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, A new set of 3D-printed parts and an accompanying app is making ventilator splitters such as these much safer for patients. Credit: Duke University Researchers at Duke University have engineered a workaround to make ventilators safer and more efficient when splitting them between patients. With a set of biocompatible 3-D-printed parts to control the amount of air being pushed […]
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FDA warns some hand sanitizers are being packaged in food containers that could confuse children. The FDA has also discovered that certain hand sanitizers contain flavors like chocolate or raspberry. Some people have already fallen ill or experienced health complications after mistakenly ingesting hand sanitizer. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put out an alert warning that some alcohol-based […]
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Channing Tatum, the multi-talented actor and director, is taking on a new form of storytelling with his first children's book, The One and Only Sparkella. And it's dedicated to his 6-year-old daughter Everly. "To Everly, the most brilliant magical being that I have ever known," the Magic Mike actor, 40, writes in the book's dedication, shared exclusively with PEOPLE. "You are […]
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Dozens of major hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with whether to ignore a federal decision allowing broader emergency use of blood plasma from recovered COVID patients to treat the disease in favor of dedicating their resources to a gold-standard clinical trial that could help settle the science for good. As many as 45 hospitals from coast to coast have […]
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(HealthDay)—The risk for cancer is reduced among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online Aug. 13 in Autoimmunity Reviews. Mahsa Ghajarzadeh, M.D., M.P.H., from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran, and colleagues examined the pooled risk for cancer in patients with MS. Data were included from five articles that met the […]
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University of Calgary scientists have discovered how to capture “live” images of immune cells inside the lungs. The group at the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases at the Cumming School of Medicine is the first in the world to find a way to record, in real time, how the immune system battles bacteria impacting the alveoli, or air sacs, in […]
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Hungry baby boy! Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Bella’s 3-week-old son’s feeding schedule keeps his parents up at night. Everything We Know Pregnant Nikki Bella Has Said About Starting a Family “What’s sleep? Do people really sleep?” the Dancing With the Stars pro, 38, joked during a Monday, August 24, Good Morning America appearance. “I really feel bad for Nicole, because […]
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At TriHealth, a health system based in Cincinnati, Ohio, clinicians were feeling the pinch between balancing their actual jobs (in caring for patients) and administrative work, like electronic health record data entry. THE PROBLEM Staff members previously had to search through paper records to find the patient information they needed, thus hindering efficient and informed decision-making. Every transition in care […]
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Experts say many people feel guilty after testing positive for COVID-19 as well as anxiety about spreading the illness to others. They say part of those emotions may stem from the fact people sometimes blame themselves for a situation in which they don’t have a lot of control. Experts say people with COVID-19 can ease their feelings of guilt and […]
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We’ve long been told that it’s okay to drink alcohol, as long as we do so in moderation. But new research warns that even a small amount of booze can have a negative impact on our health. Just half a glass of wine or one small bottle of beer a day can lead to metabolic syndrome – a combination of […]
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