Medical

12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1628+ words) Treatment goals for Crohn’s disease are shifting from simply controlling symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea to suppressing intestinal inflammation as much as possible and achieving deeper remission, including endoscopic remission, or “mucosal healing.” The stakes are particularly high…...

14+ hour, 32+ min ago   (115+ words) If necessary, support may also extend to urgent medical arrangements. IHH Healthcare Malaysia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Timor-Leste to support its personnel seeking specialist healthcare services in Malaysia. The MoU provides 300 National Parliament personnel with a…...

7+ hour, 48+ min ago   (186+ words) Aging populations, rural care gaps, and workforce shortages drive demand for nursing education and career advancement across the state. One of the most pressing issues is the retirement of experienced nurses. According to the workforce reports, approximately one-quarter of Kansas…...

11+ hour, 58+ min ago   (290+ words) OKLAHOMA CITY — More than half of Oklahoma’s hospitals don’t have enough money coming in to cover their expenses, and some may be near a breaking point, according to a new report that finds 18 may not survive much longer and 45 are…...

12+ hour, 10+ min ago   (899+ words) An Auckland doctor says he is “saddened and shocked” by a man’s sudden death outside his clinic, but he was in surgery at the time, unaware of the unfolding emergency. Dr Kiran Patel said he believed there had been a…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (285+ words) A local doctor recently called out the Ministry of Health (MOH) for treating its doctors poorly by providing meagre meals while they were on-call or have to work beyond their usual working hours. In the caption, he wrote: “(Friend) A…...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago   (237+ words) Repeating CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) imaging after an initial negative exam may have limited diagnostic value, according to new research published in Emergency Radiology. When analyzing new data, researchers found substantially lower pulmonary embolism detection rates on repeat CTPA exams…...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago   (316+ words) Across OECD countries, healthcare spending has long grown faster than GDP, while health-adjusted life expectancy has stagnated or declined and up to 20% of spending remains directed to low-value care. Outcome-based care measures success by patient outcomes relative to resources used,…...

12+ hour, 47+ min ago   (1704+ words) In 2022, North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services approved new hospital beds to be built in Western North Carolina for the first time in more than a decade. According to the formula the state uses annually to determine which…...

12+ hour, 57+ min ago   (104+ words) DOTmed Over 2550 Total Lots Up For Auction at Five Locations - KS 09/15, VA 09/16, MO 09/22, TX 09/23, NJ Cleansweep 09/24 The ‘messy file cabinet’ effect: How AI is bringing clarity to critical care Keep biomedical devices ready to go, so care teams can be…...