Rich countries 'raiding' developing world's nurses First global nursing report shows least-developed countries will be short of 5.7 million nurses by 2030. Apr 9, 2020 0 0
Lockdown measures are having an impact in spread of COVID-19 The "lockdown light" decreed by the Swiss Federal Council has led to each person infected with Sars-CoV-2 going on to infect only one person on average instead of two or three prior to the lockdown, as calculations by a team ... Apr 9, 2020 0 1
Ear's inner secrets revealed with new technology What does it actually look like deep inside our ears? This has been very difficult to study as the inner ear is protected by the hardest bone in the body. But with the help of synchrotron X-rays, it is now possible to depict ... Apr 9, 2020 0 289
Parents: Don't worry about how much screen time kids have right now Screen time limits can be hard to enforce under normal circumstances. Setting screen limits on kids who are home during the COVID-19 pandemic can feel impossible, especially as many school-age children are taking classes ... Apr 9, 2020 0 0
The ethics of developing COVID-19 treatments and vaccination Researchers and doctors around the world are in a race to save lives, not only through caring for patients sick with COVID-19, but in the hunt to discover an effective treatment or vaccine. In the rush to do science quickly, ... Apr 9, 2020 0 0
Blocking stress-induced cocaine addiction relapse Stress is a precipitating factor for craving and relapse in cocaine use disorder. A part of the brain known as the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) has been linked to both anxiety and addiction. Apr 9, 2020 0 0
Responding to COVID-19 in the developing world The mass social distancing strategy being used to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the United States and Europe doesn't easily translate to a developing country like Bangladesh, which lacks the capacity to impose restrictions ... Apr 9, 2020 0 0
Racing toward a vaccine: A true medical solution 'does not happen in a short amount of time' For as quickly as coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did claims of snake oil "cures" and home remedies to the virus. While we can't attest to the effectiveness of some makeshift treatments circulating around the ... Apr 9, 2020 0 1
Researchers design ventilation hoods for hospital beds to help contain COVID-19 spread University of Melbourne researchers working in collaboration with Western Health have designed a personal ventilation hood for hospital beds to help contain the droplet spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in intensive care units ... Apr 9, 2020 1 1
Nursing home study reveals 'woeful' underdiagnosis of spasticity A study of 209 residents of a single nursing home found 45 cases of spasticity but only five previously documented cases, indicating considerable prevalence (22%) and woeful underdiagnosis. Apr 9, 2020 0 4
