Hospitals to Blame for Pandemic Nurse Shortage? It’s Complicated
National Nurses United (NNU), a California-based union with 175,000 members, is blaming hospitals for nursing shortages that have arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a news release issued last Thursday, NNU said that chronic understaffing by hospitals has driven away…
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‘No Reason to Drop tPA’ in Stroke Thrombectomy: SWIFT DIRECT
A new study has failed to show noninferiority of direct thrombectomy compared to bridging therapy with thrombolysis before thrombectomy for patients with large-vessel occlusion ischemic stroke. However, outcomes were very good for both groups. The trial, SWIFT DIRECT, was presented…
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African nations set to miss ‘crucial’ COVID vaccine goal: WHO
Most African countries are set to miss the “crucial” goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable ten percent of their populations against COVID-19 by the end of the month, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday Forty-two of Africa’s 54 nations,…
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A Doctor Explains Why Joe Rogans Covid Treatment Plan Doesnt Make Sense
When comedian and mega-podcaster Joe Rogan announced yesterday that he’d contracted Covid over the weekend, he quickly segued into talking about how he’d treated the infection. “We immediately threw the kitchen sink at it—all kinds of meds,” he said. The…
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How to live longer: Six factors to be on your way to become a supercentenarian
Centenarian reveals SURPRISE drink that helps her live longer We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our…
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Language barriers do not explain why immigrants have higher mortality from COVID-19
Language barriers or lack of institutional awareness do not explain why immigrants in Sweden have a higher mortality from COVID-19. These are the conclusions of a new population-based study from Stockholm University that analyzed intermarried couples—immigrants partnered with Swedes. Previous…
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FDA Approval for Zanubrutinib in Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) capsules for use in the treatment of adult patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to an approval letter from the agency to BeiGene, the drug’s…
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COVID-19 cited in significant increase in healthcare-associated infections in 2020
After years of steady reductions in healthcare-associated infections, significantly higher rates of four out of six routinely tracked infections were observed in U.S. hospitals, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis of data from the National Healthcare…
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Kadeena Cox: Paralympian ‘horrified’ her life would ‘revolve around not being independent’
Paralympics highlights: Kadeena Cox retains thrilling gold in the velodrome We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on…
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How does EMDR therapy help people who have experienced trauma?
Earlier this year, Prince Harry revealed he has used a therapy called EMDR to cope with anxiety and trauma, including trauma resulting from his mother Princess Diana’s death when he was 12. He demonstrates the technique in the Apple TV+…
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