The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted our experiences of, … ath and bereavement. Edith Cowan University Lecturer and Psychotherapist Karen Anderson has used key research and her own observations working on the frontline of counseling to explain the impact of this pandemic on the grief process, and how we can better manage our grief when the usual rites of passage […]
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The heart and brain communicate constantly. For example, when encountering a dangerous situation, signals from the brain ensure that the heart beats faster. When relaxing, the heart slows down. Interestingly, the heartbeat also affects the brain, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig and Berlin […]
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Men with a history of obesity in their late teens are, in adult life, more at risk of a blood clot (thrombus) in a leg or lung, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg study shows. The risk rises successively and is highest in those who were severely obese in adolescence. A thrombus in the leg or lung […]
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The United States reported its millionth coronavirus case as hard-hit European countries took tentative steps towards lifting lockdowns, with masks mandatory in all German shops from Wednesday. Excitement over a move towards normality in many places was tempered by fear of new outbreaks and growing evidence of the economic devastation wreaked by the pandemic. The crisis has left tens of […]
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For the first time, a blood test has been shown to help detect many types of cancer in a study of thousands of people with no history or symptoms of the disease. The test is still experimental. Even its fans say it needs to be improved and that Tuesday’s results are not ideal. Yet they show what benefits and drawbacks […]
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Heart attacks happen when there’s a sudden loss of blood flow to a part of the heart muscle. Without a sufficient supply of blood and oxygen your heart can be seriously damaged. The primary cause is heart disease, a process whereby fatty substances such as cholesterol clog up the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. READ MORE […]
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Everyone wants to know: When, oh when, will it go back to normal? As some governors across the United States begin to ease restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, hopes are soaring that life as Americans knew it might be returning. But plans emerging in many states indicate that “normal” is still a long way off. White […]
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Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, New York, is the Eastern hub of Northwell Health, the largest healthcare organization in New York State. THE PROBLEM The medical center needed to address an acute revenue cycle problem with its hospitalist group that was dramatically affecting the organization’s ability to run its hospitalist program. It was using an offshore billing and coding […]
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Amid shortages of personal protective equipment due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a St. Louis health care system has implemented a process to disinfect disposable N95 respirator masks that allows health care workers to reuse their own mask for up to 20 cycles. The novel disinfection process, developed in collaboration with Washington University School of Medicine, uses vaporized […]
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Coronavirus: mask duty in the broad consent In the meantime, it was decided in all Federal States, a so-called mask of duty, the spread of the Coronavirus to contain more. Surveys have shown that the majority of the population considers the Wearing of a mouth-nose cover is appropriate. All States have made the Wearing of a mouth-nose protection in public […]
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