3 d. ago AI nurses: Staffing solution for hospitals or a threat to quality care?

The next time you get a call about an upcoming medical appointment you may not be talking to a human

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5 d. ago Staff at Lucy Letby hospital where killer nurse worked face manslaughter probe

The former nurse, 31, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others between 2015 and 2016 while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital

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7 d. ago The ninetysomethings who revolutionized how we think about strength training

One simple exercise proved older adults can build and retain muscle – and caused a paradigm shift in scienceIn 1988, 712 people lived at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, a Boston nursing home affectionately named “Hebrew rehab” by its residents and staff. The residents’ average age was 88, and three-quarters of them were women. Every resident had multiple medical conditions. Almost half required help to engage in the essential activities of daily life: getting out of bed, going to the bathroom, bathing, walking, eating. But they were survivors. Some had survived the Holocaust. Others fled the Cossacks. They all lived through the Great Depression.They were ideal research subjects for Maria Fiatarone, a young doctor and faculty member in geriatric medicine at both Tufts and Harvard. In terrible shape, with lifetimes of practice overcoming great challenges: to Fiatarone, they were perfect. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Michael Rosen marks Covid anniversary with haunting poem of pandemic memories

The former children’s laureate, 78, was rushed to hospital with Covid and put into an induced coma in intensive care.

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3 w. ago Equalities watchdog issues warning to NHS board at centre of trans nurse row amid fears new 'staff transitioning guide' is unlawful

NHS Fife has defended its decision to allow trans medic Beth Upton to use the women's facilities at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, despite nurse Sandie Peggie raising concerns.

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3 w. ago Toddler, 2, dies after being left in car outside nursery for HOURS as staff forgot he was in there

Salomao Rodrigues Faustino, 2, died from agonising heatstroke after he was left strapped into a searing 32C car for several hours - with all the windows and doors closed

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3 w. ago Dissatisfaction among gen Z staff is ‘ticking timebomb’ for NHS

Warning from the Royal College of Nursing is based on Nuffield Trust analysis of NHS England staff surveysThe NHS in England is facing a “ticking timebomb” when it comes to retaining young staff, nursing leaders have warned, after new analysis showed its generation Z workers are becoming more stressed and unhappy over time.A new report by the Nuffield Trust shows soaring dissatisfaction rates among staff in the health service’s youngest cohort, aged 21 to 30 – based on analysis of NHS surveys. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Boy who injected himself with a crushed butterfly mixed with water 'for online challenge' suffered horrific seven

Davi Nunes Moreira, 14, died in hospital in Planalto, Brazil after telling staff he had injected a solution made of crushed butterfly into his right leg.

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