New Zealand’s covid-crushing effort
On 8 June, as most nations continued to grapple with COVID-19, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced New Zealand no longer had any active cases of the virus. The country had recorded a total of 1,154 confirmed cases, including nine deaths,…
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New app helps doctors to check patients’ jugular venous pressure remotely
A new report from cardiologists at UT Southwestern raises the hope that doctors will be able to visually check the jugular venous pressure of heart failure patients remotely, using the camera on a smartphone. The finding is especially timely as…
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Single Mom of 3 Vows to Fight After Colon Cancer Spreads Throughout Her Body: 'My Kids Need Me'
Though doctors wanted to perform the surgery immediately, Ramirez says she opted to go home first so she could spend time with her kids "before something happens, because I thought I was gonna die." She eventually had the procedure done,…
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MRI study reveals arterial culprit plaque characteristics
The degree of cerebral infarction (single or multiple infarcts) is a feasible imaging marker to predict future stroke recurrence in patients with ischemic stroke. However, the features of arterial vessel wall lesions and culprit plaques that ultimately lead to different…
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Why don’t confused patients call medicines helplines after discharge from hospital?
Leaving hospital can be a confusing and sometimes risky time for patients who take medication, with an estimated 44% experiencing medicine-related problems once they get home. New research from the University of Bath suggests the most helpful and timely medicine-related…
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How does our brain fold? Study reveals new genetic insights
New research is helping unlock the mystery of how the brain folds as a baby develops in the womb—a process critical to healthy brain function. Misfolding of the brain is linked with many neurological conditions including autism, anorexia, epilepsy and…
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Food taxes and subsidies could reduce New Zealand’s health inequities
A consumer tax on the saturated fat, salt, and sugar content of food, accompanied by a 20 percent subsidy on fruit and vegetables, would bring major benefits for the health sector, researchers from Otago, Auckland and Melbourne Universities say. The…
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Back pain: Four simple moves you can do in your own home to relieve your back pain
Back pain is alerting you that something needs to change. A sore, aching back isn’t to be put up with. Here are four moves you can do to ease the pain. The spinal anatomy runs from the neck down to…
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Puerto Rico to require negative COVID-19 tests from all airport arrivals
The US possession of Puerto Rico will require all visitors arriving by air to present a negative COVID-19 test or be held under quarantine at their own expense, officials said Tuesday. Starting on July 15, all visitors—including those arriving from…
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Coronavirus symptoms: How COVID-19 can damage the brain – what to look for
Coronavirus has confounded critics and the general public alike. The virus was initially dismissed by some as nothing more serious than the flu, but, as reports emerged from besieged hospitals across the globe, it became apparent that this was an…
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