The guidelines for advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) underwent a comprehensive 5-year update in 2020, but focused updates for 2021 highlight the chain of survival,…
NGOs Scramble to Dampen COVID-19’s Impact on People Living With HIV
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In-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates higher in cath lab than in ICU, lower than in OR
People who went into cardiac arrest in the cardiac catheterization lab were more likely to survive to hospital discharge than those who had a cardiac…
Protecting our bones after diabetes and hypertension
People living with type II diabetes and hypertension face an increased risk of bone fractures. An international team of researchers has used the Canadian Light…
Analogs, pen devices dominate ambulatory insulin use in U.S. adults
(HealthDay)—Insulin analogs and insulin pen delivery devices remained dominant for ambulatory insulin use for U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes from 2016 to 2020, according…
Dutch study compares mRNA vaccines to vector-based vaccines for COVID-19
Several different vaccines against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been given emergency approvals in many countries after demonstrating their effectiveness in…
The five-minute test that warns of dementia
The five-minute test that warns of dementia – years before symptoms start: There’s still no cure for the debilitating condition… so would you be brave…
‘Are You Going to Keep Me Safe?’ Hospital Workers Sound Alarm on Rising Violence
The San Leandro Hospital emergency department, where nurse Mawata Kamara works, went into lockdown recently when a visitor, agitated about being barred from seeing a…
Judi Dench health: Star’s ‘traumatic’ and ‘appalling’ condition that she tries to ignore
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Psychedelics linked to lower risk of heart disease and diabetes
A new study has found that people who have taken a classic psychedelic even once have a lower incidence of heart disease and diabetes. It…