CHICAGO — Patrick Perri, MD, said during a talk that he frequently thinks about a group of people who were homeless and lived in a park about a hundred yards from the medical center in Boston where he did his training. On a return visit about 10 years later, Perri went to the park and inquired about
Month: May 2022
High-risk patients who need defibrillators to prevent cardiac arrest can experience fewer complications with a type of device implanted under the skin, a Canadian study has found. Traditional defibrillators, while highly effective, involve placing a wire through a vein, into the chest and into the heart itself. The wires, known as ‘leads,’ in the traditional
How much sleep do people in middle and old age really need? Seven hours appears to be the ideal amount of sleep, a team of researchers has found. Sleep isn’t just about taking rest, as it actually plays a critical role in cognitive function and psychological health, the University of Cambridge noted in a news release. One of the
CHICAGO — The COVID pandemic left hospitalist Ngozi Nwankwo, MD, with the most difficult patient interactions she had ever experienced. “At my hospital, it was such a big thing to make sure that families are called,” said Nwankwo, in an interview following a session on compassionate communication at the annual meeting of the American College of
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Women’s elevated anxiety, depression and stress during pregnancy altered key features of the fetal brain, which subsequently decreased their offspring’s cognitive development at 18 months. These changes also increased internalizing and dysregulation behaviors, according to a new study by Children’s National Hospital published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers followed a cohort of 97 pregnant women
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Throughout the book, “Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It’s Too Late,” Birx speaks to her struggle to get through to an administration unprepared for the pandemic and President Trump, who quickly chilled on her stark projections of the damage the virus could do. “Any