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'It's been heart-sickening:' A major US hospital chain has sued thousands of patients in the last year
As the coronavirus spiked in Missouri last fall, a wave of cases hit a nursing home in the state’s rural heartland. Robin Bull, a part-time nurse, remembered an ambulance “coming and going constantly” on one especially scary morning, rushing residents to Moberly Regional Medical Center, the local hospital.
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NIH launches clinical trial of universal influenza vaccine candidate
A first-in-human, Phase 1 trial assessing the safety and immunogenicity of an investigational nanoparticle influenza vaccine designed to provide long-lasting protection against multiple flu virus strains has begun at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Healthy participants 18 to 50 years old will receive either a licensed seasonal influenza vaccine or the experimental vaccine, FluMos-v1. Scientists from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) developed FluMos-v1 to stimulate antibodies against multiple influenza virus strains by displaying part of the influenza virus...
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Treating the immune system, treating schizophrenia?
A remarkable, yet potentially fraught treatment for people who, in the past, have been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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A Future Of Medicine
A Future of Medicine - a discussion on the current state of clinical trials
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Young Men Are Dying From Preventable Cancers Because They're Not Getting Vaccinated
The vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) is recommended in the United States for all young people up to age 26 to help prevent certain deadly cancers.
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The invention that made mass vaccinations possible
A Scottish doctor is widely credited with inventing the hypodermic syringe - a crucial tool in the battle against Covid.
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Googling Your Symptoms Might Not Be a Horrible Idea After All
We've all done it. Maybe you have a weird rash, or a cough that just won't go away, so you turn to Google to look up your symptoms.
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Paracetamol may be no better than a placebo in many cases
A review of paracetamol for 44 common pain conditions found no strong evidence to support its use in many instances. Paracetamol is also known as acetaminophen, Panadol, Tylenol.
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Waiting to clamp umbilical cord gives premature babies fighting chance
Doctors should hold off clamping the umbilical cords for premature babies to help give them the best chance to thrive in their critical first days of life, a major investigation shows.
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People Are Accidentally Poisoning Themselves Trying to Treat COVID With a Horse Drug
People are trying to treat and prevent COVID-19 by taking ivermectin, a medication commonly used to de-worm horses – and they are poisoning themselves in the process.
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Woman Recovers From Mysterious Ulcer Disease After Switching to a Plant-Based Diet
A family doctor's recommendation to follow a whole foods, plant-based diet coincided with a life-changing turnaround in the fortunes of one patient – potentially triggering complete recovery from a mysterious and painful disease.
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Man swallows ear bud after falling asleep listening to music
After waking up and spending an hour shovelling snow, Massachusetts man Brad Gauthier realises something is wrong when he can't swallow a glass of water.
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HDHP Vs PPO - How To Pick The Right One For You
This definitive guide will explain the difference between an HDHP vs PPO plan, how much they cost, and which one you should choose for your family.
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Covid-19: sacrificing lives does not mean saving the economy
A study of 45 countries shows those who have contained the virus also tend to have less severe economic impacts than those which haven’t
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Bodies pile up, patient care falters as covid-19 devastates LA County hospitals
Los Angeles County’s healthcare system was buckling Wednesday under the unprecedented surge of covid-19 patients, with bodies piling up at morgues and medical professionals resorting to increasingly desperate measures as they brace for conditions to worsen in the coming weeks. With hospitals overwhelmed by patients and no outlet valve available,
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A New Therapy to Prevent People With SARS-CoV-2 From Getting Sick Just Started Trials
Scientists in the UK have just recruited the first participants in the world to be part of a new long-acting antibody study.
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A pitiful response': Global economic inequality a side effect of vaccines development
The recovery from the most traumatic global economic catastrophe since the Great Depression will be far from equal.
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Randomized Controlled Trials Versus Real World Evidence: Neither Magic Nor Myth
Whether randomized controlled trials of niche medicines can work
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War against natural medicine
Why is a group of prestigious doctors and scientists who have the backing of the most profitable industry in the world according to Fortune 500 – the pharmaceutical industry – targeting a few poorly-funded natural medicine courses?
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Christina went into hospital for hip rehab and came out with coronavirus
Christina Heywood is struggling with her health after catching COVID-19 in a rehabilitation centre while recovering from a new hip. She says it's ridiculous that health officials haven't released the figures for how many patients caught the virus in hospital.
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