We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. High blood pressure can seem lower down on your list of health priorities because it does not produce any major signs. It is therefore tempting to downplay its significance. The kidneys are largely affected by having high […]
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Cute cottages! Scott Disick, LeBron James and more celebrity parents have hooked their kids up with extravagant backyard playhouses. The Flip It Like Disick star built a house for his and his ex Kourtney Kardashian’s kids — Mason, Penelope and Reign — worth “upwards of $100,000” in August 2019. The New York native described his inspiration in an episode of his […]
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Over 80 percent of 200 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Spain have vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Vitamin D is a hormone the kidneys produce that controls blood calcium concentration and impacts the immune system. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a variety of […]
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TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 — School-aged children seem to have the least severe disease for different infectious diseases, according to a study published online Oct. 15 in Scientific Data. Judith R. Glynn, Ph.D., from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Paul A.H. Moss, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Birmingham, both in the United Kingdom, examined the […]
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Dr. Kristamarie Collman is a big believer in morning routines. As a board-certified family physician and the founder of her own practice, Prōse Medical, she likes to start her days off early in order to get in some solid time to herself before she starts seeing patients — whether it be virtually or in the office. Just a few things […]
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Aerosol microdroplets, the tiny particles that linger in the air longest after we talk, cough, or sneeze, do not appear to be extremely efficient at spreading the virus that leads to COVID-19. Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in confined spaces suggests aerosol transmission is not a very efficient route. The results were published in Physics of Fluids. Physicists and medical doctors […]
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TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 — Researchers in the United Kingdom have reassuring news for people with psoriasis based on the first analysis of a global registry of COVID-19 patients who also have the skin disease. Moderate-to-severe cases of psoriasis are treated with drugs that suppress the immune system. This analysis of the international PsoProtect registry found that more than 90% […]
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With hospitals and industry leaders all collecting data in their own unique ways, it has been all but impossible for healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals to assess their industry as a whole. So six competing computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) suppliers recently set aside their differences to standardize how medical device information is configured. They outlined an agreed-upon method for […]
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A new study led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London provides potential novel biomarkers for predicting patient responsiveness to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients are commonly treated with disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) despite the fact that up to 50% of patients are unresponsive to treatment. Up until now, there has been no way […]
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers to be diagnosed in the UK. You should consider speaking to a doctor if you find that you’ve lost weight without trying, it’s been revealed. Bowel cancer is […]
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