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Patient Safety Movement Foundation Calls For Action In Advance Of Second Annual #Uniteforsafecare Event
The second annual #UniteForSafeCare event is scheduled for Friday, September 17th in conjunction with World Patient Safety Day. The event is hosted by the Patient Safety Movem...Full Article
NIH-Funded Modern “White Cane” Brings Navigation Assistance To The 21st Century
Equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer, a newly improved robotic cane could offer blind and visually impaired users a n...Full Article
NYU Langone Orthopedic Surgeons Presented Latest Clinical Findings & Research at AAOS 2021
Experts from NYU Langone Orthopedics presented their latest clinical findings and research discoveries at the annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) conference...Full Article
What You Need To Know About The Delta Variant
For more than 40 years, UCI infectious disease researcher Michael Buchmeier has studied coronaviruses, and he’s one of the leading experts on SARS-CoV-2, the version of the vi...Full Article
International Experts Outline Diabetes Remission Diagnosis Criteria
People with type 2 diabetes should be considered in remission after sustaining normal blood sugar levels for three months or more, according to a new consensus statement from ...Full Article
Driving With Heart Disease: Checking Fitness To Drive
People suffering from various types of cardiovascular disease are subject to a certain accident risk when driving a vehicle on the road. High blood pressure, coronary heart di...Full Article
Fight-or-Flight Response is Altered in Healthy Young People Who Had COVID-19
New research published in The Journal of Physiology found that otherwise healthy young people diagnosed with COVID-19, regardless of their symptom severity, have problems with...
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Contact Events in Rugby Union Linked to Reduced Blood Flow to The Brain, Impacting Brain Function
Repetitive contact events incurred over a single season resulted in professional rugby union players having a reduced ability to regulate blood flow to the brain, which is ess...Full Article
Antacids May Improve Blood Sugar Control In People With Diabetes
Antacids improved blood sugar control in people with diabetes but had no effect on reducing the risk of diabetes in the general population, according to a new meta-analysis pu...Full Article
Survivors Of Trauma Struggle To Move On From The Loss Of Loved Ones
Among individuals who survive a trauma that resulted in the loss of a close friend or loved one, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can predict complicated grief – a s...Full Article
Ohio State Surgeons Use Novel Heart Transplant Monitoring System
Heart surgeons at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are the first in central Ohio to use a novel organ monitoring system that preserves hearts donated for transp...Full Article
First Long COVID Guidance Statement on Fatigue Released By American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) released the first in a series of peer-reviewed guidance statements to help physicians make clinical decisions con...Full Article
Emergency Department-Administered, High-Dose Buprenorphine May Enhance Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Outcome
High-dose buprenorphine therapy, provided under emergency department care, is safe and well tolerated in people with opioid use disorder experiencing opioid withdrawal symptom...Full Article
New AAD Survey: Only a Third of Americans are Concerned about Skin Cancer Despite Nearly 70% Having at Least One Risk Factor
An American Academy of Dermatology survey shows that despite skin cancer being the most common cancer in the U.S., only about one-third of adults are concerned about developin...Full Article
Guiding Principles for Work Shift Duration Published by American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and Sleep Research Society (SRS) have published evidence-based guiding principles to help employers determine optimal work shift ...Full Article
Survey: Only One Quarter Of Nursing Homes Confident They Will Make It Through to Next Year
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes, assisted living communities, and other l...Full Article
Physical Therapy Software Entrepreneur Launches Rizing Tide Foundation, Announces Scholarship Program to Promote Diversity & Inclusion in PT
Applications are open for five scholarships for BIPOC students pursuing careers in PT. Rizing Tide, a foundation dedicated to inspiring more diversity and inclusiveness in th...Full Article
Nurse Inspires Young Amputee With Surprise Visitor and Hope
Nurses aren't just heroes at the bedside. Some have a lasting impact long after a patient goes home. Consider orthopaedic nurse Sandra (Sandy) Nahom-and the young amputee pati...Full Article
Antidepressants May Improve Outcomes In People With Diabetes And Depression
People with diabetes and depression who take antidepressants may have a lower risk of death and of serious diabetes complications, according to a new study published in the En...Full Article
The Effect Of Acute Exercise In Humans On Cancer Cell Growth
New research presented at The Physiological Society’s Annual Conference Physiology 2021 shows that molecules released into the bloodstream during exercise (such as small prote...Full Article
‘Ghosted’ Long COVID Patients Validated by America’s Top Physicians in New Book
Doctors reveal the truth behind the terrible post-COVID epidemic now striking millions of parents and children Award-winning medical journalist Michael Bowker interviews phy...Full Article
About Variants of the Virus that Causes COVID-19
Information about the characteristics of these variants is rapidly emerging. Scientists are working to learn more about how easily they spread, whether they could cause more s...Full Article
How to Treat Keratosis Pilaris at Home
The start of summer means more tank tops and shorts, and for some people, a pesky new skin condition they may not have noticed before. Keratosis pilaris causes tiny, rough fee...Full Article
Tailored, Earlier Cardiac Rehab Program Shows Physical, Emotional Benefits For Heart Failure Patients
NIH-funded clinical trial improved frailty, depression and overall quality of life. An innovative cardiac rehabilitation intervention started earlier and more custom-tailored...Full Article
Addressing Social Needs May Help Mitigate Distress And Improve The Health Of Women With Cancer
A new study published by Wiley early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, has identified unmet social needs in women with gynecologic canc...Full Article
