Skin-to-skin ‘kangaroo care’ shows important benefits for premature babies

A world-first study led by Monash University has demonstrated significant benefits to a premature baby’s heart and brain function when held by the parent in skin-to-skin contact. Parent-infant skin-to-skin care (SSC) or kangaroo care, started in the late 1970s in Columbia when incubators to keep babies warm were not available. It is now widely recognised as a beneficial component of […]

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Consumer centre warns of dubious Corona-miracle products

The Coronavirus pandemic keeps Germany and the world in suspense: Around 3.7 million people have, until now, with the novel Virus-causative agent of Sars-CoV-2 infected – 165.992 of them in Germany. The countries-Overview of the Live card to the Virus outbreak The Covid-19 Radar facts and Figures Consumer centre warns of dubious Corona-miracle products The consumer advice centre of Hesse […]

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Congress must tackle patient matching amid COVID-19, says Pew Charitable Trusts

For all the controversy surrounding the “reopening” of society during the ongoing public health emergency, it remains a stubborn fact that there’s no getting back any safe sense of new normal without widespread contact tracing and, eventually, a safe and widely-administered vaccine. But there’s a major and longstanding hurdle to accomplishing either of those goals: the challenge of accurate patient […]

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Living in a rural environment enhances mental well-being among the elderly

The mental well-being of the elderly refers to how they perceive their everyday existence, i.e.—if their outlook is positive or negative, which, in turn, makes their life pleasant or unpleasant. The positive feeling of emotional well-being allows people to live fully and feel integrated in society; moreover, people enjoying good mental health are better capacitated to recover from sudden illness, […]

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The puzzling questions of the coronavirus: A doctor addresses 6 questions that are stumping physicians

As researchers try to find treatments and create a vaccine for COVID-19, doctors and others on the front lines continue to find perplexing symptoms. And the disease itself has unpredictable effects on various people. Dr. William Petri, a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia Medical School, answers questions about these confusing findings. Some evidence suggests that patients experience […]

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