Health
Strained US hospitals seek foreign nurses amid visa windfall
With American hospitals facing a dire shortage of nurses amid a slogging pandemic, many are looking abroad for health care workers.
Feb 3, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Police and law enforcement 'back-office' staff dealing with traumatic material need extra support when working from home
Analytical and intelligence professionals in back-office as supportive staff working with traumatic material during the pandemic have reported feeling anxious, sad, lonely and exhausted. Additional support is needed to ...
Jan 25, 2022
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Health
Retirement age rising faster than healthy working life expectancy in the UK
Policies to extend working lives and raise state pension age may fail under the current conditions for work in the UK, new research suggests.
Jan 20, 2022
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Health
The importance and difficulty of assessing patients' work capacity in sickness certification
Nearly nine out of ten doctors in primary care think a decision on sickness absence is improved if they are in touch with the patient's employer—but only four out of ten are. A University of Gothenburg thesis highlights ...
Dec 27, 2021
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Immunology
Researchers lay groundwork for potential 'dog allergy vaccine' for humans
There have been many research efforts describing the nature and progression of dog allergies, but there have been very few applied studies that use this information to try to cure people of dog allergies entirely by artificially ...
Dec 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 infections in nursing homes: Simulation model for optimal prevention and vaccination strategies
Researchers from TU Graz and Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna have developed a detailed epidemiological model for the spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes. This enables optimal prevention strategies to be identified, ...
Dec 22, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Quarter of home care workers in Wales sought mental health help during pandemic
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of domiciliary care workers in Wales has been revealed in the initial findings of a study led by Cardiff University.
Dec 21, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study spotlights mental toll of pandemic on health workers
Researchers at UW Medicine and the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System worked with emergency medicine physicians at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York to assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. ...
Dec 17, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study finds long- and short-term memory vie for brain space
The brain is a battlefield where cognitive domains vie for limited resources, and this appears to be particularly true during sleep. A University of California, Irvine-led research team has discovered that long-term memory ...
Dec 15, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study identifies three ways to reduce clinician burnout and increase work engagement
Clinician burnout in healthcare is a growing area of concern, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on. Research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Regenstrief Institute looked at ways organizations ...
Dec 14, 2021
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