WHO Committee to Meet on Coronavirus ‘Emergency’ Status
The Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) will be reconvened by the World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom... Read more
Prostate is Now Most Common Cancer
Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England. According to the data revealed by Public Health England (PHE),... Read more
Facilitating Collaboration During Emergencies
By 28 January, more than 100 people have died in China in the latest novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, outbreak, with over 4,500... Read more
Despite Measures, Coronavirus Continues to Spread
By 27 January, the number of people killed in China by the new coronavirus has risen to 81, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill. The... Read more
45th Arab Health Opens Doors to Visitors
Today, 27 January 2020, healthcare and trade professionals from more than 159 countries are meeting at the largest healthcare event in... Read more
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Patient’s Voice to Cancel Cancer: Autonomy for Patient and Oncologist – That Helps
Let’s start with a quip. When you want to become an oncologist, you only need three or four years of primary school. You need to be able to read and write. The pathologist will tell you what type of cancer the patient has, you can read in the protocol what to do, what the treatment is, and for the dose you need to know: ‘Is it a man or a woman,... Read more
Nurse’s View: “How Are You, Nurse?”
If somebody had asked me this question, “How are you, nurse?” 6-8 weeks ago, I would have probably cried. The situation in Great Britain was pretty tough, worse than in March-April 2020, when the whole crisis of COVID-19 started for us in the UK! I guess no other European country had to go through that bushfire we have to go through with the... Read more
Patients’ Voice to Cancel Cancer: From Shooting In the Dark We Can Become a Sniper
“Cancer is a mobile disease. It changes while you look at it. Treat it like tuberculosis; 4 drugs for one year, at the same time!” Professor David Tuveson, CSHL We do not execute what we already know! Patients are dying because the scientific knowledge that is available today is not implemented to improve the... Read more
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Liver Fibrosis: Patients Can Be At Risk Of Death Even Without Exhibiting Symptoms
2020 18 Dec
1 in 5 advanced fibrosis patients evolves to cirrhosis in as little as two and a half years. The liver is the largest gland in the human body and, weighing roughly two kilograms, it is the second largest organ after the skin. Its varied functions include supplying the brain with glucose, filtering toxins out of the blood, producing proteins,... Read more
Spotlight On: Sutter Health Fights Pneumonia One Toothbrush at a Time
2020 23 Apr
Pneumonia can be deadly in a hospital setting. Two main factors contribute to the approximately 20 percent mortality rate of this healthcare-associated infection (HAI). First, whatever condition brought the patient to the hospital in the first place has likely weakened them, making the patient more vulnerable to the illness. Plus, the germs that patients... Read more
Spotlight On: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Reduces CLABSI with APSS #2
2020 23 Apr
HAIs are costly both in terms of harm/mortality and cost. Close attention to aseptic practices and monitoring patients can greatly reduce the incidence of these infections. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are the most costly type of hospital-acquired infections, both in terms of morbidity and mortality, and financial... Read more
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Burn Care: Regionalisation, Organisation and Triage
The interdisciplinary nature of burn care has driven centre regionalisation.... Read more
American College of Cardiology 2017 Meeting Cholesterol Lowering
Cholesterol Lowering (R)evolution, TAVI and More... The latest cardiology... Read more
Alain Cribier
Pioneering Interventional Cardiologist Don’t undertake a project... Read more
Professorial Clinical Units
Advancing Research in the Intensive Care Unit via the Integration of a... Read more
World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
Interview With Professor Jean-Louis Vincent, WFSICCM President What... Read more
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Critical Care
Key Messages 1. We need to Identify high risk patients early on... Read more
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