A new report combining forecasting and expert prediction data, predicts that 125,000 lives could be saved by the end of 2021 if 50% or more of the U.S. population initiated COVID vaccination by March 1, 2021. "Meta and consensus forecast of COVID-19 targets," developed by Thomas McAndrew, a computational scientist and faculty member at Lehigh […]
Can Deep Learning Predict Coma Outcome?
Patients in a coma are described as being in a state of unconsciousness from which they cannot be woken and are unresponsive. Typical causes of coma include stroke, seizures, severe head injury, infection of the brain such as encephalitis, or alcohol poisoning. Those with diabetes pose an additional risk of falling into a coma if […]
‘No Mercy’ Chapter 7: After a Rural Town Loses Hospital, Is a Health Clinic Enough?
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Family physician Maxwell Self is doing his same old job for a new employer. For two decades he was a doctor with Mercy Hospital. But when Mercy packed up and left, a federally qualified health center moved to town — into the hospital building itself — and […]
Pregnant Vanessa Morgan Prepares for Birth: 'Getting Our Hospital Bag Ready'
Almost time! Pregnant Vanessa Morgan is in the final stretch of her pregnancy, packing her hospital bag on Monday, January 11. Celebrity Babies of 2021: See Which Stars Gave Birth “Lol getting our hospital bag ready,” the Riverdale star, 28, wrote on her Instagram Story while showing a “sound bowl,” which promotes relaxation. “Essentials.” The […]
Anyone who is physically active, less often to the hospital
Adults between 40 and 79 years of age require less lengthy hospital stays and are also meadows and less frequently repeated if you are at work or in their leisure time at least moderately physically active. British researchers have discovered stays in a long-term study under 25.639 adults in middle and older age relationships between […]
Texas judge rules hospital can remove baby Tinslee Lewis from life support, family has week to appeal
Fox News Flash top headlines for Jan. 2 Fox News Flash top headlines for Jan. 2 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com A Texas judge has denied a family’s request for a temporary injunction in the case involving their 11-month-old daughter, who has been hospitalized since birth at Cook Children’s Medical Center, opening […]
The number one killer of women
There are a few things you probably don’t know about heart disease, especially how it affects women. Heart disease is the number one killer of women, but until recently, as Dr. Karen Latimer explains, cardiac issues were thought to be a men’s health problem. The truth is that more women die from heart disease than men. In fact, […]
More than 1,000 Indiana hospital patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis after sterilization failure
Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com A sterilization technician at a northern Indiana hospital failed to properly disinfect surgical tools, possibly affecting more than 1,000 patients who underwent surgery at the facility in recent months, the hospital said […]
Study offers alternative explanation for much-heralded decline in hospital readmission rates under pay-for-performance
The decline in hospital readmission rates that occurred following the launch of a federal program designed to improve quality of care and reduce repeat hospitalizations has been lauded as proof of the program’s effectiveness. But a new analysis led by researchers at Harvard Medical School offers an alternative explanation for the outcome. The findings, published […]
Pattern of hospital visits offers clue to spotting people at risk of myeloma
A condition that can progress to myeloma could be identified in patients by their unusually frequent hospital visits, according to research presented at the 2019 NCRI Cancer Conference. The study found that people with a pre-cancerous blood condition called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) made around twice as many visits to hospital as other […]