Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Computational medicine—moving from uncertainty to precision
Individual choices in medicine carry a certain amount of uncertainty.
Feb 10, 2021
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News tagged with healthcare system
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Patient-centered care during COVID-19 promoted
The COVID-19 pandemic has diminished people's ability to make in-person, human connections, and such relationships are especially important in health care. However, healthcare organizations can improve connections with their ...
Jan 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
LA ambulances stop transporting some patients due to COVID strain
Los Angeles ambulance workers have been told to stop transporting some patients with extremely low survival chances to hospital, and to limit oxygen use, as record COVID cases overwhelm medical resources.
Jan 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'We will not forget our colleagues who have died': two doctors on the frontline of the second wave
During the first wave of coronavirus in April, we wrote about our experiences as frontline healthcare workers in Liverpool. While working on COVID-19 wards, we described the stark psychological and health vulnerabilities ...
Dec 2, 2020
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Vaccination
Q&A: A life-changing vaccine, if we do it right
Pfizer's announcement that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine appears to be more than 90% effective has provided hope for relief from the increasingly calamitous onslaught of the virus. We asked Yale SOM's Dr. Howard Forman, ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Germany sees signs of virus curve flattening
Germany is seeing tentative signs that a surge in coronavirus infections may be easing, officials said Thursday, giving credit to anti-transmission measures that they warned would have to be maintained through winter and ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Addiction
New study highlights success of a mobile clinical and outreach van in helping people on the street with opioid addiction
A novel mobile health program created in early 2018 by the Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has proven to be an effective model for bringing opioid addiction treatment services directly ...
Sep 25, 2020
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Health
Improving immunity through exercise – new advice on lowering infection impact
New advice to help healthcare professionals promote exercise as a way of improving immunity has been launched by medical experts and exercise scientists.
Sep 17, 2020
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Study: Why people with knee osteoarthritis experience different kinds of pain
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis worldwide, affecting more than 300 million people. It causes substantial pain, functional limitations, and disability in patients.
Sep 5, 2020
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Cardiology
Veterans undergoing elective PCI at community hospitals may have increased chance of death
Veterans who underwent elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable angina at a community facility were at a 33% increased hazard, or chance, of death compared to patients treated within the Veterans Affairs ...
Aug 24, 2020
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