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Should you bring mom home from assisted living during the pandemic?

Dr. Alison Webb took her 81-year-old father out of assisted living, to live.

31 Mar 2020

Critical care team creates blueprint for emergency operations during COVID-19 epidemic

As patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) flood hospitals, the health care system must not only determine how to redeploy limited resources and staff to care for them but must also make well-calculated decisions to provide other types of critical care.

31 Mar 2020

IOF-FFN agreement sets framework for greater collaborative efforts worldwide

The health burden represented by osteoporosis and fragility fractures is growing rapidly at the global level, largely due to ageing demographics.

31 Mar 2020

AGS commends Congress for prioritizing care for older adults in response to COVID-19

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today commended Congress and President Trump for supporting critical efforts to expand geriatrics expertise through the more than $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package (S. 3548).

31 Mar 2020

Key points to deliver life-saving health advice on coronavirus

The UK is now in lockdown along with another 20% of the global population as governments scramble to get to grips with the coronavirus pandemic.

31 Mar 2020

Vaping with counseling more effective than counseling alone for smoking cessation

Smokers who received smoking cessation counseling and used electronic cigarettes containing nicotine were more than twice as likely to successfully quit smoking compared to those who received counseling but did not use e-cigarettes, in a clinical trial presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together with World Congress of Cardiology.

30 Mar 2020

More than 5,000 surgery centers can now serve as makeshift hospitals during COVID-19 crisis

The Trump administration cleared the way Monday to immediately use outpatient surgery centers, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, hotels and even dormitories as makeshift hospitals, health care centers or quarantine sites during the coronavirus crisis.

30 Mar 2020

UMass Amherst study explores effects ER caregivers’ on-the-job emotions on patient care

Doctors and nurses in emergency departments at four academic centers and four community hospitals in the Northeast reported a wide range of emotions triggered by patients, hospital resources and societal factors, according to a qualitative study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst social psychologist.

30 Mar 2020

University of Utah-led consortium improves design of medical devices

A University of Utah-led consortium to improve the design of medical devices welcomes Rice University as its newest partner.

30 Mar 2020

Stratasys coalition with over 150 companies ramps up face shield production in response to COVID-19

A coalition of companies and universities assembled by Stratasys to produce face shields leveraging 3D printers now numbers more than 150, the company said. Among others, the list includes Boeing, Toyota Motor Company, Medtronic, Dunwoody College of Technology, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Minnesota.

From Stratasys 30 Mar 2020

GlobalData: New health trend opportunity for sleep-friendly ingredients in food and drinks

The incorporation of sleep-friendly ingredients in food and drinks is expected to have future potential as it closely aligns with many consumers’ want for a better night’s rest through natural methods, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

30 Mar 2020

One third of cardiologists in the U.S. report being burnt out

More than 1 out of 3 heart doctors in the U.S. report feeling burned out, according to results of a new survey presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together with World Congress of Cardiology

30 Mar 2020

Study sheds light on common adverse reactions to cannabis

Coughing fits, anxiety and paranoia are three of the most common adverse reactions to cannabis, according to a recent study by Washington State University researchers.

30 Mar 2020

New AASM position statement evaluates the role of sleep deprivation in physician burnout

Physician burnout is a significantly underappreciated public safety issue, and sleep loss is often overlooked as a contributing factor, according to a new position statement published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

30 Mar 2020

Already taxed health care workers not ‘immune’ from layoffs and less pay

Just three weeks ago, Dr. Kathryn Davis worried about the coronavirus, but not about how it might affect her group of five OB-GYNs who practice at a suburban hospital outside Boston.

30 Mar 2020

Exercise-carrousel reduces the burden of dementia patient's caregivers

The research group "geriatric psychiatry in motion" of the German Sport University Cologne and the LVR-Hospital Cologne develop and evaluate exercise programs for geriatric mental health care.

30 Mar 2020

The importance of telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic

A timely paper in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics illustrates the importance of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 Mar 2020

JAGS highlights the ABCDs of COVID‐19 in geriatrics and long‐term care

The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) this week rushed to publication a special article describing critical points for combatting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic for older adults and those in long-term care.

30 Mar 2020

Coronavirus patients caught in conflict between hospital and nursing homes

A wrenching conflict is emerging as the COVID-19 virus storms through U.S. communities: Some patients are falling into a no man's land between hospitals and nursing homes.

30 Mar 2020

What takes so long? A behind-the-scenes look at the steps involved in COVID-19 testing

After a slow start, testing for COVID-19 has ramped up in recent weeks, with giant commercial labs jumping into the effort, drive-up testing sites established in some places and new types of tests approved under emergency rules set by the Food and Drug Administration.

30 Mar 2020

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Should you bring mom home from assisted living during the pandemic?

Critical care team creates blueprint for emergency operations during COVID-19 epidemic

IOF-FFN agreement sets framework for greater collaborative efforts worldwide

AGS commends Congress for prioritizing care for older adults in response to COVID-19

Key points to deliver life-saving health advice on coronavirus

Vaping with counseling more effective than counseling alone for smoking cessation

More than 5,000 surgery centers can now serve as makeshift hospitals during COVID-19 crisis

UMass Amherst study explores effects ER caregivers’ on-the-job emotions on patient care

University of Utah-led consortium improves design of medical devices

Stratasys coalition with over 150 companies ramps up face shield production in response to COVID-19

GlobalData: New health trend opportunity for sleep-friendly ingredients in food and drinks

One third of cardiologists in the U.S. report being burnt out

Study sheds light on common adverse reactions to cannabis

New AASM position statement evaluates the role of sleep deprivation in physician burnout

Already taxed health care workers not ‘immune’ from layoffs and less pay

Exercise-carrousel reduces the burden of dementia patient's caregivers

The importance of telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic

JAGS highlights the ABCDs of COVID‐19 in geriatrics and long‐term care

Coronavirus patients caught in conflict between hospital and nursing homes

What takes so long? A behind-the-scenes look at the steps involved in COVID-19 testing

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