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Nursing staff and doctors with long COVID ‘hung out to dry’, two years on from ministers being told to act

by admin | Nov 16, 2024 | CM, WM & IM policies, Long Covid19, Medical Ethics, Public Health

Source Royal College of Nursing 英國長新冠，医護狗不理 Nursing staff and doctors with long COVID are still being denied access to vital financial...

Loneliness Tied to Alzheimer’s and Dementia Risk

by admin | Oct 11, 2024 | Brain, Brain, Health & Environment, Medical Ethics, Mental Health, Mental, Dementia, Parkinson's disease

By Judy George Source Medpagetoday Loneliness increased the risk for all-cause dementia, a meta-analysis that included more than 600,000 people...

EBV Screening Tied to Lower Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Risk

by admin | Oct 4, 2024 | Cancer, Cancer, Medical Ethics, Public Health

By Charles Bankhead Source Medpagetoday Individuals screened for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection had a significantly lower risk of nasopharyngeal...

Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake Tripled in 45-49 Age Group

by admin | Oct 3, 2024 | Cancer, Cancer, Medical Ethics, Public Health

By Jeff Minerd Source Medpagetoday Mean rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tripled among average-risk individuals 45-49 years old after the...

Newborns Fed Breast Milk Exclusively in Hospital Had Lower Asthma Risk

by admin | Sep 30, 2024 | CM, WM & IM policies, Diet therapy, Medical Ethics, Public Health

By Jennifer Henderson Source Medpagetoday ORLANDO -- Infants who exclusively received breast milk throughout their birth hospitalization were less...

Falling May Be a Harbinger of Dementia in Older Adults

by admin | Sep 30, 2024 | Medical Ethics, Public Health

By Judy George Source Medpagetoday A new diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementia was more common after falls than after other traumatic...