Does mindlessly scrolling through memes when you wake up lift your mood a little? New research from Sky Mobile has found that on average people spend two hours a day seeking out positive content, with nearly one in three going to memes for their daily positivity boost. Though a completely non-serious thing, that can be exactly what someone dealing with […]

If health care facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes don’t follow patient safety rules set by The Joint Commission (TJC)—the independent organization responsible for accrediting health care facilities—they may lose their accreditation, and consequently, lose patients and millions of dollars every year in funding. But what if those rules aren’t supported by evidence? A new Northwestern Medicine study found […]

Photo: Denver Health Throughout Denver Health’s pandemic vaccination efforts, the struggle was getting people who did not already have patient records with the health system into the system efficiently without burdening the call centers. THE PROBLEM As the safety net health system for Denver Metro, Denver Health vaccinated many people who were not regular patients. Early on, the health system […]

A team of scientists from Brazil has recently highlighted the significance of gut microbiota alterations induced by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in triggering post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms. Study: Gut microbiota from patients with mild COVID-19 cause alterations in mice that resemble post-COVID syndrome. Image Credit: ART-ur/Shutterstock The study is currently available on the Research Square* preprint […]

Nicola Sturgeon grilled by Ross on Scottish NHS services We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Sometimes accompanied with mild pain, tenderness, or irritation, where did this […]

Whenever there is an outbreak of a disease in the world—such as monkeypox—it is up to the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider what sort of weight to give it, including whether or not it constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Global efforts to manage epidemics are documented as far back as the black plague in Europe in […]

Armando Peniche Rosales has a crooked toe that for years has predicted the weather, growing sensitive when rain or cold is coming. “It never healed right,” said Peniche Rosales, who broke the middle toe on his left foot as a high school soccer player in Denver years ago and limped home without seeing a doctor. He was living in the […]

Rheumatoid Arthritis: NHS on common signs and symptoms We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Arthritis affects more than 10 million people in the UK, according to […]

Polio virus found in samples from sewage works in London We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Polio was presumed to be something only found in the […]

Researchers from The University of Western Australia and Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute have found a new way to improve treatment of tumors that previously did not respond to immunotherapies. Immunotherapy is a treatment that uses certain parts of a person’s immune system to fight diseases such as cancer. It can be done in a number of ways and involves […]