Healthcare

-- CBS News: Work burnout is now included in WHO’s International Classification of Diseases Handbook and is classified as having symptoms of exhaustion, difficulty with completing one’s job successfully, and self-doubt. They stated that this type of burnout could result from consistently…

South Pasadena officers used Narcan to save the life of a man suffering an overdose from Oxycodone. The man was found unresponsive and not breathing by the officers. They administered Narcan nasal spray and started CPR until the man became conscious and was breathing. It was the first time officers…

Physicians that provide cancer treatments to patients depend on many resources such as electricity, clean water, and clear methods of communication. Patient treatment plans may have a clear and defined schedule for radiation therapy, but a new paper published in Practical Radiation Oncology calls…

Tech Crunch - 'The Prepared' is a new website aimed at providing the general public with information related to emergency preparedness and general survival skills, aimed at educating others on what to do in the event of something catastrophic. Advice ranges from natural disaster preparation to…

Modern Healthcare - While the United State has demonstrated a strong ability to handle disaster outbreaks, it hasn't seen much progress and improvements have been minimal in recent years. With emergency situations such as school shootings and disease outbreaks becoming more common nowadays, the…

One of the biggest obstacles for "Medicare for All" is the enormous gap between payments to hospitals by the government and private insurance companies. For instance, Medicare will pay a hospital $17,000 for knee replacement surgery, while private insurance companies will pay about $37,000.…

-- NY Times Rochester Drug Cooperative was charged on Tuesday for defrauding the government and conspiring to distribute drugs. Stemming from a two-year federal Drug Enforcement Administration investigation, this case is related to the national addiction to prescription painkillers epidemic.…

Amidst the nationwide power outage in Venezuela, opposition leader, Juan Guaido, has reported at least 17 deaths at hospitals due to the blackout; however, these deaths are unconfirmed. Many hospitals are currently relying on emergency generators, and some facilities no longer have running water.…

Since last summer, the FDA has been recalling blood pressure medications known as angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) that contain the ingredients irbesartan, losartan, or valsartan for potentially posing a cancer risk. Many of these recalled medications have been contaminated in the…

--BBC Numerous drug-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland. Most of these deaths were caused by counterfeit versions of Xanax, a drug commonly used to treat anxiety and panic attacks. The number of deaths has risen from one in 2016 to 26 in 2017, making it an escalating crisis.…

IFL Science: There currently are at least 11 cases of Salmonella under investigation in multiple states. Pet hedgehogs can carry this bacterium that make humans sick. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that hedgehog owners stop cuddling their pets, because there’s reason…

There appears to be a strong association between the amount of money pharmaceutical companies spend advertising opioids to doctors and the number of prescriptions written for the drugs, subsequently leading to one reason for the rise in opioid overdose deaths. In the United States, opioid marketing…

According to the WHO, the largest outbreak of the measles in Europe is happening. In this article, Leslie Nemo of Live Health attempts to pin point why exactly this outbreak is occurring; her evidence points to one thing- anti vaxxers. In the last 6 months, 41,000 people have caught the measles and…

PrEP is a successful combination pill at preventing HIV in 99% of those who take it daily. It has worked tremendously well in high risk groups such as some homosexual men. However, there has been some difficulty in seeing reliable usage in female populations. It has been reported that yearly there…