Key points to deliver life-saving health advice on coronavirus
The UK is now in lockdown along with another 20% of the global population as governments scramble to get to grips with the coronavirus pandemic....
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Opinion: The white scarf on the door: a life-saving lesson from the 1918 Spanish flu
In 1918, a white scarf tied to the door of my grandmother’s family’s apartment on the North Side of Chicago alerted the community to a...
Heart Patients Bond Over Their Life-Saving Devices
Treating pediatric ICD patients and their parents through family-centered care For young kids following or at risk of sudden death, receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)...
Even damaged livers can handle life-saving medication
When you ingest a drug—whether over-the-counter Tylenol or medication prescribed by a doctor—your liver is your body’s first responder. And just like other first responders,...
People with drug-induced liver damage could continue taking life-saving medications
When you ingest a drug–whether over-the-counter Tylenol or medication prescribed by a doctor–your liver is your body’s first responder. Source link...
When life-saving drugs are scarce, how do clinicians allocate them?
A devastating shortage of the pediatric cancer drug vincristine that began late last summer has forced pediatric oncologists across the country to make heart-wrenching decisions...
Medicines for All Institute partners with South African manufacturer to increase access to lifesaving drugs
The Medicines for All Institute has entered into a partnership with a manufacturer in South Africa to commercialize advances made by the institute to improve...
Study: Less than 2% of people at risk for opioid overdose are prescribed life-saving drug
Only a tiny minority of people at risk for an opioid overdose actually are prescribed a drug that could save their lives, a new study...
Routine cardiac stress test turns into lifesaving gift
Erika Hosey, a cardiovascular technician at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center, ended the year by giving a life-changing gift to a patient in need. While...
ACA improved access to life-saving care for young adult colorectal cancer patients
An Affordable Care Act provision that allowed young adults to be covered under their parents’ insurance led to a shift to earlier-stage diagnosis and more...
Drones Deliver Lifesaving Therapy in Brooklyn Faster than Ambulances
At the just concluded American Academy of Pediatrics 2019 National Conference & Exhibition, research was presented demonstrating that within busy Brooklyn, New York, drones can...
Drones Deliver Lifesaving Therapy in Brooklyn Faster than Ambulances
At the just concluded American Academy of Pediatrics 2019 National Conference & Exhibition, research was presented demonstrating that within busy Brooklyn, New York, drones can...
STAT Plus: Sanders, other lawmakers say FDA is not being transparent about Takeda’s recall of lifesaving drug
A group of lawmakers is pushing the Food and Drug Administration to resolve shortages of a lifesaving thyroid medicine that was recalled by Takeda Pharmaceutical,...
Rice chemist explores how extra amino acid could be used to make life-saving substances
There are 20 amino acids in the standard genetic code. A Rice University professor wants to know what one can do with 21. Source link...
ED Clinical Pharmacists Speed Delivery of Lifesaving Reversal Drugs
Clinical pharmacists in the emergency department significantly reduce the time to delivery of lifesaving reversal drugs for patients on blood thinners experiencing life-threatening bleeding, according...
ED Clinical Pharmacists Speed Delivery of Lifesaving Anticoagulant Drugs
Clinical pharmacists in the emergency department significantly reduce the time to delivery of lifesaving anticoagulant drugs for patients on blood thinners experiencing life-threatening bleeding, according...
Alcoholic hepatitis drug candidate shows ‘life-saving potential’
Data from a phase 2a clinical trial of DUR-928, an endogenous, small-molecule new chemical entity, for patients with alcoholic hepatitis demonstrated that the treatment led...
Malawi study confirms lasting impact of life-saving technology
Malawi’s national adoption of affordable, rugged, neonatal CPAP technology as a part of routine hospital care resulted in sustained improvements in the survival of babies...