In a previous blog, we discussed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease COVID-19, can trigger a cytokine storm resulting in inflammation and a...
The Association of Women’s Health, Maternity and Neonatal Nurses has developed a tool to enable an improved, standardized approach to triaging pregnant women who seek emergency...
Intimate partner violence, also generally known as domestic violence, is physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse...
Global Fund to supply emergency HIV and TB prevention services within the face of violence in Haiti June 26, 2024 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS,...
Stay positive! This is my motto and my blood type. But is it a hidden risk factor for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? Recent reports have confirmed...
(Content courtesy of Wound Care Education Institute) When it involves stopping and treating pressure ulcers, traditional risk assessment tools don’t all the time tell the entire...
In the USA, over 11.2 million people have been infected with the Covid-19 virus and 248,000 have died (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, 2020). We are...
Doctors play a very important role in recognizing the signs of suicidal thoughts Suicide and the precious role clinicians can play in stopping it’s the subject...
Sherbino, J., Arora, V. M., Van Melle, E., Rogers, R., Frank, J. R., and Holmboe, E. S. (2015). Criteria for social media-based scholarship in health professions...
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is the full variety of neutrophils within the white blood cell (WBC) count. This is often a part of an entire blood...