By Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 27 (Reuters) – The director of one of Haiti’s top hospitals was kidnapped on Friday, prompting staff to refuse to take in new patients in protest as the impoverished country battles an outbreak of the novel coronavirus amid a spike in gang violence. Dr. Jerry Bitar, a surgeon, was kidnapped […]
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced updated guidance for what to do when someone is sick with COVID-19, flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other respiratory viruses. While much of DOH’s new guidance is similar to recent updates announced by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), DOH’s new guidance offers additional […]
Tuberculosis can infect anyone. It is caused by bacteria and spreads through air and is very common in South Africa. Dr Janet Giddy shares how she deals with Mrs Worried – an anxious and fearful voice seeking advice when someone close to her, like her domestic worker, has been diagnosed with TB. I have worked […]
Cheri Nel has a blunt message for the multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical company Vertex: “Any person that dies from today – that’s on you.” Vertex makes a “miracle drug” called Trikafta that can transform the lives of people with cystic fibrosis. The medication gives them a normal life expectancy, rather than facing the likelihood of dying as […]
Lafayette, LA (KPEL News) – Sixteen doctors in specialties dealing with orthopedics practice together under the umbrella of Louisiana Orthopaedic Specialists in Lafayette. If a patient has a joint or bone ailment of any kind, LOS has a physician on staff to treat them. Now, a pending merger will expand the care services of the prominent Lafayette group to […]
A new M Health Fairview clinic is confronting an exhausting disorder that has afflicted more children since the pandemic and caused alarming spikes in heart rate, blood pressure and breathing. Dr. Matthew Ambrose said it is disheartening to see so many more cases of the condition known as POTS. But the increase at least spurred […]
A Phase 3 clinical trial assessing the potential of triple-combination Breztri Aerosphere (budesonide/glycopyrronium/formoterol fumarate) to improve cardiopulmonary outcomes in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is opening at sites worldwide, AstraZeneca, which markets the inhaled therapy, announced. The THARROS study (NCT06283966) is expected to enroll up to 5,000 COPD patients, ages 40 to 80, with […]
Browse the obituary of residing in the province of Ontario for funeral details TURNER, Jo-Anne (nee Gravelle)April 6, 1945 – March 15, 2024It is with a heavy heart that the family announces the passing of their mother, stepmother, grandmother, and great-grandmother on March 15, 2024, due to complications of C.O.P.D.She was predeceased by her husband, […]
Research by Cardiff University shows that over-the-counter cold and flu treatments are safe and effective for managing mild covid-19 symptoms at home and could help alleviate the burden on hospitals during high incidence of the illness in the population. The study, led by Ron Eccles, Emeritus Professor in the School of Biosciences, found that medicines […]
Though many experts agree that color-coding inhalers would benefit patients, there’s still a lack of standardization of these devices worldwide. According to a 2017 report from the American Medical Association (AMA), unlike in Canada, the United Kingdom, and parts of Europe, there’s currently no standardized convention for the coloration of respiratory inhalers in the United […]
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 18, 2024 / Buses are invaluable. They get workers across town, kids to school, travelers from the parking lot to the terminal and much more. Buses can also be stressful. Will you catch it? Will it reach the destination on time? Will it have enough space? Will the driver […]
Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with Covid patients, emergency physician Dr. Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system was. Hospital leadership instructed health workers to forgo protective N95 masks in the early months of 2020, as covid cases mounted. “We were watching patients die,” Stokes […]
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Breathing and relaxation techniques may offer relief to some patients battling Long COVID. In a new, small study of 20 patients, biofeedback therapy relieved both the physical and psychological symptoms of Long COVID, researchers said. Many participants had been dealing with symptoms for more than a year. “Our […]
Breathing and relaxation techniques may offer relief to some patients battling Long COVID. In a new, small study of 20 patients, biofeedback therapy relieved both the physical and psychological symptoms of Long COVID, researchers said. Many participants had been dealing with symptoms for more than a year. “Our biggest hope is that we’ve identified a […]
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, is the world’s preeminent COPD research and advocacy organization. Founded in 1997 in collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization, one of GOLD’s stated aims is to “improve prevention and treatment of this lung disease.” In its 2023 global […]
AstraZeneca announced that its triple combination inhaled therapy Breztri Aerosphere (budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate) will be evaluated in a new phase 3 trial in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and elevated cardiopulmonary risk. Breztri Aerosphere is a single inhaler, fixed-dose triple combination therapy of budesonide, an inhaled corticosteroid with glycopyrrolate, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist, and […]
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OSHKOSH ― The numbers for respiratory viruses are trending in the right direction: downward. Health officials are reporting levels of both COVID-19 and flu are moderate after a decline in hospitalizations and wastewater concentration of SARS-CoV-2 over the last week. Winnebago County Health Department Director/Health Officer Doug Gieryn confirmed the news in an interview with […]
Germaine Gooden-Patterson has lived in Clairton, Pennsylvania, for more than 15 years, but it wasn’t until she began a job as a community health worker in 2019 that she understood how much air pollution was affecting her neighbors’ lives—and her own. Gooden-Patterson’s work for the Pittsburgh-based nonprofit Women for a Healthy Environment required her to […]
Introduction Asthma is a common and disabling disease, with an estimated cumulative prevalence of 8–10% among adults in Western Europe, including the Nordic countries.1,2 Along with increasing asthma prevalence, a surge in asthma mortality was seen between the 1960s and 1980s. The increased mortality from asthma could later at least partly be attributed to overuse […]