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French COVID-19 cases slow and patient tallies continue to fall

PARIS (Reuters) – Coronavirus infection rates in France have slowed further and the number of COVID-19 patients in hospital and intensive care continued to fall, health ministry figures showed, a sign that social distancing is keeping contagion in check for now. FILE PHOTO: A woman, wearing a protective face mask, sits on the beach of… Read More »

Who is a diabetes patient

Archived PDF from the whk on Standards of medical care in diabetes — Clinical guideline Type 2 diabetes. Weight is not believed to be a factor in type 1 diabetes. More Information Diabetes care at Mayo Clinic Diabetes and depression: Coping with the two conditions How diabetes affects your blood sugar. Type 1 diabetes can… Read More »

Coronavirus cure hope: Blood of recovered victims helps ICU patient come off ventilation

Coronavirus has killed 6,159 Britons who were admitted to hospital for treatment. A new study reveals there’s hope for a coronavirus “cure” that could save lives. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers got to work on human trials. The first trial investigated whether the antibodies of people who had… Read More »

ACOs lack data on patient social needs, community partners

Accountable care organizations have major challenges integrating social services with medical care, including a lack of data on their patients’ social needs and the capabilities of community partners. That’s the finding of a new study published in the journal Health Affairs, based on qualitative data from 22 ACOs. “The ACOs in our sample frequently lacked… Read More »