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New technology gives nursing home patients care, way to have fun
PORT CHARLOTTE New virtual therapy technology used inside nursing homes is giving patients the care they need and giving them a way to have fun too. Sally Connelly-Jones is a fighter. A survivor. She suffered a stroke. Beat it. Got COVID-19. Beat that too. What’s next? “I miss shopping,” Connelly said. Jones lives …
Ronald McDonald House of Durham & Wake Receives New UV Technology to Help Maintain Healthy Environment for Patients and Families
DURHAM, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new device using advanced UVC light technology that eliminates pathogens from the soles of shoes now greets people as they enter and exit Ronald McDonald House (RMH) of Durham. The HealthySole PLUS unit, donated by Collier’s Medical Equipment and HealthySole, is the newest addition to a comprehensive infection prevention program at RMH …
Late Breaking Data at EuroPCR Demonstrates Long-Term Benefits of Medtronic Radiofrequency Renal Denervation in Real-World Hypertensive Patients
DUBLIN, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced new clinical data from the Global SYMPLICITY Registry (GSR) indicating that renal denervation (RDN) with the Medtronic Symplicity™ Renal Denervation System was associated with clinically significant and sustained blood pressure reductions in a real-world hypertensive patient population through three years. Results from the prospective, …
Health care providers able to withhold their vaccine status from patients | News
When trying to decide if her 7-year-old granddaughter, Alice, could be seen in person by her health care team, the first thing Sarah Wacker asked was whether they’d all been vaccinated. Alice needs weekly physical and occupational therapy to treat her multiple sclerosis. When the pandemic hit, these essential in-person treatments were no longer safe. …
Lee Health offers innovative virtual reality technology to patients in skilled nursing unit | Feeling Fit
When Carl Johnson entered Gulf Coast Medical Center’s Skilled Nursing Unit with a foot injury, he had no idea deep sea swimming, herding sheep and volleyball would be part of his therapy. “I got so into it, I almost forgot it was a virtual reality machine and I wasn’t actually doing those things,” said Johnson. …
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Late-Breaking Data at ESMO Breast Shows Promising Preliminary Response and Disease Control in Patients with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
TOKYO & MUNICH & BASKING RIDGE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New data from Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca’s datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd), a TROP2 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate (ADC), showed preliminary response and disease control in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) with disease progression following standard treatment. These preliminary data from …
UW Health launches new program to support young cancer patients
MADISON (WKOW) — UW Health is launching a new program to help young adults with cancer. The Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program focuses on telemedicine to help reach patients. Doctors can provide individual care to address social, mental and physical health needs from the first diagnosis until remission. “This age group has nationally been …
CHI Saint Joseph Health Foundations to host ‘Evening of Hope’ event to benefit cancer care patients | News
LONDON — The Saint Joseph London Foundation will be hosting an “Evening of Hope” on Saturday, May 15, as part of a statewide fundraising effort to benefit CHI Saint Joseph Health cancer patients and their families. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be held in place of annual in-person galas and fundraising events, …
Ballad Health: 122 COVID-19 patients hospitalized, 30 in ICU | WJHL
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Officials with Ballad Health released the system’s latest COVID-19 numbers on Wednesday, April 28, announcing there are 122 patients receiving treatment for the novel coronavirus at Ballad hospitals. Ballad Health hosted a press briefing Wednesday to address the virus spread in the region. You can watch News Channel 11’s stream of that briefing below: …
Addressing and Integrating Social Determinants of Health Effective in Reducing Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension or Diabetes
The study — recently published online in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology – found that after one year, patients who received a multi-component intervention that combined community microfinance groups with group medical visits (where patients with similar medical conditions met together with a clinician and community health worker) had a 44 percent greater …
