Thursday, November 28, 2024

ECLS trial shows reduction in late-stage diagnoses of lung cancer

Lung cancer affects more than 5000 people every year in Scotland and within a year 4000 have died, usually because the diagnosis is made too late for curative treatment.

Expert Comment: Mental Health Issues Rise Due to COVID-19 ‘Almost Inevitable’

People in the UK are living in highly uncertain times. Along with the uncertainty surrounding our future relationship with the EU, and the increasing evidence of global climate change

COVID-19: the long road to recovery

Researchers have identified a pattern of longer-term symptoms likely to be experienced by people who were hospitalised with COVID-19.

Hopkins Engineers Develop Rapid COVID-19 Testing Platform

As new cases of COVID-19 surge across the country, states have ramped up their testing efforts, but increased testing and overburdened laboratories often means patients have to wait a week or more to find out if they're positive.

Covid-19 leaves unpaid carers without physical and mental health treatment

This was at a time when the majority (70%) of carers had to provide more care for older, disabled or seriously ill relatives or friends, and millions more people took on an unpaid caring role.

Hearing deterioration reported by discharged COVID-19 patients

A significant number of patients reported a deterioration in their hearing when questioned eight weeks after discharge from a hospital admission for COVID-19.

As COVID cases rise, rates should stay low

With a surge in coronavirus cases in Victoria and other states, there is a strong reason to keep the official cash rate on hold, according to The Australian National University's Shadow RBA.

“There is no such thing as self-sufficiency in medical supply chains”

Global shortages of medical equipment and problems with supply chains have during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis once again shown the strong need for global cooperation in medical supply chain management.

Preventing the next pandemic

APolicy Forum articlepublished today inScience shows that an annual investment of $30 billion should be enough to offset the costs of preventing another global pandemic such as COVID-19.

COVID-19 pandemic causes a seismic noise quiet period in 2020

Research published in the journal Science has shown that lockdown measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 led to a 50% reduction in seismic noise observed around the world in early to mid 2020.
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