UV light robots cut c. diff transmissions by 25 percent on cancer patient floors: New research from Penn Medicine infection
UV light robots cut c. diff transmissions by 25 percent on cancer patient floors: New research from Penn Medicine infection control specialists found that ultraviolet robots helped reduce the rates transmission of the common bacterial infection known as Clostridium difficile among cancer inpatients --...
Source: eurekalert.org
More than 10,000 problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' cell phone app: In a city that is large enough to fit Boston,
More than 10,000 problems fixed through 'Improve Detroit' cell phone app: In a city that is large enough to fit Boston, Manhattan and San Francisco, it's not easy for Detroit workers to find – and fix – thousands of problems that exist in many long-neglected neighborhoods.
Source: motorcitymuckraker.com
Four doctors respond to claims of self-entitlement over the right to strike: For junior doctors (up to the age of 35 on
Four doctors respond to claims of self-entitlement over the right to strike: For junior doctors (up to the age of 35 on average) the NHS is a single-monopoly employer. Australia offers three times the salary, lower living costs and, crucially, equivalent training to consultant level that is recognised...
Source: independent.co.uk
NHS workers from abroad: 'I don't think people here appreciate what they have': One in four doctors in the UK is now non-British,
NHS workers from abroad: 'I don't think people here appreciate what they have': One in four doctors in the UK is now non-British, and there are thousands more foreign-trained nurses. Do they feel welcome? And how does healthcare in Ghana or the Philippines compare?
Source: theguardian.com
Soft Robotic Finger Based on Shape Memory Alloys for Future Prosthetic Hands | Medgadget: At Florida Atlantic University
Soft Robotic Finger Based on Shape Memory Alloys for Future Prosthetic Hands | Medgadget: At Florida Atlantic University (FAU) engineers are developing new technology to activate the movement of robotic fingers that may boost the capabilities of
Source: medgadget.com
California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations: California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law
California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations: California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law the state's first comprehensive regulations of medical marijuana, two decades after legalization fueled a wild west of disparate local rules, a gray market in cultivation and concerns...
Source: reuters.com
Another child with cancer endangered by alternative medicine: Yesterday, I wrote about the winner of the Nobel Prize in
Another child with cancer endangered by alternative medicine: Yesterday, I wrote about the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Youyou Tu, who, after screening 2,000 herbal treatments from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for anti-malaria activity, finally discovered Artemisinin. She...
Source: scienceblogs.com
Don't Panic - End Poverty
Video "Hans Rosling asks: Has the UN gone mad? The United Nations just announced their boldest goal ever: To eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, already by 2030. Looking at the realities of extremely poor people the goal seems impossible. The rains didn’t fall in Malawi this year....
Source: gapminder.org
Researchers Warn of Rare Injuries Observed with Epi-Pen Administration in Kids: By Kelly Young Edited by André Sofair,
Researchers Warn of Rare Injuries Observed with Epi-Pen Administration in Kids: By Kelly Young
Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS
Epinephrine autoinjectors have caused lacerations and embedded-needle injuries in children, although the adverse events are likely rare, according...
Source: jwatch.org
U.S. cancer doctors drop pricey drugs with little or no effect: U.S. oncologists, aware that patients are paying more of
U.S. cancer doctors drop pricey drugs with little or no effect: U.S. oncologists, aware that patients are paying more of the costs of expensive cancer drugs, are increasingly declining to prescribe medicines that have scant or no effect, even as a last resort.
Source: reuters.com
The Hunt file: doctors' dossier of patients 'put at risk' by health secretary: Medics compile list of names whose lives,
The Hunt file: doctors' dossier of patients 'put at risk' by health secretary: Medics compile list of names whose lives, they say, were put in danger because they were misled by Jeremy Hunt into thinking hospitals do not provide 24/7 care
Source: theguardian.com
Wyoming marks first known rabies fatality with death of woman, 77: Wyoming has recorded the state's first known fatality
Wyoming marks first known rabies fatality with death of woman, 77: Wyoming has recorded the state's first known fatality from rabies with the death of an elderly woman from Lander who contracted the viral disease in August after being bitten by an infected bat, state health officials said on Wednesday.
Source: reuters.com
How to spot the warning signs and prevent mass shootings: Research on the psychology of loneliness suggests we need to rethink
How to spot the warning signs and prevent mass shootings: Research on the psychology of loneliness suggests we need to rethink the mental health aspects of such crimes and empower communities
Source: newscientist.com
Electronic health records software often written without doctors’ input: The reason why many doctors find electronic health
Electronic health records software often written without doctors’ input: The reason why many doctors find electronic health records (EHR) difficult to use might be that the software wasn't properly tested, researchers suggests.
Source: reuters.com
Laparoscopic Lavage for Perforated Diverticulitis? Probably Not.: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild,
Laparoscopic Lavage for Perforated Diverticulitis? Probably Not.: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
Laparoscopic lavage is no better than colon resection for treating perforated diverticulitis — and might even lead to worse outcomes...
Source: jwatch.org
NHS leadership in crisis as running hospitals becomes near-impossible | Denis Campbell: Health trusts are haemorrhaging
NHS leadership in crisis as running hospitals becomes near-impossible | Denis Campbell: Health trusts are haemorrhaging chief executives under pressure to balance the books and deliver high-quality care
Source: theguardian.com
Migration rules need re-think - NHS boss - BBC News: A re-think of immigration rules which protect ballet dancers but not
Migration rules need re-think - NHS boss - BBC News: A re-think of immigration rules which protect ballet dancers but not vital foreign nurses need re-thinking, the head of the NHS in England says.
Source: bbc.co.uk
UK is the best place in the world to die, according to end-of-life care index: Integration of palliative care into NHS and
UK is the best place in the world to die, according to end-of-life care index: Integration of palliative care into NHS and strong hospice movement among reasons for UK ranking first in study of 80 countries
Source: theguardian.com
Fallacious electrocardiographic interpretation in acute myocardial infarction Rajiv Ananthakrishna. Prasanna Y Katti. Manjunath
Fallacious electrocardiographic interpretation in acute myocardial infarction Rajiv Ananthakrishna. Prasanna Y Katti. Manjunath C Nanjappa. BMJ Case Reports.
Source: bmj.com
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