A disease common during the First World War, trench fever, has been found in some urban populations experiencing homelessness in Canada, and physicians should be aware of this potentially fatal disease, highlights a practice ...
Dec 7, 2020
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An estimated 320,000 adults in Los Angeles County may have been infected with coronavirus, according to preliminary results of a study that suggests the illness is far more widespread than current testing shows and the death ...
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Primary health care service outreach (PHSO) interventions, where patients are attended to in their own environment, could be key to improving health in the homeless population, finds a new UCL study.
Nov 17, 2022
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More than eight out of 10 homeless people surveyed by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and elsewhere have at least one chronic health condition and more than half have a mental health problem.
Aug 24, 2011
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They often don't have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps.
Mar 7, 2020
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The nation's HIV epidemic remains stubbornly persistent, with almost 40,000 new infections annually in the United States. That's despite the fact that physicians have a proven tool to prevent the spread of the virus among ...
May 8, 2019
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More than twice as many people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco died during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years, with the leading cause of death being drug overdose. No deaths attributed ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Single women who are homeless visit a hospital Emergency Department an average of more than twice a year, 13 times more often than women in the general population, new research has found.
Oct 22, 2013
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Hospitals are feeling the strain from a COVID surge, a bad flu season and an increasing number of RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, cases. Child-friendly versions of cold and flu medications are scarce on store shelves ...
Dec 14, 2022
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A systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in people who are homeless or in unstable housing situations—including 38 studies published between 1995 and 2018, and published in ...
Dec 3, 2019
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