Tag: Health Professionals

May 7, 2019

A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) analysis of studies gauging attitudes to medicinal cannabis has found that while health professionals ...

First in-vivo trial of subharmonic contrast-enhanced imaging for detection of PCa

Results to be exhibited at 2019 ARRS Annual Meeting Leesburg, VA, May 6, 2019--A new technique for imaging of microbubble ...

Making a ‘to do’ list for trauma docs

Study: Digital checklist can support trauma teams without hampering performanceCredit: Drexel University In hospital trauma centers, where life-or-death decisions are ...

Five things to know about physician suicide

Physician suicide is an urgent problem with rates higher than suicide rates in the general public, with potential for extensive ...

High rates of Indigenous people in jail is a health crisis

The overincarceration of Indigenous people in Canada is a health crisis, causing more years of life to be lost than ...

Program involving community volunteers shows promise for reducing health care use by seniors

Incorporating community volunteers into the health care system shows promise in reducing health care usage by older adults and shifting ...

Managing architectural distortion on mammography based on MR enhancement

May 5, 2019

Results to be exhibited at 2019 ARRS Annual Meeting Leesburg, VA, May 5, 2019--High negative predictive values (NPV) in mammography ...

Comparison between clinicians’ and radiologists’ understanding and imaging of breast pain

May 5, 2019

Results to be exhibited at 2019 ARRS Annual Meeting Leesburg, VA, May 5, 2019--Clinicians need more education in the types ...

Vital signs can now be monitored using radar

May 3, 2019

A radar system developed at the University of Waterloo can wirelessly monitor the vital signs of patients, eliminating the need ...

Global disaster experts to gather in Brisbane

The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Management Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine is on in Brisbane, Australia next ...

Mobile prenatal app shown to reduce in-person visits during pregnancy

George Washington University physicians found use of the mobile app Babyscripts reduced in-person prenatal care visits while maintaining patient and ...

Reasons for delay in pelvic organ prolapse treatment revealed

Credit: University of Stirling Many women do not seek early treatment for pelvic organ prolapse due to confusion and a ...

Receptionists take the everyday flak for NHS system and funding issues

NHS receptionists attract bad press because they are right in the firing line -- not because they do a bad ...

Risk of deaths among incarcerated youth by suicide on the rise