Cardiovascular researcher urges women to listen to their hearts
A UBC Okanagan researcher is urging people to learn and then heed the symptoms of atrial fibrillation (AF). Especially women.
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A UBC Okanagan researcher is urging people to learn and then heed the symptoms of atrial fibrillation (AF). Especially women.
May 5, 2021
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When safety net hospitals close or switch from not-for-profit to for-profit status, as quite a few did during the 1990s and early 2000s, certain vulnerable groups suffer disproportionately, a new study finds. For instance, ...
Sep 19, 2011
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The nationwide shortage of health care professionals—a so-called "Great Resignation" of providers—is impacting patient care in ways large and small, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll shows.
Dec 1, 2022
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California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears the explosion of coronavirus cases will exhaust staffing resources.
Dec 20, 2020
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While the warm summer months are perfect for spending time outside, several environmental factors can spell trouble for eyesight. One University of Alabama at Birmingham optometrist says knowledge of what to do, and what ...
Jun 26, 2015
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The use of long-distance video and data hookups to link remote community hospitals with stroke neurologists in large centres provides the same level of care as having everyone in the same room, according to a new study presented ...
Oct 4, 2011
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In the United States, older patients with advanced lung cancer make much less use of hospital and emergency room services at the end of life than their counterparts in Ontario but use far more chemotherapy, according to a ...
May 18, 2011
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Emergency department patients who have recently been hospitalized are more than twice as likely to be admitted as those who have not recently been in the hospital, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine ...
Jun 1, 2011
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Just beyond a short yellow barrier reminding Rush Copley intensive care unit staff which rooms are for COVID-19 patients and which are "clean," a masked team of doctors, pharmacists and other caregivers meets in a corner ...
Dec 15, 2020
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Self-injury so often occurs in private, an important reason why solid statistics are hard to come by. But researchers estimate between 10 and 40 percent of adolescents, and up to 10 percent of adults, harm themselves physically ...
Oct 30, 2015
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