A 22-year-old EMT with “a smile that would light up any room.” A nursing assistant who never got to hold her third granddaughter born in April. An ICU nurse who treated some of the first U.S. COVID cases in February. These are some of the people just added to “Lost on the Frontline,” a special series from The Guardian and KHN that profiles health care workers who died of COVID-19.
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The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the disproportionate effects of the...
Read MoreTo identify the sociodemographic factors and prenatal behavior characteristics associated with unplanned pregnancy.A cross-sectional survey was conducted of mothers of newborns enrolled in a birth cohort in Ribeirão Preto,...
Read MoreModerate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly prevalent in heart failure patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF), and is associated with worsening cardiac function and increased...
Read MoreWe aim to provide quantitative evidence on the psychological impact of epidemic/pandemic outbreaks (i.e., SARS, MERS, COVID-19, ebola, and influenza A) on healthcare workers (HCWs).Forty-four studies are included in this review....
Read MoreNarcolepsy is a central disorder of hypersomnolence with symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep paralysis, and cataplexy. Cataplexy is the sudden loss of muscle tone in either the face, neck, trunk, and/or limbs,...
Read MoreCOVID-19 pandemia is a major concern for patients and health care systems. The fear of infection by patients with concomitant rheumatic diseases (either adult or children) and connective tissue diseases is arising worldwide,...
Read MoreCommunity nurses and general practitioners evaluate their patient-related communication to be poor. However, their actual communication has hardly been investigated and specific strategies for improvement are unclear.To explore...
Read MoreLittle information is available on the official postgraduate and subspecialty training programs in movement disorders (MD) in Europe and North Africa.To survey the accessible MD clinical training in these regions.We designed a...
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