Health
Is the demise of the doctor's white coat near?
Your doctor walks into the exam room wearing a white coat. Or perhaps your physician has on a fleece or softshell jacket.
Aug 3, 2021
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News tagged with public hospitals
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study highlights 'vital 30-day window' for hospital inpatients to get COVID-19 jab
A new study published today has highlighted a "30-day window" for hospital inpatients to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to help reduce their risk of dying.
Jul 23, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Many youth with blood cancers receive intensive end-of-life care
(HealthDay)—Fifty-five percent of children, adolescents, and young adults with hematologic malignancies experience high-intensity end-of-life care (HI-EOLC), with an increased likelihood for those treated at medium or large ...
Jul 6, 2021
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Health
Safe nurse staffing standards in hospitals save lives and lower costs
A new study published in The Lancet Global Health showed that establishing safe nurse staffing standards in hospitals in Chile could save lives, prevent readmissions, shorten hospital stays, and reduce costs.
Jul 6, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study links COVID-19 public health efforts to dramatic drop in COPD hospitalizations
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) analyzed data at the 13-hospital University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and found public health measures designed to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 ...
Jun 14, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Preventing suicide among a 'hidden population' in public housing
New research suggests that African American families living in public housing are a "hidden population" when it comes to national suicide prevention efforts.
Jun 4, 2021
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Health
Make COVID jab free for everyone in India to boost uptake and curb death toll
The COVID-19 jab should be made free for everyone in India to boost uptake and curb the death toll from the infection, urge experts in a personal view (commentary) published in the online journal BMJ Global Health.
Jun 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Impossible' to hold Olympics during pandemic, Japan doctors union warns
Holding the Tokyo Olympics safely as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage would be "impossible," a union of Japanese hospital doctors warned on Wednesday.
May 13, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Medicaid expansion alone does not resolve disparities in cancer care
While cancer patients have experienced accelerated treatment timelines, receipt of definitive treatment for minorities and minority-serving hospitals in expansion states did not change compared to those in in non-expansion ...
May 12, 2021
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Medical research
Vaccination, NPI compliance needed to prevent COVID-19 surges
To prevent surges in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, high vaccination rates and compliance with nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are needed, according to research published in the May 5 early-release issue ...
May 7, 2021
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