Kaley Kinnamon, MD, nonetheless recollects the numerous demanding situations of being a brand new physician when COVID-19 was once raging thru her health center. “We have been anticipated to do a lot more,” says Kinnamon, now a second-year neurology resident on the College of Vermont Clinical (UVM) Middle in Burlington. […]
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Two people who were patients at Allegheny Valley Hospital face multiple felony charges after police charged them with attacking medical staff during separate incidents. Lea Ashley Slusar, 28, of the 1400 block of Fifth Avenue in Arnold, was charged May 6 by Highmark Health Police with three felony counts of […]
When health care providers enter notes into patients’ electronic health records, they are more likely to portray Black patients negatively compared with white patients, two recent studies have found. The unfavorable descriptions may perpetuate bias and stigma and influence the care patients receive. “The first impression is the chart,” says […]
Military medical aid has officially arrived at the San Juan Regional Medical Center. A 20-person group was deployed within the past week to help treat COVID-19 patients.”We can help our civilian health care providers in delivering health care to the community,” Capt. Regina O’Nan, the officer in charge of the […]
Share on Pinterest In people with severe COVID-19, central nervous system complications may be more common than initially estimated. Mental Art + Design/Stocksy A large international study suggests that around 1 in every 100 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have brain complications. These include stroke, brain hemorrhage, and other potentially fatal […]
The nightmare that is long Covid unfolds in many stages. Long Covid collectively means symptoms that persist after Covid-19 infections have cleared, spanning both mental and physical health, the neurologic and psychiatric, cardiovascular and pulmonary, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal. Within each organ system, severity spans a spectrum. In neurology, for example, […]
North Texas hospital system Medical City Healthcare is partnering with a home health care company to bring hospital room-level care to patients’ living rooms, a move that could signal a shift in how medical care is administered in the future. Plano-based Resilient Healthcare provides medical services such as around-the-clock remote […]
Washington, D.C. voters are strongly in favor of proposals to broadly decriminalize drugs and establish harm reduction centers, a new poll found. One week after activists announced an effort to pressure local lawmakers enact the reforms, a coalition of activists group organized under the banner of DecrimPovertyDC released a survey […]
After suffering a stroke and going through extensive rehab, Jessica White’s mother returned to her Manhattan apartment last December. White was relieved when her mother, who now uses a feeding tube, was approved for round-the-clock home care. A nurse and an aide would be assigned to make at-home visits from […]
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The financial journey of one COVID-19 survivor started from the ambulance ride to the hospital, being put on a ventilator and the multiple treatments that followed. A 14-day stay in the hospital landed Aaron Mikami a medical bill that continued to climb. Get news on the go […]