Hospital Safety Improves; Physician Burnout; and Opioid Overuse
Hospital Patient Safety Improves Hospital patient safety improved in the past decade, saving thousands of lives, a new report finds. …
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EU project aims to improve first response in major emergencies
Major emergencies such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters have become more complex and larger in scale, challenging the ability …
Jeremy Hunt demands NHS tightens its belts but gives it extra £6.6BN
‘We want Scandinavian quality and Singaporean efficiency’: Jeremy Hunt demands NHS tightens its belts but gives it extra £6.6BILLION over …
Study challenges ‘good’ cholesterol’s role in universally predicting heart disease risk
A National Institutes of Health-supported study found that high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, often called the “good cholesterol,” may not be …
In Sagittarius Season, Burn Off Your Extra Energy In Bed
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Quantum Computing: Medicine’s Next Great Leap
The 1960s marked the arrival of computers in medicine. Expensive, cumbersome hunks of plastic and metal that could (maybe) get test …
What is the immune protection generated by SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 against Omicron BA.4 and BA.5?
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated immune protection conferred by previous severe acute respiratory …
Wife’s immense grief as husband dies of bowel cancer
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Study Affirms Shorter Regimens for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Two short-course bedaquiline-containing treatment regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB) showed “robust evidence” for superior efficacy and less ototoxicity compared to …
Top reasons Brits exercise less in winter – such as cold, wet weather
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Rice bioengineer receives support for brain cancer research
Kevin McHugh, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering, has earned a Distinguished …
I can't turn off appliances to cut my electricity bill – they keep my son alive
The moment I clicked on my combined energy bill last week, and saw it was at £230 a month – …
The tools Uganda is using to fight Ebola outbreak
New clinical trials of vaccines and drugs have helped bolster Uganda’s arsenal of weapons to fight against an Ebola outbreak …
Discussing autism diagnosis with kids
With better awareness and acceptance, approximately one out of every 50 children is receiving an autism diagnosis. More and more …
Personalized Breast Screening a Step Closer to Reality
A new model for predicting breast cancer risk that is based on standard clinical measures could be used to develop …
New Guidance on Discussing Brain Atrophy With MS Patients
New expert guidance on discussing the sensitive topic of brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis (MS) has been released. Robert Zivadinov, …
Study challenges a long-standing idea about the role of Hippo signaling in organ growth
The Hippo signaling pathway – a genetic program thought to play a central role in organ development – does not …
FDA Alert: ‘Substantial’ Hypocalcemia Risk with Prolia Use
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert today that cited preliminary evidence for a “substantial risk” for …