Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
When mom-to-be has COVID-19
Childbirth is an emotional event, filled with both excitement and apprehension.
Aug 28, 2020
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Health
Physicians urge hospitals to become 'artificial intelligence ready'
A group of doctors and data scientists is calling on hospitals to create clinical departments devoted to artificial intelligence to harness the power of the technology to transform patient care.
Jul 27, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Race and ethnicity did not affect outcomes for new moms with COVID-19, finds study
Race and ethnicity did not affect pregnancy and birth outcomes in women with SARS-CoV-2 infection who gave birth at two hospitals in northern Manhattan during the height of the pandemic in New York City, according to a preliminary ...
Jul 22, 2020
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Health
COVID-19 limitations unique opportunity for researchers to decrease digital divide
The COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders and other limitations could offer researchers the chance to use technology to decrease the digital divide and disparities in academic research, suggests a University of California, Davis, ...
Apr 30, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus: Healthcare workers must protect themselves even if employers won't
As the coronavirus spreads throughout the country, an increasing number of American healthcare workers helping to treat patients are contracting the infection.
Mar 6, 2020
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Cardiology
Heart attack patients who follow more guidelines live longer
Patients who followed more medical advice after a heart attack were more likely to survive years after their heart attack. Their prospects improved with every additional recommendation they followed, according to new research ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Medications
Factors examined for time to first therapy for biologic DMARD in RA
(HealthDay)—For older patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is considerable variation in time to receipt of first biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) after prescription of the first conventional ...
Dec 11, 2019
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Health
Telling the complex story of 'medical xenophobia' in South Africa
The phrase "medical xenophobia" is often used to describe the negative attitudes and practices of South African health care professionals towards refugees and migrants. It is used whenever foreign nationals are denied access ...
Dec 5, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A tech intervention to tame tuberculosis
For tuberculosis patients, complying with a full course of treatment can be daunting and difficult. But a new experiment conducted by MIT researchers in Kenya, in collaboration with the digital health company Keheala, shows ...
Sep 4, 2019
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Health
THC may be to blame in Minnesota's severe respiratory illnesses linked to vaping
State and federal health investigators are focusing on illicit THC compounds as they search for the cause of a rash of vaping-related respiratory illnesses that struck teens and young adults this summer.
Sep 4, 2019
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