Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In Brazil, COVID increasingly hitting the young
Leading the morning medical meeting at an intensive care unit in Sao Paulo, Jaques Sztajnbok reviews his COVID-19 patients.
Mar 20, 2021
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News tagged with breaking point
Autism spectrum disorders
Untapped potential: Embracing neurodiversity in medicine
Family physician Jennifer Vassel used to think she was weird. Situations affected her differently than her colleagues. She could remember exact pages from her Grade 6 textbooks. And she had always been highly sensitive to ...
Jul 6, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pharmacists at higher risk of suicide than general population, study finds
The pandemic put a spotlight on mental health and burnout within health care professions, but emerging research reveals these issues have been affecting health care workers for years, with suicide rates notably high among ...
May 14, 2022
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Pediatrics
Despite pleas from pediatric groups, Biden balks at declaring RSV a health emergency
The Biden administration on Thursday offered assistance to communities and hospitals dealing with a surge in cases of pediatric respiratory illnesses, but it did not declare a national public health emergency.
Nov 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
N.Y. hospital converts sleep apnea machines into ventilators
(HealthDay)—As COVID-19 pushes American hospitals to the breaking point, intensive care units are finding creative ways to deal with a looming shortage of lifesaving mechanical ventilators.
Apr 3, 2020
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Vaccination
Brazil orders 100 million doses of Pfizer vaccine
Brazil has ordered 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and another 38 million of Johnson & Johnson's, the health minister said Monday, seeking to accelerate the hard-hit country's lagging immunization ...
Mar 15, 2021
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Medical research
Zebrafish study explains why the circadian rhythm affects your health
Disruptions to the circadian rhythm can affect the growth of blood vessels in the body, thus causing illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, and cancer, according to a new study from Linköping University and Karolinska Institutet ...
Aug 28, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pioneering liver treatment cures British baby
British doctors on Tuesday said they had cured a baby boy of a life-threatening liver disease using a pioneering treatment in which cells are injected into the abdomen.
Nov 15, 2011
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Vaccination
Brazil grants emergency approval to J&J COVID vaccine
Brazil approved Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use Wednesday, the fourth vaccine to get regulatory approval in the hard-hit country.
Apr 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Doctors plead for supplies, while nations seek to slow virus
Doctors and nurses pleaded for supplies such as masks and ventilators that are critical in their battle to treat a surging number of coronavirus patients, while governments on Tuesday continued to roll out measures that have ...
Mar 24, 2020
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