LifeSaving – Newsemia

About 5,000 heart attack sufferers in England missed out on lifesaving hospital treatment due to pandemic

NewsemiaJuly 14, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 14, 202000

Researchers at the University of Oxford, working with NHS Digital, in collaboration with experts from the University of Keele, the University of Leeds, Imperial College...

Neurology

Lifesaving innovation for COVID-19 will increase the already existing racial inequalities

NewsemiaMay 24, 2020

by NewsemiaMay 24, 2020022

As is the case with most fatal diseases, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is already taking a disproportionate toll on black Americans and other disadvantaged minorities. Source...

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Collaborative effort delivers life-saving breathing aid

NewsemiaApril 15, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 15, 2020018

A breathing aid that can help keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care, has been developed in just 5 days by mechanical engineers at University...

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Key points to deliver life-saving health advice on coronavirus

NewsemiaMarch 31, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 31, 2020024

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

NewsemiaMarch 23, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 23, 202003

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...

Pediatrics

Heart Patients Bond Over Their Life-Saving Devices

NewsemiaMarch 13, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 13, 202005

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)...

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Even damaged livers can handle life-saving medication

NewsemiaFebruary 29, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 29, 2020028

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,...

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People with drug-induced liver damage could continue taking life-saving medications

NewsemiaFebruary 29, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 29, 202008

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...

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When life-saving drugs are scarce, how do clinicians allocate them?

NewsemiaFebruary 17, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 17, 2020027

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...

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Medicines for All Institute partners with South African manufacturer to increase access to lifesaving drugs

NewsemiaFebruary 13, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 13, 2020029

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...

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Study: Less than 2% of people at risk for opioid overdose are prescribed life-saving drug

NewsemiaJanuary 9, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 9, 2020019

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...

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Routine cardiac stress test turns into lifesaving gift

NewsemiaDecember 19, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 19, 201905

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...

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ACA improved access to life-saving care for young adult colorectal cancer patients

NewsemiaDecember 19, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 19, 201904

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...

Pediatrics

Drones Deliver Lifesaving Therapy in Brooklyn Faster than Ambulances

NewsemiaOctober 30, 2019

by NewsemiaOctober 30, 201905

At the just concluded American Academy of Pediatrics 2019 National Conference & Exhibition, research was presented demonstrating that within busy Brooklyn, New York, drones can...

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Drones Deliver Lifesaving Therapy in Brooklyn Faster than Ambulances

NewsemiaOctober 29, 2019

by NewsemiaOctober 29, 201903

At the just concluded American Academy of Pediatrics 2019 National Conference & Exhibition, research was presented demonstrating that within busy Brooklyn, New York, drones can...

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STAT Plus: Sanders, other lawmakers say FDA is not being transparent about Takeda’s recall of lifesaving drug

NewsemiaOctober 19, 2019

by NewsemiaOctober 19, 201901

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,...

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Rice chemist explores how extra amino acid could be used to make life-saving substances

NewsemiaSeptember 28, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 28, 201908

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...

Pharma / Biotech

ED Clinical Pharmacists Speed Delivery of Lifesaving Reversal Drugs

NewsemiaSeptember 26, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 26, 201904

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...

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Working with the NHS to build lifesaving technology

NewsemiaSeptember 22, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 22, 201904

Were very proud to announce a groundbreaking five year partnership with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.Doctors and nurses in the NHS do a...

Pharma / Biotech

ED Clinical Pharmacists Speed Delivery of Lifesaving Anticoagulant Drugs

NewsemiaSeptember 21, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 21, 201903

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...