_ Heart Disease Patients and COVID-19 By Jane Farrell article Deaths from ischemic heart disease and hypertensive diseases in the United States increased during the COVID-19 pandemic over the prior … Read More→
_ COVID-19 and Heart Health By Jane Farrell article As hospitals, health professionals and healthcare systems, governments and leaders work to reduce community spread of the coronavirus in the … Read More→
_ COVID-19 and Pregnancy By Jane Farrell article The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching a study to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic during and … Read More→
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Medical Care Predicting Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients By Jane Farrell article Researchers have developed a ΓÇ£predictive toolΓÇ¥ to help determine the outcome for older patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury … Read More→
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_ Addiction & Substance Overuse Opioid Prescriptions Given to Patients Who Have Already Overdosed By Jane Farrell article Although the dangers of over-prescribing opioids are well known, patients who have been hospitalized after opioid overdoses are being given … Read More→
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