Healthcare organizations that can attract and retain talented women executives have the advantage over their peers, finds a special report in the September/October issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management, an official publication of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). The report presents results from a 2018 survey, the…
Health Highlights: Oct. 5, 2020
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Three Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Hepatitis C Research Two U.S. researchers and a British scientist have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for major contributions to the fight…
US-British trio win Nobel Medicine Prize for Hepatitis C discovery
Nobel Prize for medicine is awarded to two Americans and a British scientist for discovering hepatitis C in breakthrough that has saved ‘millions of lives’ Michael Houghton, virologist at Li Ka Shing Centre in Cambridge, one of winners Committee said the trio’s finds in the 1980s were ‘a landmark achievement’…
New COVID test doesn’t use scarce reagents, catches all but the least infectious
A major roadblock to large scale testing for coronavirus infection in the developing world is a shortage of key chemicals, or reagents, needed for the test, specifically the ones used to extract the virus’s genetic material, or RNA. A team of scientists at the University of Vermont, working in partnership…
American Idol Alum Casey Goode's Newborn Son Tests Positive for COVID-19: 'Please Send Good Energy'
American Idol alum and Instagram influencer Casey Goode revealed that her newborn son, Maximillian, tested positive for coronavirus. On Sunday, Goode, best known as Quigley, shared a post from the hospital with her baby boy, who was released from the NICU just a week prior. "Max tested positive for COVID-19…
N.Y.C. Mayor Calls for Non-Essential Businesses and Schools in Coronavirus Hotspots to Close
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for a shutdown of non-essential businesses in nine areas across the city that have seen a prolonged spike in coronavirus cases. De Blasio outlined his proposal during a Sunday press conference, repeatedly noting that it “pains me to be putting forward…
Healthwise: Study casts more doubt on HCQ’s effectiveness on Covid-19
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) does not prevent infection from the new coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2), the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), found yet another fresh study that dismisses the effectiveness of the anti-malarial drug in protecting healthy people who are at risk of exposure to the virus. Giving HCQ 600 mg per…
President Trump Taken to Hospital After Testing Positive for Coronavirus
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 — President Donald Trump was transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center via the Marine One helicopter Friday evening, less than 24 hours after he announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Trump is struggling with a fever, a cough and nasal congestion,…
Type 2 diabetes – include this fruit in your diet to improve insulin and lower blood sugar
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition whereby a person’s blood sugar levels keep rising. Blood sugar, or glucose, is the main sugar found in blood. The body obtains blood sugar from eating food and it is needed for energy and nutrients. High blood sugar levels can damage blood vessels…
Do you have coronavirus? Research may have identified the most reliable symptom
Coronavirus has hit the UK hard this weekend, with a further 29 hospital deaths confirmed today – up by 11 from the previous Sunday. Yesterday painted an even grimmer picture, with the hospital death toll more than double that of the week before. The news comes as Prime Minister Boris…