Participants from a regional training at Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi, the first Learning Hub in Kenya established by UNICEF in collaboration with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Laerdal Global Health. Photo provided by UNICEF/Gohar, courtesy of Church News.© All rights reserved.
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By Mary Richards, Church News
Low-quality healthcare has meant that parts of Africa have newborn mortality rates that are among the world’s highest.
But UNICEF and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe every child deserves a…
Eskenazi Health’s new east side health center will open April 17 to patients, offering everything from primary care and mental health services to financial planning and wellness programs. Built to be easily accessible by walking and bus, the $75 million center is part of a broader effort to revitalize the area, which includes Cook Medical’s manufacturing plant, a locally-owned grocery store and the development of IndyGo’s purple line. The 95,000-square-foot center at the corner of East 38th Street and North Arlington Avenue will be the largest of Eskenazi’s more than a dozen outpatient clinics.
“The growth and development and changes…
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Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman TJ Brodie (78) looks on against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the third period of Game 3 of the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., on May 6, 2022. (Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)
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Defenseman TJ Brodie’s struggles led him to the press box for Wednesday’s game.
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Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has revealed that she is receiving a preventative course of chemotherapy for an unspecified type of cancer.
In a video statement issued on Friday, Catherine said that when she underwent major abdominal surgery in January, “it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous” but that “tests after the operation found cancer had already been present.”
She said doctors recommended that she do a course of preventative chemotherapy and that she is now in the early stages of that treatment.
Here are some explanations of terms she used and what we know about her diagnosis:
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In short: UK Health Minister Maria Caulfield says she’s told police to probe “severe and serious” allegations about the conduct of staff at the hospital where the Princess of Wales had abdominal surgery earlier this year.
Claims that hospital staff attempted to access the princess’s private health information hit the British press on Tuesday
What’s next: The UK’s data-protection watchdog has also announced it is probing the allegations.
Britain’s health minister says she’s asked police to investigate claims that staff at the hospital where Kate, Princess of Wales, had surgery in January, attempted to access her private medical records.
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A blood test that could identify millions of people who spread tuberculosis unknowingly is close to being developed, scientists have said.
By comparing proteins found in the blood of people with active TB to those in healthy people and patients with lung infections, researchers from the University of Southampton discovered a group of six biological markers that are found in high levels among infectious patients.
And if successful, a blood test that detects these proteins in the bloodstream could help identify the estimated three million cases of the disease which were missed last year, mostly in developing countries, according to…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The human body harbors approximately 30 trillion microbes, known collectively as the microbiota. These microorganisms influence various bodily functions, including digestion and metabolism to immune response, according to Pak Kin Wong, Penn State professor of biomedical engineering and of mechanical engineering. Analysis of microbiota holds potential for informing disease diagnosis, prognosis predictions and treatment, Wong said, but has yet to be adopted into clinical decision-making.
Penn State News spoke to Wong about his recent paper, published in Nature Reviews Bioengineeringthat discusses the methods available for incorporating microbiota analysis into clinical decision-making, the challenges of doing so…