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#1 Reason To Avoid Hospitals: Involuntary DNR For COVID-19

Hospitals openly discuss "a blanket do-not-resuscitate policy for all COVID-19 patients" | Mar 26, 2020 | Fox News – As hospitals across the country face shortages of personal protective equipment due to surges of coronavirus patients, health care professionals are reportedly privately discussing the possibility of a blanket do-not-resuscitate policy for infected patients to mitigate the risks for those responding to a code blue. “If we risk their well-being in service of one patient, we detract from...

Should I Get COVID-19 Test?

Here's What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Tests 14 Mar 2020 The US government is fighting to contain and slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Testing is central to these efforts. Molecular biologist and viral researcher Maureen Ferran answers some basic questions about how these diagnostic tests work – and if there are enough to go around. Who gets tested for the virus? Currently there are two main reasons someone would be tested for the coronavirus: having...

Death Panels Face ‘Agonizing Decisions’ On COVID-19

Sarah Palin was met with howls of outrage and ridicule when she predicted in 2009 that 'death panels' would take charge of rationing healthcare in America, deciding who lives and who dies. Headline Health has repeatedly shared evidence that her prediction is coming to pass. Now a major article in The New York Times by a panel of two doctors and a law professor shows how 'agonizing decisions' may happen under the COVID-19 epidemic. How...

Amidst Panic Buying, Mayo Clinic Urges ‘Common Sense’

March 14, 2020 Mayo Clinic News Network – With the number of worldwide cases of COVID-19 on the rise, concerns about this new coronavirus are making many people anxious. Despite the severity of the current situation, Dr. Joseph Sirven, a Mayo Clinic neurologist, says you shouldn't panic. "If you have a fever or cold that is somewhat new, especially if you have recently traveled, it is probably a good time to let your primary care provider know...

US Coronavirus Case Reveals Holes In Testing Protocols

Feb 27, 2020 Kaiser Health News – Just weeks into the federal government’s efforts to contain the novel coronavirus, a new California case has exposed weaknesses in the testing procedures that could be masking more widespread reach of the disease. A woman in Solano County, California, who hadn’t traveled abroad or had contact with another known patient with the illness was diagnosed with the virus Wednesday, raising concerns that cases are going undetected because of the federal government’s...

Combatting Coronavirus Fake News

Mayo Clinic expert offers insight on COVID-19 | Feb 27, 2020 Mayo Clinic News Network – COVID-19, which was first detected in Wuhan City in China, has now been identified in 37 countries, including the U.S. U.S. cases of COVID-19 have been limited so far. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now confirmed the first possible U.S. case of "community spread," meaning the patient didn't travel anywhere known to have the virus and wasn't exposed to anyone...

Coronavirus Linked To Traditional Chinese Medicine

Feb 7, 2020 USA TODAY – A Chinese university says scientists identified the heavily trafficked pangolin as a possible intermediary host of the new coronavirus. The coronavirus from China is believed to have originated in bats and transferred to humans through some other animal, health officials say. The pangolin may be that key link, researchers at South China Agricultural University said Friday. “This latest discovery will be of great significance for the prevention and control of the origin...

Striking Nurses Shut City’s ERs, Labor & Delivery

In nation's fastest-growing large city, caregivers just don't care right now ... | SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of nurses and other employees at a Seattle hospital system began a three-day strike over staffing levels and wages Tuesday, forcing administrators to close two emergency departments and bring in replacement workers. The picketers took to the sidewalks in front of Swedish Medical Center campuses wearing clear plastic ponchos against a heavy morning rain and carrying purple signs that...

6 States May Ban Gender-Changing Surgery On Kids

"The solution for children's identification with the opposite sex isn't to poison their bodies with megadoses of the wrong hormones, to chemically or surgically castrate and sterilize them, or to remove healthy breasts and reproductive organs," Rep. Fred Deutsch, South Dakota House of Representatives At least six states are trying to restrict kids from getting gender reassignment treatments January 22, 2020 CNN – State lawmakers can't stop fighting about the rights of their transgender citizens: Their access to...

Doctors Use Robot To Avoid Direct Contact With US Coronavirus Carrier

Jan 22, 2019 The Guardian – Doctors have been using a robot to treat the first person known to have been admitted to hospital in the US with a new strain of the coronavirus, as part of an effort to prevent the spread of the disease, which has killed at least 17 people in China and infected hundreds more. The man in his 30s was admitted to the special pathogens unit in a hospital in Everett,...

Patients Doctors Can’t Stand (Are You One?)

Jan. 19, 2020 The Washington Post – In what may be a well-kept professional secret, physicians dread encounters with about 15 percent of their patients. In 1978, the New England Journal of Medicine published what has become a classic on the subject: “Taking Care of the Hateful Patient.” “Admitted or not,” wrote the author, psychiatrist James E. Groves, “the fact remains that a few patients kindle aversion, fear, despair or even downright malice in their doctors.” For physicians,...

“The Robot Will See You Now”

Doctors are being replaced by machines that do a better job and cost less | AI beats human doctors at predicting breast cancer Jan 1, 2020 NEW SCIENTIST – An artificial intelligence system is better at predicting breast cancer than radiologists, according to a UK-US study led by Google Health. The team behind the technology hopes it can be widely deployed to improve cancer care. Detecting cancer early improves the chances of treatment succeeding. That is why many countries...

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