Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced weekend curfews and ordered restaurants to switch to takeout service only to fight rising coronavirus infections and growing deaths. The latest wave of restrictions also includes the closure of all cinemas and restricted hours for most stores and shopping malls. Elementary schools will switch to remote learning until the end of the […]
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TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2020 — Those who buy guns as the pandemic rages are more likely to be suicidal than those who already own firearms, a new study finds. In fact, among people who bought guns during the pandemic, about 70% reported having suicidal thoughts, while just 37% of other gun owners had such thoughts, researchers found. “People who were […]
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Monitoring how patients with multiple sclerosis or other degenerative diseases use their smartphones could provide valuable information to help get them better treatment. In an article published in Chaos, researchers used a mobile app to record the keystroke dynamics of a control group and those of subjects in various stages of multiple sclerosis treatment over the course of a year. […]
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Ryan Phillippe is teaching his son Deacon Reese to keep an open mind. During the actor's Tuesday appearance on Live with Kelly and Ryan, he discussed his starring role on the upcoming ABC drama Big Sky and a surprise "short road trip" to Joshua Tree National Park that he and his son recently embarked on in celebration of Deacon's 17th birthday. […]
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Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Monday that, although the prospect of a COVID-19 vaccine is heartening, the recent news from Pfizer and Moderna shouldn’t mean a relaxation of vigilance over the coming weeks. “The cavalry is coming, but the cavalry is not here yet,” Fauci said at the American Medical Informatics Association virtual annual symposium. “What […]
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They started with books before branching out into electronics, toiletries, clothing, and groceries. Now Amazon is ready to enter the drug business with its latest offer, Amazon Pharmacy, which allows customers in the U.S. to order prescription medicines and have them delivered to their doorsteps. Techcrunch reports this launch has been in the works for some time, particularly since Amazon bought […]
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The FHIR standard has enormous potential to facilitate the integration of third-party apps within electronic health records. But IT leaders at many health systems are still focused on efficiency and reliability rather than innovation – and some worry that bureaucracy can inhibit a responsive, agile response to changing healthcare technology needs. Despite the ongoing push for interoperability among health systems, […]
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TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2020 — The risk for hospital mortality is higher for critically ill patients with COVID-19 infection compared with influenza, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Natalie L. Cobb, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues examined the risk for mortality by comparing critically […]
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Amber Hanna spent years trying to get help for painful headaches but was told they were ‘just migraines’. But when she started vomiting uncontrollably in February this year, doctors discovered she actually had a brain tumour, which had burst in her head. The 17-year-old needed three operations to remove the rare choroid plexus tumour, which had caused a build-up of fluid […]
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What does COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness mean? It refers to the likelihood that a coronavirus shot will work in people. Two vaccine makers have said that preliminary results from their late-stage studies suggest their experimental vaccines are strongly protective. Moderna this week said its vaccine appears nearly 95% effective. This comes on the heels of Pfizer’s announcement that its shot appeared […]
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