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To improve patient matching and health data quality, 4medica will conduct a thorough assessment of the East Tennessee Health Information Network’s health data quality and then run the data through a 4-layer master patient index.  WHY IT MATTERS The Marina…

EU countries are “strongly encouraged” to demand COVID tests from passengers coming from China, a crisis meeting of European Union experts decided Wednesday. The meeting also recommended that passengers to and from China wear face masks, that EU countries conduct…

The long-term effects of infection on the immune system have long intrigued John Tsang, a Yale immunobiologist. After the body has faced down a pathogen, does the immune system return to the previous baseline? Or does a single infection change…

A comprehensive eye exam could be the key to determining if you have glaucoma, a silent thief of sight. Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that affect the optic nerve, and the leading cause of preventable blindness, according to…

An updated Cochrane Review on infant skincare interventions for preventing atopic dermatitis (AD) and food allergy has reaffirmed previous study findings indicating a lack of benefit, and strengthened the suggestion of harm associated with early use of emollients. The document, published in November…

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Researchers at Umeå University have discovered a previously unknown cellular component, an organelle, inside neurons that we use to perceive smell. The discovery may have implications for further research on impaired sense of smell, which is a common symptom of…

Britain’s broken NHS: Crying grandma begs family to let her die after 33-hour wait on trolley and man ‘sleeps on floor after spending day in an ambulance’ as trust bosses consider treating patients in TENTS to cope with dire situation…

Drinking water in bed might be the most simple way to improve your overall health, from aging better to sleeping deeper. Dehydration can happen at any time of the year – leaving us both drained of energy and struggling to sleep. It’s…

Covid-style measures COULD return ‘under official plans to save the NHS’: Zealots call for masks in public, WFH by default and return of social distancing as schools tell ill kids to stay away Britons should reduce their contacts to limit…