[ad_1] How do cancer patients decide whether to get mental health treatment? — Were ichthyosaurs born head-first or tail-first? — Which pesticides are most commonly used for suicide in Pakistan? — Can a biomarker accurately predict the risk of preterm birth? — What genes are involved in the formation of wing spots in cabbage white …
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[ad_1] Schistosomiasis is a disease of global medical and veterinary importance, caused by parasitic flatworms of the genus Schistosoma. Around 200 million people, and an untold number (possibly in the billions) of animals are estimated to be infected, globally. Certain schistosome species can infect humans (e.g. Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium), others animals (S. bovis, …
[ad_1] Blue Planet Studio / stock.adobe.com There are a few (but growing) centers that will proactively see patients with diabetes in high-risk areas when admitted to the hospital, however, by far the most common practice is for patients to only be seen by a specialist team, including for diabetes, on receipt of a referral. In …
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[ad_1] Mother and newborn baby skin to the skin after birth in the hospital What is the midwife-led continuity of carer model? This model of maternity care provides a way for expectant parents to receive dedicated support from the same midwife or a ‘buddy’ (back up) midwife throughout the antenatal and perinatal period. Parents can …
[ad_1] Portrait of smiling nurses and other medical staff in hospital. Nurses play a unique role in our healthcare systems. They are the people who keep our healthcare systems together and allow so many patients to be treated and taken care of in a timely manner. Nurses in the UK There are approximately 704,520 nurses …
A unique approach. A unique population. Investing in nurses’ mental health Read More »
[ad_1] Despite the increase in cycling uptake in the last decades, women still cycle much less than men. What role does the urban environment play in this gender-cycling gap? How can policymakers intervene to induce women to cycle more? Alice Battiston explores these and more in light of their recent article in EPJ Data Science. …
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[ad_1] Maternal vaccination against respiratory infections is crucial to protect pregnant women as well as their newborns after birth. In Australia, influenza and pertussis vaccinations are free to all pregnant women, but uptake is sub-optimal with variations by region, socioeconomic status, and cultural background. In this blog post, the author of a new paper in …
[ad_1] Tsetse Loose in Leaf Litter: Pregnant female tsetse were allowed to deposit larvae on sterilised leaf litter to determine if any preference for larval or pupal pheromones existed. Find the three camouflaged flies in the photo! Credit: Lee Haines Tsetse (Glossina sp.), the vectors of human and animal African trypanosomiasis, are one of nature’s …
[ad_1] Higher education is facing a mental health crisis with increasing prevalence and severity of mental health concerns for undergraduate students. These trends indicate an urgent need to understand student experiences and develop proactive solutions to support student wellbeing. Towards these goals, we describe an overview of findings investigating undergraduate engineering students’ perceptions of norms …
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[ad_1] Complex AI-nursing-care projects as a challenge Artificial intelligence (AI) already supports medical diagnostics, optimizes clinical processes or indicates complex risk constellations for individual patients and suggests healthcare interventions. Nursing could also benefit from increased use of AI in the future. Research & Development (R&D) projects, however, often encounter hurdles. Projects fail, AI solutions fall …
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