Exercise has known benefits for physical and mental health. (Getty Images) Patients may soon be prescribed a walk in the great outdoors on the NHS. In a bid to reduce pressure on the health service, environment secretary George Eustice has said GPs and other medics in the UK will be able to […]
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Patti Breed-Rabitoy, with husband Dan Rabitory, had coped with lung and kidney disease for years. She died of COVID-19 with no family by her side, but more than a dozen gathered on a Zoom call to say goodbye. (Elishia Breed) As her mother lay dying in a Southern California hospital […]
Covid-19 has changed the course of healthcare for the foreseeable future. Healthcare workers, doctors’ rooms, and equipment inventories were stretched thin even before the pandemic took hold, with patients waiting weeks or months to get a doctor’s appointment or book a surgery. Today, these resources are nearing the breaking point. […]
By Kate Kelland and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save the lives of COVID-19 patients in what scientists said is a “major breakthrough” in the coronavirus pandemic. Trial results announced on Tuesday […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – COVID-19 is beginning to show itself to be more than just a respiratory illness. Some patients are still fighting off symptoms of the disease months after recovery. From skin problems to brain and neurological issues, here are some of the possible long-term health effects of […]
AUSTIN, TX / ACCESSWIRE / August 25, 2020 / While the pandemic has presented a unique set of challenges, Dr. Alina Sholar says that she and her team at Skin Science Soul are doing everything they can to keep their patients safe.