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MERS-CoV Death Toll Rises To 31
Date: Jun-08-2013Another death from the MERS-CoV has been reported by the Saudi Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization informed today. MERS-CoV has killed 31 people so far. MERS-CoV stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. The patient was an 83-year old male from Al-Ahsa who had more than one underlying medical condition. He started showing flu-like symptoms on May 27th and died four days later. Al-Ahsa was the location of an MERS-CoV outbreak in April this year. We know about 55 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection since September 2012, says WHO...
How Do Immune Cells Detect Infections?
Date: Jun-08-2013Researchers at McGill University have discovered how immune cells are able to identify foreign antigens. The question "how can immune cells detect infections?" was investigated by the team using computer simulations. McGill University physics professor Paul François said that for immune cells "singling out foreign proteins is like looking for a needle in a haystack - where the needle may look very much like a straw, and where some straws may also look very much like a needle...
Change In China's Health Profile - Huge Improvements Made
Date: Jun-08-2013Over the past twenty years, many health improvements have been achieved in China. In fact, according to two studies published in The Lancet, the health issues the country now faces mirror those of the U.S. and other developed countries. From 1990 to 2010 China saw an increase in life expectancy and a reduction in the incidence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and lower respiratory infections. However, the success comes at the same time as risk factors and non-communicable diseases increase - such as smoking and high blood pressure...
Orthogeriatric Service Improves Outcomes For Elderly Patients With A Proximal Femoral Fracture
Date: Jun-08-2013Around one in ten patients suffering a proximal femoral fracture die within thirty days. A team of medical specialists at the trauma and orthopaedic surgery unit, Nottingham University Hospitals (UK), has developed a multidisciplinary approach for elderly inpatients. Presenting data on this "comprehensive care package" at the 14th Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) in Istanbul, the team was able to demonstrate improved outcomes for patients and a reduction in the cost of care...
Researchers Find Diminished Balance In Those With Poor Vision
Date: Jun-08-2013UC Davis Health System Eye Center research has found that visually impaired individuals and those with uncorrected refractive error - those who could benefit from glasses to achieve normal vision but don't wear glasses - have a significantly greater risk of diminished balance with their eyes closed on a compliant, foam surface than individuals with normal vision...
New Treatment For Actinic Keratosis Now Available In The UK
Date: Jun-08-2013A new treatment for sun-damaged skin that can lead to skin cancer was launched recently by LEO Pharma. Picato® (ingenol mebutate) gel is a topical treatment licensed for the cutaneous treatment of non- hyperkeratotic, non-hypertrophic actinic keratosis (AK) in adults, a type of skin damage caused by long-term sun, or UV exposure, that has the potential to progress to the non-melanoma skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)...
Caregiver Workforce Joy And Well-Being Is Linked To Patient Safety
Date: Jun-08-2013Caregivers cannot meet the challenge of patient safety unless they feel safe and valued, and find a purpose in their work that brings joy and meaning to their lives. Research has shown a higher burnout rate among health care staff who spend less than 20 percent of their time in work that is personally meaningful to them. The connection between patient safety and the day-to-day experience of caregivers was drawn clearly in a white paper recently released by the Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation...
First For The NHS As Innovative New X-Ray Scanner Is Unveiled At RNOH, UK
Date: Jun-08-2013The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) is the first in the NHS to benefit from a state of the art imaging scanner that will deliver more accurate 3D images and result in safer surgery for patients. The new scanner will give RNOH surgeons the ability to carry out complex spinal operations more efficiently and safely. The surgeon is able to manipulate images created by the scan so that they can view a variety of different 3D and 2D angles of the patient's anatomy, including detailed images of the spine and bone structure...
New Survey Data Reveal Need For Specialist Nurse Support In Management Of Patients With Heart Failure In UK
Date: Jun-08-2013One year after the publication of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012,[i] awareness amongst UK healthcare professionals varies dramatically.[ii] Results of a new survey commissioned by Pfizer found that just 36% of GPs are aware of the guidelines compared to 92.9% of cardiologists, 82.8% of secondary care cardiac nurses and 50.7% primary care nurses with a specialist interest in cardiology...
Yoga Improves Brain Function More Than Aerobic Exercises
Date: Jun-08-2013People have significantly superior brain function after a bout of yoga exercise compared to aerobic exercise, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reported in the Journal of Physical Activity & Health. The authors, as background information, explained that yoga has become more popular over the last decade. However, there is not much research that focuses on the relationship between yoga exercise and cognition...
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