Cart is empty New guidelines to regulate Australia’s booming cosmetic procedures industry have been called “tough” and “a crackdown” in media reports this week.
Resident-to-resident aggression is common in nursing homes. Here’s how we can improve residents’ safety
The Coroners Court of Victoria is undertaking an inquest into the deaths of eight aged care residents across six facilities, over a nine-month period in 2021.
Better planning can reduce sickness absence among shift workers
Jarno Turunen, senior specialist at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and M.Sc. (Econ), has investigated the effects of shift work characteristics on the sickness absence of shift workers in his doctoral dissertation at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland.
Long-lasting HIV prevention shot headed toward approval
FA new injection to prevent HIV is expected to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later this month.
Women less likely to receive treatment for deadly heart condition
Women, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and those from the most deprived communities are less likely to receive treatment after a diagnosis of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis, according to research presented Tuesday at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.
Single-dose CAR-T therapy potentially curative in multiple myeloma
A multi-institutional study led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reports one-third of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma remained in remission for at least five years following a single infusion of the CAR-T cell therapy cilta-cel.
Nurses cite staffing shortages, language barriers, and profit focus as key care challenges
A new Penn Nursing Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research (CHOPR) study sheds light on the critical factors that help or hinder hospital nurses in providing quality care to socially disadvantaged populations. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, offer vital insights to inform hospital strategies for advancing high-quality, equitable care.
Measles outbreaks in Michigan and Pennsylvania end, while Texas logs just 4 new cases
The U.S. logged 122 more cases of measles this week—but only four of them in Texas—while the outbreaks in Pennsylvania and Michigan have officially ended.
New research links skin barrier dysfunction to pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis
A groundbreaking study led by National Jewish Health researchers suggests that the skin may serve as a potential biomarker for a chronic allergic disease of the esophagus called eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in children. The results provide physicians a potential new, noninvasive avenue to diagnose EoE by using skin tape.
JCTR shoots down, dangerous, poisonous Bill 7
GIDEON NYENDWA THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections (JCTR) has added its voice to the growing opposition against Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 7, demanding that the government abandon the process altogether, citing lack of transparency and public consultation. JCTR programmes officer John Sauti Kunda described the bill as hasty and suspicious in timing. “There was […]