A recent Mayo Clinic study suggests that active workstations incorporating a walking pad, bike, stepper and/or standing desk are successful strategies for reducing sedentary time and improving mental cognition at work without ...
Apr 4, 2024
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, a time filled with uncertainty and fear, ethnically minoritised NHS staff have not only had to contend with the virus but also a workplace fraught with inequalities.
Apr 4, 2024
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Noma is a rapidly progressing and often deadly gangrenous infection of the face. Horrifically, it mainly affects very young children living in extreme poverty. Despite this, few know of Noma's existence.
Apr 3, 2024
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When Efua, a 25-year-old fashion designer and single mother in Ghana, became pregnant last year, she sought an abortion at a health clinic but worried the procedure might be illegal. Health workers assured her abortions were ...
Apr 2, 2024
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Working side by side with physicians and nurses, social workers are instrumental in supporting patients, families, and communities. Research has found that social workers can help reduce emergency room visits, length of hospital ...
Mar 29, 2024
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Two years of talks aimed at striking a landmark global agreement on how to handle the next pandemics were headed for overtime Thursday, with a breakthrough still elusive.
Mar 28, 2024
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The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report.
Mar 28, 2024
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Months after COVID vaccines were introduced in 2021, governments and private organizations mandated them for various groups. Health and aged care workers were among the first to need two doses to keep their jobs.
Mar 28, 2024
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Four years after COVID-19 began to spread worldwide, a University of Texas at Arlington social worker says work still needs to be done to address the importance of getting vaccinated.
Mar 27, 2024
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A team of AI researchers at Google Research, working with a pair of colleagues from the Center of Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, has developed a machine learning system aimed at diagnosing lung diseases based on the ...
