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s Mechanical Engineering® magazine considered dozens of recent innovations and planned to ...Full Article
Patient Safety Movement Foundation Launches New Commitment Model Supporting Mission to Achieve Zero Preventable Patient Deaths by 2030
Every year, more than 4.8 million patients lose their lives to preventable medical errors worldwide. The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF), a global non-profit, is com...Full Article
Study Finds Obesity Contributes to 40% Mortality Gap Between Black and White Women with Early Breast Cancer
In an analysis of women with early breast cancer, Black women had higher rates of obesity and other health conditions that can affect survival, compared with white women. The ...Full Article
Long Term Care Industry Applauds CDC Panel For Making Residents And Staff The Highest Priority For Vaccine Distribution
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across th...Full Article
New Updates to Federal Guidelines Revamp Asthma Management
The National Institutes of Health announced 19 recommendations in six key areas of asthma diagnosis, management and treatment. The new guidance, published in the Journal of Al...Full Article
Hanger Announces Findings Of First-Of-Its-Kind Study That Compares Microprocessor Knee Models To Help Inform Clinical-Decision Making
Hanger, Inc. (NYSE: HNGR) announced results of its Outcomes ASsessment and DISsemination (OASIS) 1 study, which evaluates the effectiveness of four common microprocessor-contr...Full Article
U.S. CDC Committee Of Independent Health Experts Recommends Vaccination With Pfizer And Biontech Covid-19 Vaccine For Persons Ages 16 Years And Older
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...Full Article
More Than Half of American Adults with Advanced Multiple Sclerosis Report Mistreatment By Caregivers
Four in 10 people with advanced multiple sclerosis, or MS, are emotionally abused by someone responsible for caring for them, reports a study led by the University of Californ...Full Article
Paralyzed Veterans Of America Launches Holiday Hope For Heroes To Provide A Lifeline To Veterans And Other People With Disabilities During This Crisis
This holiday season comes as many high-risk paralyzed veterans have been trapped in their homes for months, and as military suicides are up 20% over last year. In response, Pa...Full Article
The Good Cough and the Bad Cough: Treating Coughs in a Targeted Way, Based on Their Type
Researchers might be able to treat a troublesome cough in disease without disrupting the protective cough we need for optimal lung health, by targeting the different brain cir...Full Article
Personality Traits Affect Shelter At Home Compliance
A worldwide survey conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic found that people with certain common personality traits were less likely to shelter at home when g...Full Article
Smidt Heart Institute Cardiothoracic Surgeons Continue to Perform Safe, Successful Heart and Lung Transplants Throughout the Pandemic
Rosemarie Barron was 17 when she had a cardiac arrest and underwent an emergency heart transplant. While she survived and continued to live a full and vibrant life, her long...
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Risky Behaviors To Be Wary of During Pandemic This Winter
With temperatures beginning to tumble in many parts of the country and winter right around the corner, Americans have begun reaching for their thermostats. And with millions o...
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