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) – When it comes to preventing atrial fibrillation, not all antihypertensive agents are created equal. New research suggests that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Repeat cardiac catheterizations and use of vascular closure devices do not reduce femoral artery size at the puncture site or promote progression of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using CT angiography to determine plaque characteristics before electively implanting a coronary artery stent may help gauge the risk of injury or myocardial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinical prediction rules for judging the likelihood of a pulmonary embolism (PE) could be improved, new research shows. Now the rules leave out…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, delaying clopidogrel loading until just before or after PCI does not…
EW YORK (Reuters Health) – Low-risk patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with angioplasty can be discharged within 72 hours, Canadian investigators suggest. Although STEMI patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new feeding tube that’s inserted while attached to an ultra-thin gastroscope will avoid the potentially disastrous consequences of blind tube placement, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) abacavir and didanosine, and the protease inhibitors (PIs) indinavir and lopinavir-ritonavir, all increase the risk of myocardial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is higher than 10%, a Canadian study shows. As reported in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – All cesarean sections put women at increased risk of adverse events, including death, according to the World Health Organization’s Global Survey on Maternal…
