Nurses have been warned about wearing nail extensions and using nail polish after a poll suggested infection control was being put at risk by fashion-conscious NHS staff. Guidance states that fingernails should be short and free of varnish. But an online poll of nearly 500 student nurses found lapses were commonplace with 60% reporting nail […]
A new clinical trial is now underway at the Massachusetts General Hospital to investigate whether combining two endovascular catheter-based procedures will improve the long-term outcome in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, the most common heart rhythm disorder. Mass General is one of the first hospitals to pair renal artery sympathetic denervation with pulmonary vein isolation […]
Cancer patients who receive chest radiation should be screened for heart disease every 5-10 years, according to the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE).Professor Patrizio Lancellotti, chair of the expert task force and president of the EACVI, said:
There are six procedural things hospital teams can do to help heart failure patients avoid another hospital stay in the 30 days after they
Gold nanofibres in engineered heart tissue can enhance electrical signalling, TAU researchers find. Heart tissue sustains irreparable damage in the wake of a heart attack. Because cells in the heart cannot multiply and the cardiac muscle contains few stem cells, the tissue is unable to repair itself
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Preoperative evaluations before facial cosmetic surgery find that about half of patients are taking herbal and other supplements.
Researchers at EPFL have built a matchboxsized device that can test for the presence of bacteria in a couple of minutes, instead of up to several weeks. A nanolever vibrates in the presence of bacterial activity, while a laser reads the vibration and translates it into an electrical signal that can be easily read
A new study suggests that CPAP (continuos positive air passage) therapy reduces nightmares in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Results show that the mean number of nightmares per week fell significantly with CPAP use, and reduced nightmare frequency aft er starting CPAP was best predicted by CPAP compliance.
Researchers at St. Michael
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