Stroke doctors establish best practices to protect against COVID-19
Patients should continue to seek early treatment for a suspected stroke, they adviseCredit: UCLA Health To keep patients and health-care ...
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Newcastle experts join global study into COVID-19 loss of smell
Credit: Newcastle University, UK People who have recently experienced loss of smell are being urged to participate in a survey ...
Position statement addresses difficult issue: allocating scare resources in COVID-19 era
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on societies worldwide, given the pandemic's rapid, ...
Ultraviolet light exposes contagion spread from improper PPE use
Low-cost simulation technique can efficiently increase hospital workplace safety during COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Rami A. Ahmed, D.O. Despite the use of ...
Canadian chiropractors remove vaccination info on websites after media coverage
Credit: Photo courtesy McMaster University Hamilton, ON (May 5, 2020) - Media pressure on chiropractors advocating against vaccinations has led ...
Aromatherapy may reduce nurses’ stress, WVU researcher suggests
Credit: Jennifer Shephard/West Virginia University Even under normal circumstances, nursing can be a stressful profession. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates ...
Support teams key to reducing hospitalizations from nursing homes
Credit: MU Sinclair School of Nursing COLUMBIA, Mo. - Nursing home residents are often cared for by a variety of ...
Feeling burned out? The contributors could be more related to depression than you think
A study of medical interns across 68 institutions found that personal and workplace factors predicting burnout largely overlapped with factors ...
AGS COVID-19 brief offers roadmap to government action for assisted living facilities
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society In a policy brief published today in its namesake journal (DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16510), the American ...
Variation in how side effects are reported clouds drug safety
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center An important goal of early-phase clinical trials is to discover a drug's possible side ...
Smart contact lenses that diagnose and treat diabetes
Credit: Sei Kwang Hahn (POSTECH) Diabetes is called an incurable disease because once it develops, it does not disappear regardless ...
WVU business experts partner with the National Guard to forecast PPE needs
Credit: West Virginia University When COVID-19 started depleting stockpiles of medical gear in hotspots like New York and New Jersey, ...
NUS-led team develops artificial intelligence platform to combat infectious diseases
Novel tool identifies optimal drug combination therapies at unprecedented speedCredit: National University of Singapore As the COVID-19 crisis continues to ...
Study shows fewer kids enrolling in cancer clinical trials
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Historically, pediatric cancer patients have been much more likely than adult cancer patients to ...
Engineers design UV stations to aid healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- As the COVID-19 pandemic continues into its second month ...
Easing the burden of coronavirus with virtual reality
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 21, 2020--A new article discusses the psychological stresses imposed by ...
How Tweets may influence substance abuse in youth
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (April 21,2020) - Substance use by youth remains a significant public health concern. While social media ...
Cost-effective canopy protects health workers from COVID infection during ventilation
Credit: Photo courtesy of Prof. Yochai Adir. Researchers have designed a cost-effective, constant flow plastic canopy system that can help ...
Social grooming factors influencing social media civility on COVID-19
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 20, 2020--A new study analyzing tweets about COVID-19 found that ...
AGS reiterates urgent COVID-19 call for medical supplies, telehealth
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society New York (April 17, 2020)--In a new series of letters sent yesterday to Congressional ...
