The Facebook group is helping to connect the nurses, doctors, admin and support staff who are working harder than ever to stem the outbreak, with those wanting to help any way they can. “Currently it looks like our medical system is going to be swamped by COVID-19 patients throughout 2020,” the description reads. “For our healthcare workers (doctors, nurses, admin & support […]
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Army Veteran Claims Scalpel Was Left in His Abdomen Army veteran Glenford Turner, 61, had a mysterious pain following a radical prostatectomy in 2013, and discovered four years later that there was a “5 inch scalpel handle” stuck in his abdomen. He is now suing VA Connecticut Health Care System, claiming that the trainee surgeon who performed the operation at […]
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Every day, Joey Belles got his laps in around the nurses’ station. The 13-year-old from Aledo, Texas, was diagnosed with pineoblastomia, a rare brain tumor that required surgery and intensive chemotherapy, in June 2019, and he had been in the hospital for much of the time since then. His doctors and physical therapists at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort […]
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Running is one of the few types of exercise you can do outside of your home during the coronavirus pandemic, as Insider's Anna Medaris Miller previously reported. Everyone struggles to motivate themselves to go for a run sometimes — even Jessica Frey, the CEO of Virgin Sport who has successfully completed 24 marathons. But Frey told Insider she has three […]
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Eating more protein at breakfast or lunchtime could help older people maintain muscle mass with advancing age—but most people eat proteins fairly unevenly throughout the day, new research at the University of Birmingham has found. The body’s mechanisms for producing new muscle require regular stimulation to function efficiently—this stimulation happens when we eat protein. The mechanisms are less efficient in […]
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a unified national response to the coronavirus threat, after coming under fire for downplaying the pandemic and allowing states to go their own way. Trump’s call came as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the White House was presenting a massive economic stimulus plan to Congress and was looking at sending direct payments […]
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Coronavirus cases are growing daily, and in the UK now unprecedented measures are in place to prevent further spread of the virus. Britons are being advised to undertake social distancing, avoiding social situations, large gatherings and unnecessary travel. Across the UK, there are 1,543 cases of coronavirus – official name COVID-19 – and 55 people have died from the virus. […]
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We’ve all experienced the strange memory-jogging power of scents. Perhaps the aroma of fresh pine brings you back to your childhood Christmases, or your heart starts to race when you step into a doctor’s office and the sharp odor of disinfectant fills your nose. Now, researchers from Boston University’s Center for Systems Neuroscience reveal just how much power scents have […]
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We’re not sure where bad pickup lines started, but somehow they’ve become almost an art form. (Or at least the bad ones.) Whether you’re trolling dating apps or sending something cheese-tastic and groan-inducing to your SO (they’re stuck with you!), finding a few lines that strike the balance between “woof” and “LOL” is a great way to break the ice […]
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(HealthDay)—Few U.S. anesthesiologists report preoperative screening for frailty or dementia or postoperative screening for delirium among older adults, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in Perioperative Medicine. Stacie Deiner, M.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and colleagues administered a web-based questionnaire to examine adherence by U.S. anesthesiologists to specific practices […]
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