Health

Large clinical trial identifies best strategy to prevent life-threatening health care-associated ICU infections

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA Healthcare, and the University of California, Irvine has found that a nasal antibiotic ointment, mupirocin, which is currently used daily for intensive care unit (ICU) patients in only one-third of U.S. hospitals, … Read more

Prince William Shares How He Looks After His Mental Health

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Prince William and Kate Middleton have been shining a light on young people’s mental health today at a two-hour event in Birmingham. And the Prince of Wales took the opportunity during a panel discussion to give some insight into how he looks after his own mental wellbeing. William was asked onstage by Dr. Alex George … Read more

Study Uses Data to Examine Mental Health Trends in Patients With HIV Before, After COVID-19 Outbreak

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Study Uses Data to Examine Mental Health Trends in Patients With HIV Before, After COVID-19 Outbreak

Key Takeaways: 1. Mental Health Trends in People Living with HIV: Using research from the National Institute of Health’s All of Us program, the study aims to analyze trends in mental health outcomes among people living with HIV (PLWH) before and after the COVID-19 outbreak while identifying key factors. 2. Factors Influencing Mental Health: The … Read more

Meghan Markle bares her shoulders in an elegant white jumpsuit as she and Prince Harry host World Mental Health Day event in New York – after arriving at the venue in a SEVEN-vehicle convoy with NYPD escort, five months after ‘near catastrophic car chase’

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle put on a stylish show as they arrived in New York today, before hosting a World Mental Health Day event

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have arrived at a mental health summit in New York City in a convoy of seven blacked-out vehicles – five months after the pair were involved in what they described as a ‘near catastrophic car chase’ in Manhattan.  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are due to host a panel discussion … Read more

Sounding the alarm about disposable plastic in the health care industry

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To Jodi Sherman’s way of thinking, the Hippocratic Oath’s vow of doing no harm includes doing no harm to the planet — particularly when it comes to the sea of single-use plastic flooding the health care industry. Sherman, an associate professor of anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine and of epidemiology in environmental health sciences … Read more

Telehealth filling critical need for pediatric mental health, study finds

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Telehealth filling critical need for pediatric mental health, study finds

Photo: Westend61/Getty Images Pediatric telehealth for mental health needs filled a critical deficit in the immediate period following the emergence of COVID-19, and continues to account for a substantial portion of pediatric mental health service utilization and spending, according to a new research letter in JAMA Network Open. Because of that, commercial health insurers should … Read more

Growing drugs shortage is leaving pharmacists and patients in the dark

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Growing drugs shortage is leaving pharmacists and patients in the dark

Shortages of common older medicines are increasing. Experts say it’s in part because pharmaceutical companies are de-incentivised from producing them. ADVERTISEMENT At a pharmacy in eastern Paris, there’s a long list of medicines that are currently unavailable from suppliers. Pharmacist Pierre-Antoine Drubay says he has seen these shortages increase in the last year, estimating that … Read more