New Essential Diagnostics List from WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its Essential Diagnostics List that for the first time includes WHO-recommended COVID-19... Read more
Investigation of EU COVID-19 Vaccine Contracts
The European Ombudsman is investigating the European Commission’s refusal to give public access to documents concerning the purchase... Read more
New Vaccine Agreements for COVAX
COVAX, the global initiative to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines across the world, has announced new agreements for Pfizer/BioNTech... Read more
Close Circle Affects Behaviour During Pandemic
Social influences are more important for people’s adherence to distancing rules during the pandemic than their own beliefs, a new study shows... Read more
EU: 70% Vaccinated by Summer
The European Commission has called member states to accelerate the roll-out of their vaccination programmes. The aim is to have vaccinated... 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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From multiple organ support therapy to extracorporeal organ support in critically ill patients
The complex nature of the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) requires Read more
Sustainability at heart of healthcare complex
Major hospital project aims to rejuvenate state’s health service ... Read more
At the Crossroads - The Future of Healthcare
Any healthcare leader surveying the healthcare situation in Europe today... Read more
Risks in Dietary Supplements
Risks in Dietary Supplements The use of natural substances for treatment... Read more
A patient-centred approach to mammography
Head radiologist provides feedback on department’s three-year use... Read more
Radiology Education Goes Mobile: What's Changed?
Mobile devices are used by most students, residents and radiologists... Read more
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In the intensive care unit, every move has to be right, every procedural step has to follow on seamlessly from the previous one. Stiegelmeyer spoke with the people who bear great responsibility every day in this aspect. Their wishes and requirements...