January 17, 2020
(Associated Press) – German researchers said Thursday they have developed the first diagnostic test for a new virus that has emerged in central China. The virus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan last year and cases have … Read More
January 17, 2020
(New Scientist) – Benzodiazepine drugs are prescribed at about 66 million doctor appointments a year in the US, according to a report by the US National Center for Health Statistics. This means that for every 100 adults that visit an … Read More
January 17, 2020
(BBC) – The proliferation of fake medicines in Africa is a public health crisis that can no longer be ignored, according to a UK charity. There’s a meeting of seven African countries, in Togo, this week, to combat the problem. … Read More
January 17, 2020
(STAT News) – As part of the new procedure, known as “donation after cardiac death,” or DCD, transplants, organs are retrieved from those who have died because their heart stopped — either naturally or because physicians discontinued life support. That … Read More
January 17, 2020
(U.S. News & World Report) – Many of the donor kidneys that are discarded each year in the United States could instead be effectively transplanted, a large new study suggests. At issue are kidneys from deceased donors that are acutely … Read More
January 16, 2020
(The Wall Street Journal) – Physicians between the ages of 40 and 54 experience a higher rate of burnout than older or younger doctors, according to a recent survey of more than 15,000 physicians who cited administrative tasks and work … Read More
January 16, 2020
(ABC News) – An Oregon teenager who was taken out of state by her mother to avoid surgery for a rare type of liver cancer has had the operation while in the custody of the state welfare officials, several Portland, … Read More
January 16, 2020
(Reuters) – A smartwatch band with integrated electrodes to produce an electrocardiogram (ECG) might be able to help detect atrial fibrillation, but not as well as a traditional ECG machine used in a hospital, a recent study suggests.
January 16, 2020
(Managed Care Magazine) – The number came as a surprise even to Montana State University Professor of Nursing Peter Buerhaus, and he’s been writing about medical workforce issues for years: The supply of rural physicians—their numbers few in many sparsely … Read More
January 16, 2020
(Scientific American) – Whether it is ever acceptable to genetically engineer future children is a question for humanity, not for science. As such, governing the future of this technology is a responsibility for democracy. We the people must ask fundamental … Read More
