Clinical

As Deaths Mount, Coronavirus Testing Remains Wildly Inconsistent In Long-Term Care

May 12, 2020 at 04:48 pm by pj

(Courtesy of Douglas Adkins) Laura Ungar  Mary Lanham’s assisted living complex in Florida tested all residents for COVID-19 — once in March and again in Ap.... Read More

‘No Intubation’: Seniors Fearful Of COVID-19 Are Changing Their Living Wills

May 12, 2020 at 04:44 pm by pj

  Judith Graham DENVER ― Last month, Minna Buck revised a document specifying her wishes should she become critically ill. “No intubation,” she wrote in l.... Read More

COVID Survivors’ Blood Plasma Is A Sought-After New Commodity

May 12, 2020 at 04:38 pm by pj

(Courtesy of Diana Berrent)   JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News  Diana Berrent learned she had tested positive for COVID-19 on a Wednesday in mid-March. Within a.... Read More

Orlando VA Healthcare System Supports VA Fourth Mission COVID-19 Response

May 09, 2020 at 11:56 am by pj

ORLANDO  – The Orlando VA Healthcare System (OVAHCS) continues to support the Department of Veterans Affairs’ “Fourth Mission” in helping Floridia.... Read More

CDC Launches National Viral Genomics Consortium to Better Map SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

May 07, 2020 at 02:49 pm by pj

CDC has kicked off the SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing for Public Health Emergency Response, Epidemiology and Surveillance (SPHERES) consortium, which will greatly exp.... Read More

Physicians Actively Scheduling Medical Procedures at HCA Healthcare’s Central Florida Hospitals 

May 07, 2020 at 12:26 pm by pj

  ~ Healthcare services expanding as patients now have ability to schedule needed procedures in addition to  emergency and inpatient care at Central Florida Regiona.... Read More

Therapists Report Growing Cases of PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety

May 07, 2020 at 12:24 pm by pj

  May is Mental Health Awareness Month                   May, Mental Health Awareness Month, is traditionally a.... Read More

Palliative Care Helped Family Face ‘The Awful, Awful Truth’

May 05, 2020 at 02:26 pm by pj

  Will Stone, Kaiser Health News Seattle mourned the news: Elizabeth and Robert Mar died of COVID-19 within a day of each other. They would have celebrated 50 years of.... Read More

Orlando Research Site Chosen to Perform COVID-19 Clinical Trials

May 05, 2020 at 09:39 am by pj

  The research team at CNS Healthcare, Orlando, Florida has been chosen to begin clinical trials on a medication for the prevention of COVID-19 and a vaccine to protect.... Read More

DOH-Orange Highlights Infant Immunizations

May 04, 2020 at 02:29 pm by pj

Orlando, FL – The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) promotes the benefits of immunizations for children from birth to two ye.... Read More

As COVID-19 Lurks, Families Are Locked Out Of Nursing Homes. Is It Safe Inside?

May 04, 2020 at 02:11 pm by pj

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Judith Graham Kaiser Health News Families are beset by fear and anxiety as COVID-19 makes inroads at nursing homes across.... Read More

Always The Bridesmaid, Public Health Rarely Spotlighted Until It’s Too Late

May 04, 2020 at 02:06 pm by pj

  Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News  The U.S. is in the midst of both a public health crisis and a health care crisis. Yet most people aren’t aware these are.... Read More

COVID-19 and Managing Stress

May 03, 2020 at 12:01 pm by pj

  By Vintee Narang, MD, Psychiatrist, Community Health Centers – Forest City   Stress is an often mundane yet unavoidable part of life. If not properly mana.... Read More

Do-It-Yourself Cheek Swab Tested As Next Best Thing To Detect Coronavirus

May 03, 2020 at 09:30 am by pj

    David Tuller , Kaiser Health News Coronavirus testing is commonly an unpleasant, even painful experience in which a health care provider pushes a torturo.... Read More

Finding Serenity in The Midst of Uncertainty

May 02, 2020 at 05:10 pm by pj

  By RONNIE AND DEBBIE SMART   “Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.  Courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to.... Read More

The Modern Approach to Comprehensive Management of Diabetes

May 02, 2020 at 04:49 pm by pj

By MATTHEW SHLAPACK, MD Diabetes is a common disorder affecting millions of Americans and leading to a negative impact on their health and quality of life. Diabetes can be ch.... Read More

Orlando Health Hospitals Add Additional Safety Measures for Patients Undergoing Procedures or Giving Birth 

Apr 30, 2020 at 02:15 pm by pj

  As the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to decline across the Orlando Health network, and officials begin easing elective surgery restricti.... Read More

Fear Of Coronavirus Propels Some Smokers To Quit

Apr 30, 2020 at 01:49 pm by pj

 (Hannah Norman/KHN)   April Dembosky, KQED, Kaiser Health News In 40 years of smoking, Katie Kennedy has tried four times to quit but always went back to cigar.... Read More

How COVID-19 May Change A Trip To The Dentist’s Office

Apr 29, 2020 at 11:18 am by pj

   By Dr. Kyle Bogan    As the coronavirus pandemic swept the U.S., state governments mandated that dental offices open only for emergency procedur.... Read More

Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk

Apr 28, 2020 at 02:28 pm by pj

(Lynne Shallcross/KHN illustration; Getty Images)   Shefali Luthra, Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News With medical supplies in high demand, federal authorities.... Read More