Tag: breathing-tube
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Opting for CPR but not intubation may not be wise
By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) – If you have an advance directive that cherry-picks the interventions you want to receive if your heart suddenly stops, you might want to rethink your choices, according to physicians writing in JAMA Internal Medicine. People who prepare for the possibility of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by specifying selected options -…
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Opting for CPR but not intubation may not be wise
By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) – If you have an advance directive that cherry-picks the interventions you want to receive if your heart suddenly stops, you might want to rethink your choices, according to physicians writing in JAMA Internal Medicine. People who prepare for the possibility of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by specifying selected options -…
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Self-compassion may help diabetics control their disease
By Reyna Gobel (Reuters Health) – Learning to be less harsh or judgmental and more compassionate to oneself may help people with diabetes manage their disease and stave off depression, a recent study suggests. Diabetes can be a stressful disease, the study team writes in Diabetes Care. Reducing the stress of managing diabetes might even…
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Self-compassion may help diabetics control their disease
By Reyna Gobel (Reuters Health) – Learning to be less harsh or judgmental and more compassionate to oneself may help people with diabetes manage their disease and stave off depression, a recent study suggests. Diabetes can be a stressful disease, the study team writes in Diabetes Care. Reducing the stress of managing diabetes might even…
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UK drugs regulator halts approvals for Indian clinical trials firm
By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) – The UK’s healthcare regulator has suspended marketing approval for a widely used antibiotic that had won clearance based on clinical trials conducted by India’s Quest Life Sciences, due to concerns over the integrity of trial data. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) might also deny other pending…
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UK drugs regulator halts approvals for Indian clinical trials firm
By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) – The UK’s healthcare regulator has suspended marketing approval for a widely used antibiotic that had won clearance based on clinical trials conducted by India’s Quest Life Sciences, due to concerns over the integrity of trial data. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) might also deny other pending…
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Children in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria face death from hunger unless aid arrives soon: UN
Tens of thousands of children in northeast Nigeria will die of malnutrition this year unless they receive treatment soon, the United Nations said on Friday after reaching areas of the country previously cut off from aid by Boko Haram violence. Over the last year Nigeria's army, aided by troops from neighbouring countries, recaptured most of…
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Children in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria face death from hunger unless aid arrives soon: UN
Tens of thousands of children in northeast Nigeria will die of malnutrition this year unless they receive treatment soon, the United Nations said on Friday after reaching areas of the country previously cut off from aid by Boko Haram violence. Over the last year Nigeria's army, aided by troops from neighbouring countries, recaptured most of…