Israeli airstrike in Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children, hospital says
An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel’s war against the Islamic militant group…#israeli #gaza #israel #palestinian #islamic #hamas #middleeast #iran #telsultan #alnajjar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Parents, Coaches: Help Young Athletes Avoid Summer Heat Hazards
SATURDAY, April 20, 2024 -- Another broiling summer looms, along with another season of kids ' summer sports.It ' s a potentially harmful, even lethal combination. But experts at Nationwide Children ' s Hospital (NCH) have advice for kids, parents and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital. Now he ’s trying to change the industry
For the past year, police Detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his wife’s death. The question has never been exactly how Ann Picha-Lillard died on Nov. 19, 2022: She succumbed to respiratory failure after an infection put too much strain on her…#detectivetimlillard #annpichalillard #timlillard #icu #cpr #oregon #michigan #maine #pennsylvania #annpichalillards (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Man sets himself on fire outside Trump trial courthouse in New York
A man set himself on fire Friday outside of the New York courthouse where a jury was being picked for the criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump. The unidentified man, whose condition was unknown, was taken to a local hospital. NBC News reported that the man was in an area…#donaldtrump (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Retrieve Medical Advances Healthcare Documentation in Louisiana with New Software Implementation
BEDMINSTER, N.J., April 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Retrieve Medical Holdings, Inc. RMHI is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Retrieve Medical, Inc., has successfully launched its innovative software solution, Retrieve Dx™, at two community hospitals within the Louisianan…#bedminster #retrievemedicalinc #retrievedx #emergencydepartment #cmi #smartapp #retrievemedical #epicsystems #oraclecerner (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Watch: Migrants Complain That New Yorkers Don't Learn African Languages
Watch: Migrants Complain That New Yorkers Don't Learn African Languages Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A hearing held earlier this week in New York by the Council’s immigration and hospital committees saw black migrants who have arrived in the city airing their grievances about…#migrantscomplain #stevewatson #council #newyorkers #congolese #africa #african #cityhall #guinea #westafrica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

MR elastography effective for assessing liver stiffness in children
MR elastography (MRE) is an effective technique for noninvasive monitoring of liver stiffness -- a surrogate for fibrosis -- in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease, researchers have reported. A team led by first author Jonathan Dillman, MD, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center in Ohio found that MRE liver stiffness measurements were elevated in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease. The results were published April 18 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. “[As well, these measurements] were not significantly different between subsets of patients with primary sclerosing ch...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news

EDs Refused to Treat Pregnant Women, Leaving One to Miscarry in a Lobby Restroom
(MedPage Today) -- One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency department (ED) as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 19, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Review Explores Cutaneous Manifestations of Myelodysplastic Syndrome
FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 -- Cutaneous manifestations of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) are described in a perspective piece published in the April issue of Skin Health and Disease. Xiang Li Tan, M.B.B.S., from St. George ' s University Hospitals NHS... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Mortality Down for Rectal Cancer Surgery at NAPRC-Accredited Hospitals
FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 -- National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC)-accredited hospitals have lower risk-adjusted mortality and morbidity for patients undergoing major rectal cancer surgery, according to a study published online March... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

South Jersey hospital receives $4 million 'multi-generational' gift
In recognition of the gift, the hospital has renamed its pediatric cardiology department. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news

Doctors Strike at Detroit Hospital After Unionizing Last Year
(MedPage Today) -- Less than a year after voting to unionize, emergency medicine physicians contracted through the private equity-backed staffing firm TeamHealth to work at Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit walked off the job and onto a picket... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 19, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Wester helps Memorial adjust to market
The CEO leads one of South Florida's largest hospitals systems. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Brian Bandell Source Type: news

Doctors underutilize next-gen antibiotics to fight resistant infections in U.S. hospitals
NIH scientists find clinicians still rely often on older and toxic medicines. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - April 19, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

'Sluggish' Hospital Uptake of Newer Antibiotics for Gram-Negative Infections
(MedPage Today) -- Hospital uptake of newer antibiotics to treat multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria was low over a 5-year period, according to a retrospective cohort study. Fully 41.5% of episodes of difficult-to-treat resistant (DTR... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news