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Saudi health workers sickened by SARS-like virus

A deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia, health officials said Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First proof of patient-to-nurse infection of coronavirus, WHO says

Two Saudi health workers have contracted the deadly coronavirus from patients, marking the first evidence of transmission in a hospital setting, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Regulator keeps vaccines at right temperature

Rice University students have created a way to help health care workers track vaccines and keep them at a safe temperature.

Medications created May 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Integrating mental health care: New series

The first article in a landmark series to help health care workers and providers, donors, and decision makers understand the importance of including mental health care in global health programs is being published in this ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospital-acquired influenza rare but serious

(Medical Xpress)—Medical researchers urge vaccination this flu season as new research shows that hospital-acquired, or nosocomial, influenza is relatively uncommon, but can be severe.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China's bird flu response shows new openness (Update)

(AP)—After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live updates on a Twitter-like microblog. It's a starkly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MU program helps health care workers move past tragedy

When a patient dies unexpectedly, whether suddenly or after a long illness, the loss can hit loved ones hard. In some of these cases, health care workers can be affected deeply due to the emotional bonding ...

Health created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protecting health care workers

(Medical Xpress)—Health care workers who consistently wear special fitted face masks while on duty are much less likely to get clinical respiratory and bacterial infections, according to new research led ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Briton is 10th case of SARS-like virus

A British resident has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal SARS-like virus, British health authorities said on Monday, in the 10th confirmed case worldwide.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Self-rated low physical capacity tied to low back pain

(HealthDay)—Women health care workers who rate their physical capacity as low are significantly more likely to develop non-chronic and persistent low back pain (LBP) compared with those who assess their ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Surgical-site infections may increase risk of deadly blood clots after colorectal surgery

Despite receiving blood thinners and other clot prevention treatment, some patients still develop potentially lethal blood clots in the first month after their operations anyway, especially if they developed a surgical-site ...

Surgery created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Large Spanish protest against health privatization

(AP)—Thousands of Spanish medical workers marched through downtown Madrid on Monday to protest against budget cuts and plans to partly privatize their cherished national health service.

Health created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disinfecting robots help prevent superbug infections at Hopkins

Even as epidemiologists worry about a shrinking arsenal of antibiotics to fight potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria, researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital are betting on another weapon to prevent infections: robots.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cancer costs billions yearly in U.S. worker productivity, study finds

(HealthDay)—The cost of lost productivity among U.S. workers with cancer is equal to 20 percent of the nation's health care spending, according to a new study.

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Thousands in Spain protest health privatization

(AP)—Several thousand Spanish public health workers and other people marched from four main hospitals in Madrid to converge on a main square in the capital Sunday, protesting the regional government's plans ...

Health created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0