Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are used in about 1% of patients undergoing surgical mechanical aortic and mitral valve replacement, but in up to 6% of surgical bioprosthetic valve replacements, according to registry data presented at CRT 2021. In an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS) registry during 2014–2017, DOAC use increased steadily among those undergoing surgical bioprosthetic valve […]
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FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers wait before receiving the first dose of the Sinovac’s CoronaVac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in the Positivo event center at the Barigui Park in Curitiba, Brazil January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Rodolfo BuhrerBRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Preliminary data from a study in Brazil indicates that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd is effective against the […]
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Blessing Health System, based in Quincy, Illinois, was facing a two-pronged challenge. THE PROBLEM First, patients with COVID-19 who get hospitalized have an increased level of anxiety and stress related to this diagnosis. Second, once discharged, they are limited in their interactions with family and healthcare providers. Blessing Health was looking at ways it could provide these patients with a […]
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Struggling to find enough time in the day to squeeze in a workout? Don’t worry—you’re far from alone. From work demands to family responsibilities to just plain busyness, it can be tough to dedicate a block on your daily calendar to yourself for the long training sessions you might think are the key to improving your fitness. Thankfully, toiling for […]
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Over the past year, our lives have seen extensive changes which have led to many of us feeling a sense of exhaustion and burnout. The luckiest among us have been able to remove ourselves from harm’s way and work from home during the pandemic. We now spend our days looking at a screen, with a great deal of our communication […]
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A new study by scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School found that human adenovirus type 4 (HAdV-E4) infections—long thought to circulate only among U.S. military populations—are increasing in the general population around the globe. In their review of 144 studies, the team found that more than 24,500 HAdV-E4 infections were reported from all geographic regions of the world except Central America […]
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As Walter Veal cared for residents at the Ludeman Developmental Center in suburban Chicago, he saw the potential future of his grandson, who has autism. So he took it on himself not just to bathe and feed the residents, which was part of the job, but also to cut their hair, run to the store to buy their favorite body […]
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Working mothers on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic Anna Hamilton, a mother of two from Georgia, Syndie Ly, a mother of four from California, and Jennifer Zielke, a mother of four from Tennessee, explain how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their lives. No one has been untouched. Not the Michigan woman who awakened one morning, her wife dead by […]
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Michael B. Jordan has taken a series of muscular roles on his ascent to acting superstardom—but the man behind champion boxer Adonis Creed, arch-antagonist Erik Killmonger, and Navy SEAL John Clark in his most recent film, Without Remorse, didn’t use movie magic to fit the parts. His body was built through hard work. At a certain point, though, Jordan needs […]
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc has told the Indian government it wants to produce its coronavirus vaccine locally if assured of faster regulatory clearance and freedom on pricing and exports, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.FILE PHOTO: A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken January […]
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