Full-time hospital facility dogs can provide valuable support during terminal illness and help gain patients' cooperation, according to a new study that surveyed the medical staff at a large, public children's hospital about ...
May 31, 2023
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A group of world leading health and scientific experts are calling on the aviation industry to take action to protect passengers and aircrew from dangerous cabin fumes which they say have led to a new emerging disease.
May 30, 2023
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Smartwatches could soon benefit overstretched health practitioners and their patients, says Business School researcher Ruhi Bajaj, lead author of a preliminary study exploring the potential role of such devices in health ...
May 29, 2023
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Postgraduate rheumatology training programs define the knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed for physicians to become specialists in rheumatology. In some countries there is a standardized approach, but in others the program ...
May 26, 2023
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An early advocate for the electronic health records now found in hospitals across the country has developed a plan to improve their use, lighten clinicians' workload and enhance patient care.
May 25, 2023
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Some patients can have vivid and detailed sexual hallucinations during anesthesia with sedative-hypnotic drugs like propofol, midazolam, diazepam and nitrous oxide. Some make suggestive or sexual comments or act out, such ...
May 24, 2023
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A new review article published in the Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences offers valuable insights into the multi-organ system damage caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 23, 2023
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, we heard about people experiencing different kinds of fatigue, whether related to burnout, being unmotivated to follow pandemic restrictions or as a symptom of infection. But what exactly is ...
May 22, 2023
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"Hindsight is 20/20," one often hears in the context of a tendency to evaluate past choices more clearly in light of new information. But the perfect "20/20" score, referring to a measure of visual acuity, acknowledges a ...
May 19, 2023
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Medical assistance in dying (MAID) has received lots of media attention over the past few years. This is especially true as the Canadian government considers expanding eligibility for people whose sole underlying condition ...
May 18, 2023
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