Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). ... [Continue Reading]
Must-Reads Of The Week
The Friday Breeze Want to read the best and most provocative stories from the week? Welcome to the Friday Breeze, where we compile them all — so you’re set with your weekend reading. ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Tests The Value Of Artificial Intelligence In Medicine
Dr. Albert Hsiao and his colleagues at the University of California-San Diego health system had been working for 18 months on an artificial intelligence program designed to help doctors identify pneumonia on a chest X-ray. When the coronavirus hit ... [Continue Reading]
Recovering from COVID-19 and driving footfall into your practice
Richard Scarborough looks at how practices can begin to recover from a crisis. Before focusing on the role of patient finance in bringing patients back through the door. In the midst of a crisis or disaster, it’s always important that your continuity ... [Continue Reading]
People in other countries have been told to wear masks. Why haven’t Australians?
Some countries encourage the use of face masks in public to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Others even enforce it. So why don't most people in Australia need them? SOURCE: Medical Research - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Reopening Dental Offices For Routine Care Amid Pandemic Touches A Nerve
Tom Peeling wanted his teeth cleaned and wasn’t going to let the coronavirus pandemic get in the way. Luckily, his six-month regular appointment was scheduled for earlier this month, just days after dental offices were allowed to reopen in Florida ... [Continue Reading]
Tennessee’s Secret To Plentiful Coronavirus Testing? Picking Up The Tab
To reopen businesses and public spaces safely, experts say, states need to be testing and contact tracing on a massive scale. But only a handful of states are doing enough testing to stay on top of potential outbreaks, according to a state-by-state ... [Continue Reading]
Trump’s ‘game changer’ drug to be tested on Australian health workers
More than 1,000 health workers will get daily doses of hydroxychloroquine — which is also being taken by the US President — to see how well it can ward off coronavirus, but the researchers are warning against its "ad hoc" use. SOURCE: Medical ... [Continue Reading]
Universities have lost their international students, and they may never come back
The loss of international students due to the COVID-19 shutdown has hit university finances hard, and it may be felt for longer than the global financial crisis, experts say. SOURCE: Medical Research - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Day 68 of feeling unwell: Mirabai returns a third positive COVID-19 test
Mirabai Nicholson-McKellar first began feeling ill with COVID-19 more than two months ago. Since then she has twice thought she had shaken the disease, only for the symptoms to return. SOURCE: Medical Research - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Lost On The Frontline
America’s health care workers are dying. In some states, medical staff account for as many as 20% of known coronavirus cases. They tend to patients in hospitals, treating them, serving them food and cleaning their rooms. Others at risk work in ... [Continue Reading]
Médicos forenses buscan rastros de COVID-19 en muertes inexplicables
Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). ... [Continue Reading]
Fewer Traffic Collisions During Shutdown Means Longer Waits For Organ Donations
On Day Two of the San Francisco Bay Area’s stay-at-home orders in March, Nohemi Jimenez got into her car in San Pablo, California, waved goodbye to her 3-year-old son and drove to her regular Wednesday dialysis appointment. The roads were deserted. ... [Continue Reading]
‘Last Responders’ Seek To Expand Postmortem COVID Testing In Unexplained Deaths
Examining dead bodies and probing for a cause of death is rarely seen as a heroic or glamorous job. Rather, as the coronavirus pandemic has unfolded, all eyes have been on the medical workers and public health disease detectives fighting on the front ... [Continue Reading]
Some coronavirus patients still struggling to breathe two months after diagnosis
The dire consequences of severe cases of COVID-19 are well known, but many patients with relatively mild cases of the virus are reporting extreme fatigue and other symptoms continuing well beyond the anticipated recovery period. SOURCE: Medical ... [Continue Reading]
Proveedores de Medicaid, al final de la lista para recibir fondos por COVID
Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). ... [Continue Reading]
Medicaid Providers At The End Of The Line For Federal COVID Funding
Casa de Salud, a nonprofit clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, provides primary medical care, opioid addiction services and non-Western therapies, including acupuncture and reiki, to a largely low-income population. And, like so many other health care ... [Continue Reading]
Nine months in ICU prepared me for lockdown — and coronavirus is just another problem
Between negotiating Zoom meetings and supervising homeschool, lockdown can be hard. But people like me have extra challenges to contend with and we need your help, writes Kirsten Harley. SOURCE: Medical Research - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Dental news you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… ‘Look of panic’: one dentist’s experience working on the COVID-19 frontline We continue to hear your experiences of working on the frontline. This ... [Continue Reading]
Persiguiendo el esquivo sueño de una cura para COVID-19
Aunque los científicos y los mercados bursátiles han celebrado la aprobación para uso de emergencia del remdesivir para tratar a COVID-19, la cura de la enfermedad que ha matado a más de 290.000 personas en todo el mundo sigue estando muy lejos, y ... [Continue Reading]
Chasing The Elusive Dream Of A COVID Cure
Although scientists and stock markets have celebrated the approval for emergency use of remdesivir to treat COVID-19, a cure for the disease that has killed over 304,000 people remains a long way off — and might never arrive. Hundreds of drugs are ... [Continue Reading]
Another Coronavirus Casualty: California’s Budget
SACRAMENTO — The coronavirus has claimed another victim: California’s finances. Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his revised 2020-21 state budget plan Thursday at a somber briefing punctuated by bleak talk of deficits, program cuts and record unemployment. ... [Continue Reading]