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machines
Aged Care, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Machines: People with COVID-19 are being nicer to them
Lourdes Antenor May 20, 2021

People are not very nice to machines. The disdain goes beyond the slot machine that emptied your wallet, a dispenser that failed to deliver a

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plasma
Hospitals
Convalescent plasma may improve survival with severe COVID-19
Lourdes Antenor May 20, 2021

A randomized double-blind controlled trial of convalescent plasma for adults hospitalized with severe COVID-19 found that mortality at 28 days in the treatment arm was

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immune
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Optimizing the body’s own immune system to fight cancer on new research
Lourdes Antenor May 20, 2021

A groundbreaking study led by engineering and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how engineered immune cells used in new cancer

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Obesity
Healthcare
Obesity related cancer deaths shows decline in new study
Lourdes Antenor May 20, 2021

Cancer death rates have fallen dramatically in the United States, but factor in obesity, as researchers did at the University of North Carolina Gillings School

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AHHA
Hospitals
AHHA appoints new executive chief following retirement of current head
Lourdes Antenor May 20, 2021

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) announced the appointment of John Gregg as Chief Executive, following the retirement of its current Chief Executive, Adjunct

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clots
Healthcare
COVID-19 triggering recurrent blood clots in arms reported by researchers
Lourdes Antenor May 18, 2021

Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are reporting the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a rare recurrence of potentially serious blood clots in

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adolescents
Hospitals, Mental Health
New tool for mental health of adolescents given highlight by UNICEF
Lourdes Antenor May 18, 2021

The Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit The Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit, launched today, provides programmatic guidance for people working in the health, social services, education and

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streets
Healthcare, Public Health and Careers
Streets for Life campaign calls for low-speed streets for safe, healthy, green and liveable cities
Lourdes Antenor May 18, 2021

The 6th UN Global Road Safety Week highlights the benefits of low-speed streets in urban areas and calling on policy-makers to limit speeds to 30

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surgery
Hospitals
This simple surgery prevents stroke in patients with heart disease
Lourdes Antenor May 18, 2021

A simple surgery saves patients with heart arrhythmia from often-lethal strokes, says a large international study led by McMaster University. Researchers found that removing the

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pregnant
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19 infection do not face increased risk of death
Lourdes Antenor May 13, 2021

Pregnant women who develop severe COVID-19 infections that require hospitalization for pneumonia and other complications may not be more likely to die from these infections

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E. coli
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Identifying the rise of multi drug resistant E. coli in the largest genomic study in Norway
Lourdes Antenor May 13, 2021

Antibiotic resistance in E. coli has been steadily increasing since the early 2000s despite attempts to control it, a new study suggests. In the biggest genomic survey

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alcohol
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Alcohol in moderation may help the heart by calming stress signals in the brain
Lourdes Antenor May 13, 2021

Moderate alcohol intake — defined as no more than one alcoholic drink for women and two for men per day — has been associated with

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