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Johnson & Johnson Reports Q4 and Full-Year 2022 Results
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – January 24, 2023 – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced results for fourth-quarter and full year 2022. “Our full year 2022 results reflect the continued strength and stability of our three business segments, despite macroeconomic challenges,” said Joaquin Duato, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. “I am inspired by our employees who make a difference in the health and lives of people around the world every day. As we look ahead to 2023, Johnson & Johnson is well-positioned to drive near-term growth, while also investing strategically to deliver long-term value...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - January 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats
LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS—
When a Dutch nurse named Lucia de Berk stood trial for serial murder in 2003, statistician Richard Gill was aware of the case. But he saw no reason to stick his nose into it.
De Berk was a pediatric nurse at Juliana Children’s Hospital in The Hague. In 2001, after a baby died while she was on duty, a colleague told superiors that De Berk had been present at a suspiciously high number of deaths and resuscitations. Hospital staff immediately informed the police. When investigators reexamined records from De Berk’s shifts, they found 10 suspicious incidents. Three other hospitals where D...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 19, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A bibliometric analysis of telerehabilitation services for patients with stroke
ConclusionThe potential benefits and diversity of telerehabilitation are already highly visible from clinical studies, and further improvements in these technologies are expected to enhance functionality and accessibility for patients. More relevant research is encouraged to understand the barriers to increased adaptation of telerehabilitation services, which will finally translate into a significant therapeutic or preventive impact.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - January 9, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
The final puff: Can New Zealand quit smoking for good?
Smoking kills. Ayesha Verrall has seen it up close. As a young resident physician in New Zealand’s public hospitals in the 2000s, Verrall watched smokers come into the emergency ward every night, struggling to breathe with their damaged lungs. Later, as an infectious disease specialist, she saw how smoking exacerbated illness in individuals diagnosed with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. She would tell them: “The best thing you can do to promote your health, other than take the pills, is to quit smoking.”
Verrall is still urging citizens to give up cigarettes—no longer just one by one, but by the thousands. As New...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 9, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Is a high chest CT severity score a risk factor for an increased incidence of long-term neuroimaging findings after COVID-19?
From the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on 17 November 2019 in Wuhan to 2 November 2022, the total number of cases was reported as 617,879,854 and the total number of deaths was reported as 6,546,448 worldwide 1. In Turkey, the first case was reported on March 11, 2020. Until November 2, 2022, the total number of cases was 16,873,793 and the total number of deaths was 101,139 1. Today, there is a significant decrease in the number of cases and deaths as a result of vaccination and mutations in the virus.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - November 29, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Ahmet-Turan Kaya, Burcu Akman Source Type: research
Stroke Risk Related to Coronavirus Disease-2019
Since the intial outbreak of the coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019, a variety of neurologic manifestations have been linked to this virus, including stroke. Comprehensive review of worldwide studies using various methodologies indicated a correlation of increased stroke risk in patients with COVID-19. The literature reivew also revealed increased morbidity and mortality among patients with COVID-19 and stroke as compared to those with only stroke. This pandemic, with its related healthcare staffing shortages, revealed the requisite to utilize innovative technologies such as Tele-Neurology, as well as public heal...
Source: Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America - October 20, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Pamela Pourciau, Britta C. Smith Source Type: research
Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Bibliometric Analysis
J Mol Neurosci. 2022 Oct 6. doi: 10.1007/s12031-022-02070-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCerebral small vessel disease is a common neurological disease, and its incidence is increasing year by year worldwide. In recent years, research on cerebral small vessel disease has gained more and more attention. Our research aims to visualize publications to identify the hotspots and frontiers of cerebral small vessel disease research, and to provide reference and guidance for further research. Publications related to cerebral small vessel disease were searched from the Web of Science Core Collection and screened according to incl...
Source: Molecular Medicine - October 6, 2022 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Wei Ma Yi-Bao Yang Ting-Ting Xie Yi Xu Na Liu Xue-Ni Mo Source Type: research
Improving the Use of Blockchain Technology in Stroke Care Information Management Systems
This study focused on evaluating the application of blockchain technology in Stroke Nursing Information Management Systems. This emerging technology is already in use in the healthcare industry. The patient's data is kept decentralized, transparent, and mainly incorruptible, thus keeping it secured and sharing of data is quick.PMID:36199777 | PMC:PMC9529427 | DOI:10.1155/2022/2642841
Source: Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine - October 6, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Yuying Yang Aixia Song Qing Chang Hongmei Zhao Weidan Kong Qian Xue Qianlong Xue Source Type: research
Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Bibliometric Analysis
AbstractCerebral small vessel disease is a common neurological disease, and its incidence is increasing year by year worldwide. In recent years, research on cerebral small vessel disease has gained more and more attention. Our research aims to visualize publications to identify the hotspots and frontiers of cerebral small vessel disease research, and to provide reference and guidance for further research. Publications related to cerebral small vessel disease were searched from the Web of Science Core Collection and screened according to inclusion criteria. CiteSpace 5.8.R3 was used to evaluate and visualize results, includ...
Source: Journal of Molecular Neuroscience - October 6, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Impact of improved stroke green channel process on the delay of intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute cerebral infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study
ConclusionDuring the two periods of the COVID-19 outbreak (SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron), after the improvement of the green channel for intravenous thrombolysis, there might be some delay in in-hospital DIT during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, however, the in-hospital delay indicator DNT for intravenous thrombolysis were not affected.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - September 26, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Predictors of Intensive Care Unit Admission in Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Cross-Sectional Study
CONCLUSION: A high index of suspicion for ICU admission should be maintained in patients with positive clinical and laboratory predictive factors.PMID:36117577 | PMC:PMC9445874 | DOI:10.30476/IJMS.2021.89916.2068
Source: Atherosclerosis - September 19, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Naeimehossadat Asmarian Farid Zand Parvin Delavari Vahid Khaloo Zahra Esmaeilinezhad Golnar Sabetian Yaldasadat Moeini Mohsen Savaie Fatemeh Javaherforooshzadeh Farhad Soltani Farid Yousefi Ebrahim Heidari Sardabi Maryam Haddadzadeh Shoushtari Anoush Dehn Source Type: research
How to Exercise When It ’ s Really Hot Outside
For people in many parts of the U.S.—as well as large portions of the world—the phrase “record heat” has been a regular part of the recent forecast. While that doesn’t mean you have to move your favorite outdoor workout into the gym, you may need to do it a little differently. Here’s what experts recommend for staying safe and active outdoors.
How hot is too hot to exercise outside?
There’s no precise temperature at which it becomes unsafe to exercise. It comes down to individual factors, according to Melissa Kendter, a personal trainer, running coach, and functional training speci...
Source: TIME: Health - August 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized climate change Exercise & Fitness freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Maintained acute stroke admission during the first wave COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, a register-based study
Clinicians and researchers have addressed concerns about the negative impact of COVID-19 outbreaks on the ability of health care systems to provide timely assessment and acute therapies to patients with stroke. The aim of this study is to describe stroke care during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the same period the year before at an acute care hospital in Sweden.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 26, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Melissa Rydell, Per Wester, Ann-Charlotte Laska, Ann-Sofie Rudberg Source Type: research
