Each year there are more than 200 million cases of malaria worldwide, a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that brings on fever and body aches and, in some cases, more serious conditions such as coma and death. While ...
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A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis supports evidence that children with mild asthma can effectively manage the condition by using their two inhalers—one a steroid and the other a bronchodilator—when ...
Aug 16, 2019
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Women and minority groups are underrepresented in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in the US and workforce diversity is not likely undergo big changes anytime soon, according to a new ten-year study of almost 700,000 newly ...
Jul 25, 2019
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Children afflicted with medical emergencies during commercial airline trips tend to have common ailments such as vomiting, fever or allergic reactions—events that should be easily treated, according to a study led by Duke ...
Jul 25, 2019
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Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body's immune response to infection spirals out of control. Bacteria in the bloodstream trigger immune cells to release powerful molecules called cytokines to quickly ...
Jul 22, 2019
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On average, American colleges and universities with nursing programs offer about one hour of instruction in handling catastrophic situations such as nuclear events, pandemics, or water contamination crises, according to two ...
Jul 22, 2019
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Adverse drug events could be avoided by sharing patients' medication histories and previous harmful medication exposures among various health-care facilities. That's one of the key findings of a study published today in CMAJ ...
Jul 19, 2019
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(HealthDay)—An air ambulance might be your only chance to survive a medical emergency—but a new study reports it's going to cost you.
Jul 02, 2019
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People with both physical illnesses and mental disorders visit the emergency department more frequently than people with multiple physical illnesses or mental illness alone, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ...
Jul 02, 2019
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Results of a multi-center study of patients' assumptions about health care professionals' roles based on gender show significant stereotypical bias towards males as physicians and females as nurses. The research team, led ...
Jul 01, 2019
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