Have you or a loved one ever needed surgery? Imagine what your life would be like if you couldn't have it. Billions of people around the world lack access to surgery because equipment and general anaesthesia are too expensive ...
Jun 27, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a prolonged increase in workload and stress among specialists in many healthcare sectors, but this has been particularly noticeable in emergency medicine (EM). A survey carried out by the ...
May 27, 2022
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Fitness trackers can tell you how well you're sleeping, how fast you're walking and, of course, how many steps you've taken.
Apr 19, 2022
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Medical imaging is one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in health care with providers ordering dozens of imaging studies for their patients every day. These studies are used to gain information about certain symptoms ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Medication-assisted treatment is among the most effective approaches to treat opioid dependency, but not as many Ohio clinicians who could be administering drugs like buprenorphine or naltrexone are doing so, found a recent ...
Mar 16, 2022
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George Mason University's Andrew Peterson says that rationing medical care depending on vaccination status is ethically fraught, but it's under consideration in parts of America as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to ...
Oct 8, 2021
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The concept of rationing medical resources during the height of COVID-19 pandemic created tremendous anxiety in the patient and healthcare communities. In planning for that possibility, Massachusetts created a triage scoring ...
Jun 14, 2021
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Seriously ill COVID-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those on other continents, which could be because of a lack of critical care equipment, a study published Friday said.
May 21, 2021
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The yeast Candida albicans can cause itchy, painful urinary tract and vaginal yeast infections. For women in low-resource settings who lack access to healthcare facilities, these infections create substantial social and economic ...
May 19, 2021
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Over 1 billion people globally are affected by iron-deficiency anemia. In sub-Saharan Africa, anemia is a major public health concern with roughly 60% of the population suffering from anemia. Around half of those cases are ...
Nov 25, 2020
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