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) – Aggressive reduction of cholesterol levels and normalization of high blood pressure is necessary to attenuate the progression of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although the incidence of health care-associated Clostridium difficile infections remained stable in Canada between 1997 and 2005, the attributable mortality nearly quadrupled, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whether or not insulin therapy is used, normalizing glucose levels in hospitalized patients with myocardial infarction (MI) can improve survival, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii – the causative organism of the zoonotic disease Q-fever – is high among US veterinarians, particularly those who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the real-world setting of contemporary clinical cardiology practices, adverse events following percutaneous cardiovascular procedures are substantially reduced by using radial artery access…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rituximab appears to be of benefit to some patients with severe proliferative or membranous lupus nephritis, according to a small French study published…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with depressive symptoms are at increased risk for developing coronary heart disease (CHD), especially fatal CHD, according to findings from the Nurses’…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who are admitted on a weekend for bleeding peptic ulcers have worse survival than their peers admitted on a weekday, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By reducing dyspnea and increasing exercise tolerance, breathing a mixture of 60% helium and 40% oxygen augments the benefits of physical rehabilitation in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although it is safe, low-dose vitamin K used to treat warfarin recipients with high INRs (international normalized ratios) does not reduce episodes of…
