Category Archives: Newsroom

From Camping To Dining Out: Here’s How Experts Rate The Risks Of 14 Summer Activities

June 3, 2020

 Shots    HEALTH NEWS FROM NPR THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS May 23, 20201:55 PM ET  |   ALLISON AUBREY, LAUREL WAMSLEY, CARMEL WROTH 6-Minute Listen  Download Meredith Miotke for NPR It has been around two months

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As states reopen, here’s how you protect yourself from the coming surge

May 7, 2020

Food for thought…. When/As the rules are being relaxed, and just because you will now be allowed to go out in public doesn’t mean you should. Is this the right

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Receptors for SARS-CoV-2 Present in Wide Variety of Human Cells

May 2, 2020

The SCIENTIST  Chris Baraniuk  Apr 29, 2020 Analyses from single-cell sequencing datasets support the idea that COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease but an illness that can affect multiple organs.  When the

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Measuring Maternal Mortality

May 2, 2020

February 6, 2020  Laurie Zephyrin, M.D.  and Eugene Declercq Last week, for the first time since 2007, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reported new data on maternal mortality in the

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Blood-pressure drugs are in the crosshairs of COVID-19 research

April 23, 2020

REUTERS | HEALTH NEWS | APRIL 23, 2020 | 6:12 AM Deborah J. Nelson (Reuters) – Scientists are baffled by how the coronavirus attacks the body – killing many patients while barely

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Association of open communication and the emotional and behavioural impact of medical error on patients and families

January 27, 2020

BMJ Quality and Safety Original research Association of open communication and the emotional and behavioural impact of medical error on patients and families: state-wide cross-sectional survey Abstract Background How openly

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NYU School of Medicine will provide free tuition to students

August 18, 2018

Modern Healthcare  |  By Maria Castellucci  |  August 16, 2018 NYU School of Medicine announced Thursday it will provide all current and future students full-tuition scholarships to attend medical school. The institution,

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Lax Oversight Leaves Surgery Center Regulators And Patients In The Dark

August 17, 2018

Kaiser Health News  By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News and Mark Alesia, USA Today Network August 9, 2018 This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished

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Hospital Compare lifts the veil on sepsis care. Check your hospital’s score

August 17, 2018

STAT  By Steve Claypool  |  July 26, 2018 Sepsis care often requires breathing assistance. APStock More than a decade ago, a young man showed up in the emergency department of

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Women Die More from Heart Attacks Than Men—Unless the ER Doc Is Female

August 17, 2018

Scientific American  By Angus Chen on August 6, 2018 Credit: Getty Images Women make up a mere quarter of emergency doctors in the U.S., according to data from the American

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