Over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente union workers go on strike
Health care workers who serve millions of Americans began a three-day strike on Wednesday after contract negotiations over staffing levels stalled. More than 75,000 members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions began walking off their jobs as early as…
Read MoreThe Top 10 Benefits of Adopting a Dog
October, or as we like to call it, Dogtober, is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month and we’re ready to celebrate all things canine! Making the decision to adopt a dog is a pretty big deal, and there are a lot…
Read MoreChallenges in acute heart attack care continue post COVID-19
Re-education of the multidisciplinary team Involvement of additional staff to assist in the process Review of all STEMI cases with time interval drill down Re-education on ACC recommendation to pre-activate all field STEMIs regardless of transmitted ECG Re-education on STEMI…
Read MoreBrian Austin Green's Comments About Raising a Gay Son Should Have All Parents — & People — Taking Notes
Brian Austin Green has learned and grown so much as a father raising a gay son, and his words of wisdom should be shared not just with fellow parents, but with people all over the globe. On Monday, the Beverly…
Read MoreNew study reveals inequalities in the provision of heart valve replacement surgery
Reviewed There are striking inequalities in the provision of major (aortic) heart valve replacement surgery across England, with women, Black and Asian people, and those living in areas of deprivation much less likely to receive the life-saving procedure, suggests a…
Read MoreModerna combo COVID-19/flu vaccine succeeds in early-stage trial
(Reuters) – Moderna on Wednesday said its combination vaccine to protect against both COVID-19 and influenza generated a strong immune response compared to individual shots for the viruses in an early-stage study.FILE PHOTO: Syringes with needles are seen in front…
Read MoreUbiquigent collaborates with Imperial College London on DUB probe discovery to facilitate preclinical and clinical target engagement studies
Ubiquigent Limited (Ubiquigent), a drug discovery and development company harnessing novel deubiquitinase (DUB) modulators as new therapeutics for areas of high unmet medical need, today announced it is supporting a PhD student in the Institute of Chemical Biology EPSRC Centre…
Read MoreMetabolic signature can help predict which smokers will develop type 2 diabetes
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Read MoreMobile health-delivered coaching cuts blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes: Study
A clinical pharmacist and health coach-delivered mobile health intervention can improve blood glucose levels in African American and Latinx populations, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Ben S. Gerber, M.D., from University of Massachusetts…
Read MoreTotal vascular score from PET scans prognostic in giant cell arteritis
For patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA), a higher total vascular score (TVS) based on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging at diagnosis is associated with a greater increase in thoracic aortic dimensions, according to a study published online…
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