153 Houston Hospital Employees Resign Or Fired Over Refusal To Get COVID-19 Vaccine
DALLAS (AP) — More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been fired or resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine requirement. A spokesperson for Houston Methodist hospital system said 153 employees either resigned in the two-week suspension period or were terminated […]
I Was Trapped In A Soul-Crushing Corporate Job For 1 Reason That Keeps Too Many Others Stuck
“I’ve learned that I can’t game the system, I don’t want to, and it’s not worth it,” the author writes. FreshSplash via Getty Images This story was supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. The breaking point came in a one-on-one. My manager looked distressed. He told me the issues had been […]
Neurologic Conditions Now Leading Cause of Disability Worldwide
Disorders affecting the nervous system were the leading cause of ill health and disability globally, affecting 3.4 billion people worldwide, a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study showed. Neurologic conditions affected 43.1% of the world’s population and were the top contributor to the global disease burden in 2021, ahead of cardiovascular […]
Medicare a Big Contributor to the Broken Health Payment System, Senators Told
Who is to blame for America’s broken healthcare payment system? Witnesses and lawmakers mostly pointed fingers at Medicare during Wednesday’s Senate Budget Committee hearing on how primary care improves healthcare efficiency. “Medicare’s fee schedule has created this unbalanced delivery system and primary care crisis,” said Christopher Koller, president of the Milbank Memorial Fund, in New […]
Fasting-like diet lowers risk factors for disease, reduces biological age in humans
Cycles of a diet that mimics fasting can reduce signs of immune system aging, as well as insulin resistance and liver fat in humans, resulting in a lower biological age, according to a new USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology-led study. The study, which appears in Nature Communications on Feb. 20, adds to the body […]
Switching to vegan or ketogenic diet rapidly impacts immune system
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health observed rapid and distinct immune system changes in a small study of people who switched to a vegan or a ketogenic (also called keto) diet. Scientists closely monitored various biological responses of people sequentially eating vegan and keto diets for two weeks, in random order. They found that […]
Paralyzed Man Walks Again Using Brain-Wave System
A 26-year-old man who was paralyzed in both legs has regained the ability to walk using a system controlled by his brain waves, along with a harness to help support his body weight, a new study says. In order to walk, the patient wore a cap with electrodes that detected his brain signals. These electrical […]
Clinical Challenges: Secondary CNS Relapse in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Central nervous system (CNS) relapse occurs in roughly one in 20 patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), but in some disease subtypes that risk increases substantially. “In certain subsets of patients, the risk is quite low, but in others it can be quite high so it is better to focus on the high-risk groups,” […]
Want to ‘Green’ Your Healthcare Facility? It’s OK to Start Small, Experts Say
Want to get your hospital or health system headed in a more environmentally friendly direction? It’s OK to start small, Miranda Skaaning, MBA, said Tuesday at a webinar on decarbonizing healthcare sponsored by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). “If I had to start all over, I would start with energy [conservation],” said Skaaning, director […]
Medtronic’s Renal Denervation System for Hypertension Splits FDA Panel
A radiofrequency-based renal denervation system for uncontrolled hypertension got a cool reception from FDA advisors who nevertheless left the door open for regulatory approval. On Wednesday, the FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel voted 6-7 (with one abstention) that the benefits of the Symplicity Spyral multi-electrode catheter system do not outweigh its risks when used to […]