Health
Taking a team approach to patient care
Improved data and encouraging doctors to work together as a team on patient care could be one way to improve conditions for stressed GPs, a new study has found.
Mar 3, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Dementia screening test adapted for people with hearing problems
University of Queensland researchers have adapted an internationally used test which screens patients for dementia and Alzheimer's disease, to make it suitable for people with hearing loss.
Mar 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More states impose COVID tests on travellers from China
Spain, South Korea and Israel on Friday joined nations imposing COVID tests on travellers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases.
Dec 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Germany urges EU COVID variant checks for China arrivals
Germany currently sees no need to impose routine tests on arrivals from China, but is seeking a coordinated system to monitor variants across European airports, said health minister Karl Lauterbach on Friday.
Dec 30, 2022
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Global alarm grows over China's Covid surge
The United States joined nations imposing COVID tests on travellers from China after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases, but the EU's health agency said Thursday such measures weren't warranted in ...
Dec 29, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Solid organ transplant patients may be at higher risk for skin cancer and require coordinated care
More than half of all patients who receive solid organ transplants will have an incidence of skin cancer at some point—most often a nonmelanoma cancer, such as basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma. This increased ...
Dec 6, 2022
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Health
Study identifies link between poor broadband provision and ill health
Poor broadband provision is associated with people living with a number of health conditions and urgent care needs, a study published today (November 2, 2022) has found.
Nov 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mother to baby transmission of COVID-19 infection, possible but rare: study
SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19 infection, can be transmitted from mother to baby before, during and after childbirth—but such occurrences are rare, a new study reveals.
Mar 16, 2022
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Africa CDC director urges youths to boost COVID vaccinations
Africa's top health official is launching a campaign to enlist young people to encourage vaccinations, as just 11.3% of the continent's 1.3 billion people are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Feb 3, 2022
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1 in 4 parents say their kids have been quarantined since school started
(HealthDay)—One-quarter of U.S. parents report that their child has had to quarantine because of possible COVID-19 exposure since school started, a new poll finds.
Oct 1, 2021
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