Tag: patients
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Canberra Hospital ICU to survey patients, Dr Sumeet Rai and Dr Tina Xu say | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] I am a reporter at The Canberra Times, and was previously a trainee. I have covered various topics at the masthead, including courts, federal politics, breaking news, features and opinion. I previously worked in digital news. I am now a general news reporter, with a focus on health. lanie.tindale@canberratimes.com.au. I am a reporter at…
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Cyberattack at 5 southwestern Ontario hospitals leaves patients, families awaiting care
[ad_1] As five southwestern Ontario hospitals grapple with a cyberattack they say has caused delays, some patients and their families say they’ve been left waiting for hours and had procedures cancelled. Tianna Giesbrecht says she arrived at the Windsor Regional Hospital’s Met campus by ambulance around 5 p.m. Monday for what she suspects is a problem with…
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How the Kaiser Permanente Strike Could Affect Patients
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers, including pharmacists, lab technicians, therapists and housekeepers, went on strike Wednesday morning. The strike continued on Thursday in California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington State, so patients in those states could be affected. Kaiser, whose health plans cover nearly 13 million people through a network of hospitals and…
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Most patients approaching Bengaluru hospital’s renowned de-addiction centre are aged 36-55 | Bangalore News
[ad_1] Most patients seeking help for problems related to substance abuse at Bengaluru’s Cadabams Hospital, renowned for its de-addiction programme, are in the 36-55 age group and accompanied by parents, followed by siblings and spouses, the hospital authorities said. Neha Cadabam, senior psychologist and executive director of the hospital, said that a significant percentage of…
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Crimes of ‘depraved’ care worker who raped patients and made them eat soil revealed
[ad_1] For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A care worker who raped, sexually abused and filmed grotesque videos of an unknown number of elderly vulnerable women across two care homes has been jailed. Teo-Valentin…
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Cancer patients missing out on breakthrough treatment as UK falls ‘behind the pack’, experts warn
[ad_1] Britain is at risk of losing its place as a cancer research leader with patients missing out on taking part in breakthrough clinical trials due to red tape, experts warn. Cancer specialists told MPs today that pharmaceutical companies are shying away from launching new clinical trials in the UK for the first time due…
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Calgary E. coli outbreak seeing fewer patients in hospital
[ad_1] CALGARY – The number of E. coli cases linked to an outbreak at several Calgary daycares continues to rise, but doctors say there are fewer patients in hospital with serious complications. There were 310 lab-confirmed cases of the bacterial infection as of Wednesday, since the outbreak at 11 Calgary daycares was declared…
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Legal Actions Seek Guarantee of Abortion Access for Patients in Medical Emergencies
[ad_1] Early in her pregnancy, Jaci Statton was in her kitchen when she felt like she was going to pass out and saw that her jeans had become soaked with blood. Doctors told her the pregnancy was not viable and that it could threaten her life if an abortion was not performed soon, she said.…
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Statin May Lower Heart Disease Risk for H.I.V. Patients
[ad_1] Americans with H.I.V. are achieving the once unthinkable: a steady march into older age. But beginning around age 50, many people living with the virus face a host of health problems, from heart disease and diabetes to social isolation and cognitive decline. And so the medical research community, which some three decades ago developed…
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New technology is letting paralyzed patients communicate : Shots
[ad_1] Pat Bennett takes part in a research session, using a brain-computer interface that helps translate her thoughts into speech. Steve Fisch/Stanford University hide caption toggle caption Steve Fisch/Stanford University Pat Bennett takes part in a research session, using a brain-computer interface that helps translate her thoughts into speech. Steve Fisch/Stanford University For Pat Bennett,…