Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jun 26 2020 Kindergartners in face masks. Closed playground structures. Random COVID-19 testing. They are among the long list of hypothetical scenarios for school in the pandemic era. And as lawmakers and educators reimagine the K-12 model for fall, a new survey assessed parents’ plans for in-person school and support for
Month: June 2020
The continuous spike of the COVID-19 remains an issue and some areas need to do some tweaking to try and prevent it. With more businesses and establishments reopening, the best way is to continue following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. Unfortunately, even that may not be enough to prevent more people
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Developing a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and getting it to everyone in the United States who needs it will be difficult, but lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic can help, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) said at a June
Welcome to this week’s edition of Healthcare Career Insights. This weekly roundup highlights healthcare career-related articles culled from across the Web to help you learn what’s next. Lisa Grabl is president of the locum tenens division of CompHealth, the nation’s largest locum tenens physician staffing company and a leader in permanent and temporary allied healthcare
With government support, three coronavirus vaccines are expected to be studied in large-scale clinical trials in the next three months. “The best we’ve ever done is measles, which is 97 to 98 percent effective,” said Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “That would be wonderful if we get there.
We’ve all seen falsely advertised products, but when those products claim to have health benefits that don’t exist or boast fake “cures” for real and serious health issues, it can put the public at risk. Our health is one thing we can’t afford to be lenient about. Online retailer Lemongrassrice, which sells health and beauty
Masquerading as decorative houseplants, these everyday greens are working behind the scenes to bring the benefits of the great outdoors into your home We may not all be fortunate enough to have a garden at our disposal, and when we’re confined to the same four walls, the need to get outside, see green spaces, and
People have been raving about the fast effects of a ketogenic diet since it helps you lose weight fast without having to starve yourself. In fact, the diet encourages you to eat fats – ideally healthy fats, although some individuals claim that it works with unhealthy fats as well. The ketogenic diet programs your body to seek fuel
Fifteen-year projections for the shortage of primary care and specialty physicians in the United States grew to between 54,000 and 139,000 in the latest annual report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Those estimates are up from last year’s projections of a shortfall of 46,900 to 121,900 by 2032. The Complexities of Physician
A brief look at how Harvard’s networked life-science community — working across labs, industry and academia — is advancing discovery and working toward improving care delivery.
Earlier this year, thirteen football players from the University of Iowa were hospitalized with Rhabdomyolysis. It’s a condition that can happen for several reasons including if you exercise too hard, especially in the heat. Severe cases can lead to kidney failure. The man you’re about to meet knows the dangers of rhabdomyolysis first hand. It
Stoicism as a student’s philosophy serves as their own personal operating system. As I’ve said time and time again on this channel, systems produce results. And your philosophy is the most fundamental system of them all. By applying Stoic fundamentals, students can learn to improve their resilience, get better grades, and more readily achieve their
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Columnist Grace Victory explores the nature of cyclic beings, how to connect with the lunar language, and how to make the most of this divine energy I’ve been fascinated by the moon for as long as I can remember. As a child, I would spend hours staring at it from my bedroom window, always feeling
People with diabetes are often discouraged to have ice cream as dessert because of its high sugar content. Fortunately, many health-conscious confectioners have come to our rescue with their kitchen innovations. Here we feature five low-carb ice cream recipes that you and your family will love! Keto Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream Avocado is popular in
A new analysis of 16 years of publicly accessible health data on 68.5 million Medicare enrollees provides broad evidence that long-term exposure to fine particles in the air – even at levels below current EPA standards – leads to increased mortality rates among the elderly. Based on the results of five complementary statistical models, including
Credit: Diana Orey With news about the coronavirus pandemic developing daily, we want to make sure everyone affected by cancer gets the information they need during this time. We’re pulling together the latest government and NHS health updates from across the UK in a separate blog post, which we’re updating regularly. Targeted drug to treat
FDA Approves Mycapssa (octreotide) Oral Somatostatin Analog for Acromegaly Print this page NEEDHAM, Mass., June 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Chiasma, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHMA), a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Mycapssa (octreotide) capsules for long-term maintenance treatment in acromegaly patients who have responded to and
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo conducts a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., after a meeting with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday that the state’s
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jun 26 2020 An innovative, interactive cloud-based data portal debuted this week that lets academic researchers mine the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of scientific resources for studying pediatric solid tumors and their related biology. The Childhood Solid Tumor Network (CSTN) data portal on St. Jude Cloud was created to
Inhaled triple therapy with budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol showed a signal of reducing all-cause mortality in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at higher (320 μg) budesonide doses in newly reported findings from the large, multicenter, 52-week ETHOS trial. Two doses of the glucocorticoid — 160 μg and 320 μg —
Why did the turtle cross the road? Actually, it’s not just to provide a punchline to this very old joke since it has a purpose that’s more important than you think. Why Do Turtles Cross Roads? It’s now June and, depending on where you live, it can be quite common to find turtles crossing the
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today: US Guidelines Add Dexamethasone Recommendations The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel has added a recommendation to prescribe dexamethasone for COVID-19 patients
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include colchicine for heart complications of COVID,
Antibodies are the proteins the body makes to fight infection. Since the Victorian era, scientists have harnessed this natural protection for treatments. During the 1918 flu pandemic, doctors proved convalescent plasma — antibody-filled blood plasma from patients who recovered from the disease — could fight flu. Convalescent plasma has been used to treat severe flu,
Expecting a child should be a time of joy and excitement (with some nerves and morning sickness likely thrown in). Kassandra Cerda, 27, already has a two-year-old son. After discovering she was expecting a second child, she spent the first 20 weeks of her pregnancy experiencing the feelings any expecting mom has. And then she
It’s well-known that laughter is a great stress-reliever, and a regular dose of hysterics can do us the world of good. But what happens when we’re feeling low and struggle to find the ‘funny’ side? In the words of philosopher and psychologist William James: “We don’t laugh because we’re happy, we are happy because we
On Wednesday, the U.S. registered a record number of coronavirus cases within 24 hours. There were 45,557 new coronavirus cases confirmed, NBC News reported. Though the restaurant industry suffered severe losses at the onset of the pandemic, due to the spike in cases of several restaurants employees across the U.S. testing positive for the virus recently,
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