Even before COVID-19 ravaged the medical workforce, physicians, nurses, and other health workers were at increased risk for burnout and depression. Although these professionals are equipped to manage…
Occupational therapists and occupational therapy (OT) assistants at NYU Langone Health are finding themselves working on the front line of this pandemic to help patients recover from COVID-19.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients hospitalized for infection, continuing pre-existing statin therapy does not improve outcomes, and discontinuing the therapy does not lead to an inflammatory…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The common practice of routinely testing patients with ischemic stroke for inherited thrombophilias can do more harm than good, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Senior investigator Dr. Henry T. Akinbi of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, provided this perspective in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When sepsis is suspected in a newborn infant, a complete blood count as a test for infection improves “dramatically” with increasing time over…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A multifaceted program aimed at increasing compliance with preventive measures leads to a sustained reduction in the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The hope of finding a way to quickly measure carboxyhemoglobin levels in suspected carbon monoxide poisoning is still unfulfilled, it seems. The Rad-57…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In terms of efficacy and safety, low-molecular weight heparin is better than unfractionated heparin in the treatment of patients presenting with cerebral venous…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients undergoing left atrial radiofrequency catheter ablation for treatment of paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation, the risk of symptomatic cerebral thromboembolism is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The percentage of cardiac surgery patients given blood transfusions varies widely from center to center, but a conservative use of transfusions is not…
Jeff Donnell, President of NoMoreClipboard speaks about the impact of Personal Health Records on doctor-patient communication, patient adherence, decreased medical costs, and improved health outcomes. Jeff Donnell will…
