The masks, readily available at hardware stores and pharmacies, can filter out fine particles found in smoke that can irritate eyes, nose, throat and lungs, according to public health officials.

However, many patients choose not to wear this footwear. Recommendations from previous studies have been implemented but have had little impact in improving this situation. The aim of this study ...

The healthcare provider said they “strongly recommend” that staff, patients and visitors wear a mask due to an increase in cases of upper respiratory tract illnesses that have been reported ...

He was escorted to the dressing room for stitches but soon returned wearing a homemade goaltender mask – which he refused to return without. Plante had worn the mask in practice since 1956 after ...

LONDON - UK patients are “coming to harm” with hospitals so overwhelmed people are dying in corridors awaiting treatment amid a “collapse in care standards”, a report said on Jan 16.

Because public health agencies have learned that these patients had bird flu days or weeks after the person became ill, it has hampered efforts to find out how they were exposed and make sure they ...

Sometimes, patients wear drains to remove fluid. Patients also need to wear a compression bodysuit for about six weeks after the procedure, Hadeed said. This ensures that the skin conforms to the ...

Many people in North Carolina still have no home and no power, but a snowmobile group in Massachusetts is looking to bring supplies to communities in need. Dress for Success Western Massachusetts ...

Patients are dying in “horror film” hospital corridors so crowded that nurses cannot reach them, a bombshell report reveals. Harrowing accounts from more than 5,000 nurses lay bare a ...

A pair of patients wearing a BCI was able to control a bionic arm and “feel” tactile edges, shapes, and curvatures along its fingers. The researchers’ findings were published today in the ...

Lessons from trans health care about the irreplaceable role of the patient could pave the way for a better understanding of what’s truly at stake. This siege on trans health care involves so ...