Healthcare workers move a patient in the Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas Thursday, July 2, 2020. MARK FELIX Hospitals in Houston, Texas are on track to be overwhelmed in approximately two weeks as coronavirus cases mount, Mayor Sylvester Turner said on Sunday. “The number of people who are getting sick
Young children from dog-owning households have better social and emotional wellbeing than children from households who do not own a dog, suggests research published in the journal Pediatric Research. A team of researchers at the University of Western Australia and Telethon Kids Institute utilised questionnaire data from 1,646 households that included children aged two to
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 antibody testing for COVID-19, Apgar score
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 many states starting to lift coronavirus restrictions, more people are venturing out in public, but the number of cases is still rising in nearly half of them. That’s where masks come in. A recent study found that the use of masks and face coverings has been the most effective way to reduce person-to-person spread
Research conducted by David Sinclair and colleagues shows that, in mice, treatment with the NAD precursor NMN mitigates age-related DNA damage and averts DNA damage from radiation exposure. Find out more at http://hms.harvard.edu/news/unraveling-mysteries-aging Like Harvard Medical School on Facebook: https://goo.gl/4dwXyZ Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/GbrmQM Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/s1w4up Follow on LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/04vRgY Website: https://hms.harvard.edu/
Dr. Robert Wilfahrt, a family medicine physician at Mayo Clinic, discusses ADHD in adults. Dr. Wilfahrt is also a content editor and board member for the Mayo Clinic Health Letter. To learn more about adult ADHD, visit: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adult-adhd/symptoms-causes/syc-20350878
Choosing a specialty is one of the most important decisions you’ll make in medical school. Everything from your life during medical school, to your life in residency, to your life beyond residency as an attending physician are all dramatically influenced by this singular decision. This is the systematic way to figure out which specialty is
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Seeking to give a voice to women’s health, a new campaign from Essity (creators of Bodyform) highlights the myriad of experiences women have with their bodies throughout their lives Traditionally, we’ve been taught a bit of a linear narrative when it comes to women’s bodies. From a young age, we’re taught about our biological timeline
The government designated cannabis dispensaries as essential businesses in eight of the 11 states where adult-use is legal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales have been increasing but health experts warned people should control their intake of the drug because of its unwanted effects on the heart. Estimates show that weekly sales of marijuana products reached
Arrow International is recalling its AutoCat 2 and AC3 Optimus intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) series because of the potential for motor connector wires to break down. Both devices contain an MForce motor driver that may break, char, and discolor the motor connector wires, according to the company. This may lead to pump alarms for “System Error 3”
A survey has found that 86% of parents of autistic children believe that there has been a damaging lack of government support over the last three months Throughout lockdown, we’ve all had our various challenges to contend with but, wanting to get an idea of how the measures have effected the families of autistic children,
All of us love the creamy and nutty taste of cheese nowadays. Be it eaten by its lonesome as a snack or appetizer or an accompaniment to foods such as burgers, pastries or salads, this fermented, milk-based dairy product delights people of all ages. The question is, is cheese healthy and should consumption of it
Tirofiban is far superior to cangrelor at achieving rapid and potent inhibition of platelet aggregation in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation MI. And cangrelor, in turn, is superior to oral prasugrel, according to the randomized FABOLUS FASTER trial, Marco Valgimigli, MD, PhD, reported at the virtual annual meeting of the European Association of
This content originally appeared on Sugar-Free Mom. Republished with permission. If you’ve never tried coconut shrimp, now is the time my friends! It’s basically an easy way to enjoy tasty shrimp! Shrimp coated in shredded coconut which is then fried, pan-fried, baked, or even air fried! You can enjoy this as a meal by adding
Print this page PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – INOVIO (NASDAQ:INO), a biotechnology company focused on rapidly bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to protect and treat people from infectious diseases and cancer, today announced positive interim clinical data of INO-4800, its vaccine candidate against novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), from the first two Phase
Print this page KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE) June 29, 2020 — Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Keytruda, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch
The number of new Covid-19 cases worldwide has reached a record high at 212,326 cases in the last 24 hours, according to a situation report from the World Health Organization. The report says there have been more than 10.9 million confirmed Covid-19 cases globally, with 212,326 new cases in the last 24 hours. There have been
An international research collaboration, including Professor IIJIMA Kazumoto et al. (of the Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine) has revealed that NPHS1 is a disease-susceptibility gene for steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome in children. The NPHS1 gene encodes nephrin, a component protein for the renal glomerulus slit diaphragm, which prevents protein from being passed
The Skeptical Cardiologist has been pointing out for some time that dietary advice to universally restrict consumption of saturated fats is not scientifically based. Different foods present different types of saturated fats in different matrices and it is not reasonable to assume the overall effect of these foods can be predicted by measuring only saturated
A CNN analysis of policies across 18 nations has shown that most of the countries that have now been designated by the European Union as having the epidemic under control only started easing their regulations after seeing sustained drops in daily new cases of Covid-19. In contrast, three of the four countries with the world’s
This video is one in a series that explains the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea. For more information, visit www.understandingsleep.org
Difficulty staying on task, being easily distracted, constantly losing things and never finishing projects. All are tell tale signs of adult attention deficit disorder. Lots of people think they may have adult ADD, but sometimes symptoms are the result of other issues. Let’s go to Mayo Clinic to find out more about adult ADD.
For medical school, you apply to multiple schools, hopefully get several acceptances, and choose the program that you like most. For residency, it’s not so straightforward. Instead, you’ll be using the NRMP Match and it’s Nobel Prize winning algorithm. Here’s how it works. ???? Sign up for my weekly newsletter – https://medschoolinsiders.com/newsletter ???? Website &
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It’s a natural part of life, but how much do you really know about the menopause? Tune into the virtual talks that explore this important topic There’s an elephant in the room and it’s called the menopause. The menopause is when a woman stops having periods and is no longer able to get pregnant naturally.
It is important to detect COVID-19 early to prevent serious complications and avoid exposing other people to the coronavirus. However, there have been challenges in getting tested, from shortage of testing kits, strict guidelines to confusing symptoms. There are several factors to consider before you seek a coronavirus testing. The first one is to observe