First Nations women are 69 times more likely to have a head injury after being assaulted
(First Nations people, please be advised that the following article mentions family violence and assault.)
Nov 10, 2022
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(First Nations people, please be advised that the following article mentions family violence and assault.)
Nov 10, 2022
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Suicides and suicide attempts by Black and Hispanic Americans are on the rise. Changing the way doctors, clergy, and school personnel think about risk may be essential to prevention, reports a UConn Health researcher.
Sep 16, 2022
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Caregivers are particularly important during a public health crisis. Now, researchers from Japan have found that caregivers working in nursing homes experienced high levels of psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 12, 2022
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Katherine Sanden drove over 1,400 miles, from California to Nebraska, to care for her beloved uncle after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in November 2020, but seeing him after years apart was more devastating than she ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Cancer isn't just a physical struggle but also an emotional one, as patients, survivors and their loved ones experience grief and loss throughout the experience.
Aug 19, 2022
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The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic presented a huge challenge to healthcare workers. Doctors struggled to predict how different patients would fare under treatment against the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus. Deciding how to triage ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Researchers in Switzerland and the UK have found that in COVID-19 isolation wards less transmission of the virus occurred between patients and healthcare workers than expected, according to a study published today in eLife.
Jul 19, 2022
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Can an otherwise healthy young woman die from what starts out as something akin to a common cold? The answer is, shockingly, yes, when certain telltale signs of a more serious problem go undetected.
Jun 13, 2022
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare organizations, leaders, researchers, and practitioners have attempted on the fly to deal with the inherent stresses, strains, and struggles related to an unprecedented healthcare crisis ...
May 16, 2022
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When planning ongoing care for a stroke patient, the focus tends to rest on the patient with sometimes little consideration for the family member or friend who will be their caregiver.
May 12, 2022
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