Rwanda: How Chinese Orthopedic Surgeon is Saving Lives in Rwanda
[New Times] Dr. Lidong Yu, a Chinese orthopedic surgeon is having quite a busy time in Rwanda, dealing with various sorts of bone conditions, especially osteomyelitis, a bone infection caused by bacteria or fungi.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 4, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news

Autologous Heterogenous Skin Construct for Pressure Injuries Autologous Heterogenous Skin Construct for Pressure Injuries
This novel autograft could provide a more effective treatment option for complicated pressure injuries.ePlasty
Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines - July 4, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news

Susan Love, surgeon who crusaded against breast cancer, dies at 75
She co-founded the National Breast Cancer Coalition and sought to eradicate the disease, which remains the second deadliest cancer for women in the U.S.
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - July 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Harrison Smith Source Type: news

Dr. Susan Love, Surgeon and Breast Health Advocate, Dies at 75
One of the world ’s most visible public faces in the war on breast cancer, she helped reshape both the doctor’s role and the patient’s.
Source: NYT Health - July 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Margalit Fox Tags: Love, Susan M Deaths (Obituaries) Breast Cancer Doctors Surgery and Surgeons Research Books and Literature Homosexuality and Bisexuality National Breast Cancer Coalition Dr. Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research Source Type: news

Recyclers reject most plastic. This company turns it into furniture
Packaging for lotion, toothpaste, and makeup is a recycling disaster. But ReFactory, a UK-based family business, has a complex process to give it a new life. It makes plywood-like plastic boards and turns them into furniture, planters, and more. ReFactory processes post-consumer waste from…#refactory
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Microplastics research: sum of our exposures studied by grantee
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023/01/feature/thumb949147.jpeg?itok=syzwtO0o" /><br /><p>I spoke with Douglas Walker, Ph.D., about his efforts to understand how these tiny plastic particles may affect human health.</p> (read more)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - July 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news

Japan Rejuvenates Astronaut Ranks With 28-Year-Old Surgeon
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Happily ever after might be changing, according to Harlequin
Some 77% of unmarried adults say they haven’t been on a date in the past month. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says we’re in the midst of a loneliness epidemic. Read Full Story#ussurgeon #vivekmurthy #readfullstory
Source: Reuters: Health - July 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Program brings the hospital home after heart surgery
When Marsha Pruitt learned she was ready to go home from the hospital after open heart surgery, she responded to her surgeon as many other patients do: “Are you sure?” Although Pruitt describes herself as “not a hospital kind of girl,” the idea of going home – and being far from her care team – was stressful. What eased her anxiety was the opportunity to participate in a program that connects cardiac patients to their providers virtual ly following a hospital discharge. Through a new…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news

Waste Company's 'Concealed Human Torso' Suit; Impostor Nurse Reportedly Rips Out IVs
(MedPage Today) -- Monarch Waste Technologies is suing Sanford Health and its environmental services management company alleging it inappropriately delivered a "human torso concealed in a plastic container" to the medical waste company. (KFYR...
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 29, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Liberian Orthopedic Surgeon Launches Book On 'History Ff Medical College in Liberia'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A Liberian orthopedic surgeon, Robert M. Kpoto has launched a book in Monrovia detailing the history of the medical college in Liberia. The book covers the history of the Achille Mario Dogliotti College of Medicine and the Liberia Postgraduate College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Education Health and Medicine Liberia West Africa Source Type: news

I'm a doctor - here's why you've been pooing wrong your whole life
According to Dorset-based NHS surgeon Dr Karan Rajan, sitting on the loo can cause your colon to kink, leaving you straining. Instead, leaning forwards and squatting, creates 'a smoother exit'.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pregnant Women May Pass Nanoplastics to Their Unborn Pregnant Women May Pass Nanoplastics to Their Unborn
It is likely that nanoscale plastic particles that are ingested by pregnant women are passed to their unborn babies and may impair fetal development.Quick Take
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news

Traumatic tongue laceration: an experience of two tertiary centers in South East Nigeria - Okechi UC, Umeanuka OT, Akpeh JO.
BACKGROUND: Traumatic injuries to the orofacial region are common and can be challenging to the oral and maxillofacial surgeon. The tongue is one of the structures that can be involved; however, the incidence of this injury to the tongue appears rare. Most...
Source: SafetyLit - June 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

‘ It ’ s Been a Pretty Rocky Road. ’ CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky Reflects on Her Tenure During COVID-19
Dr. Rochelle Walensky became director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2021, a fraught time in the country’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Americans’ confidence in the nation’s leading public health organization was at an all-time low, and Walensky had to not only manage the national response but rebuild public trust at the same time. She faced criticism over some aspects of the pandemic response, including confusing messaging and delays in processing data related to cases and severity of the disease. While most public health experts acknowledged t...
Source: TIME: Health - June 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20