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Who should give bad news?December 25, 2020 at 8:56 PM I’m starting this post with a disclaimer, and while it’s been a hell of a lot of days since I posted, disclaimers are only an occasional thing. Generally. So my return starts with a disclaimer.
Please enjoy this setup Tweet, and enjoy the foreshadowing:
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Let’s start with the premise, and then I’ll fill in the details. Who is the best person to break bad news? Short version, it’s ...Tags: Health, Medical, Who 50 people like this. Like The family with no fingerprintsDecember 25, 2020 at 7:17 PM A family in Bangladesh struggles with an extremely rare genetic condition, "immigration delay disease".Tags: Health, Bangladesh 11 people like this. Like Talking politics in the exam room [PODCAST]December 25, 2020 at 7:00 PM  Tags: Health, Podcast, PA NP, Public Health & Policy, CRNA 144 people like this. Like HOLIDAYS WITH INFERTILITY MAY LEAD TO DEPRESSIONDecember 25, 2020 at 5:46 PM  Tags: Health, Infertility, Don, Sandy Robertson 117 people like this. Like My first end-of-life conversationDecember 25, 2020 at 3:00 PM Tags: Health, Education, Palliative Care, PA NP, CRNA 137 people like this. Like COVID vaccine resistance in underrepresented communitiesDecember 25, 2020 at 1:00 PM Tags: Health, Infectious Disease, Conditions, PA NP, CRNA, COVID-19 Coronavirus 103 people like this. Like A praying 82-year-old COVID-19 patient was beaten to death by another patient with an oxygen tank, police sayDecember 25, 2020 at 1:37 PM Tags: Health, Death, Crime, News, California, Trends, Hospital, Homicide, Los Angeles Times, Martinez, Lancaster, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department, Lancaster California, Pandemic, Antelope Valley Hospital 92 people like this. Like A praying 82-year-old COVID patient was beaten to death by another patient with an oxygen tank, police sayDecember 25, 2020 at 1:37 PM Tags: Health, Death, Crime, News, California, Trends, Hospital, Homicide, Los Angeles Times, Martinez, Sheriff s Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department, Pandemic, Antelope Valley Hospital, Jesse Martinez, Coronavirus 118 people like this. Like How Improved Eye Sight is Equivalent to a Healthier LifestyleDecember 25, 2020 at 12:32 PM Not everyone is blessed to have perfect eyesight. But that’s not a hindrance anymore. How? It’s because, like any other industry, technology advancements are evolving in the healthcare industry as well.
To those who are still scratching their heads about how that’s related to improved eyesight, you might have heard about Lasik surgery. It is the best reliable problem-solver that will help improve vision and an improved lifestyle.
In this blog, we will discuss details related to Lasik surgery a...Tags: Health, Life, Jazz, Eye Health, Don, Eye Sight, American Society of Cataract 32 people like this. Like UK scientists trial drug to prevent infection that leads to CovidDecember 25, 2020 at 12:00 PM Exclusive: Antibody therapy could confer instant immunity to Covid-19 on at-risk groupsSee all our coronavirus coverageBritish scientists are trialling a new drug that could prevent someone who has been exposed to coronavirus from going on to develop the disease Covid-19, which experts say could save many lives.The antibody therapy would confer instant immunity against the disease and could be given as an emergency treatment to hospital inpatients and care home residents to help contain outbreak...Tags: Health, Business, UK, Science, Society, UK News, Medical Research, Astrazeneca, Pharmaceuticals industry, Coronavirus 34 people like this. Like Give Yourself a Mental Boost With Some JoyscrollingDecember 25, 2020 at 10:00 AM  Tags: Mental Health, Phones, Lifehacks, Scrolling 142 people like this. Like The 12 days of COVIDDecember 25, 2020 at 11:00 AM Tags: Health, Infectious Disease, Conditions, PA NP, CRNA, COVID-19 Coronavirus 71 people like this. Like Pandemic-Era Heroes: West Hills couple focuses on helping now — and helping to forge the next generationDecember 25, 2020 at 9:00 AM Pandemic-Era Heroes
Names: Andrew and Deanna Thomas
Ages: Andrew, 53; Deanna, 55
Hometown: Both raised in Northern California, now reside in West Hills.
Role: Andrew and Deanna are the founders of Young Ambassadors Leadership Academy (YALA), devoting their time to guide young African-American boys into men of character, who are responsible leaders. The program features focus on community service, career perspectives and college tours, as well as providing an etiquette day and financial li...Tags: Health, Florida, News, Education, Colorado, California, US, Sport, Soccer, Community, Local News, Northern California, Thomas, Yala, Andrew, Penny Lane 33 people like this. Like Pandemic-Era Heroes: Couple focuses on helping now – and helping to forge the next generationDecember 25, 2020 at 9:00 AM Pandemic-Era Heroes
Names: Andrew and Deanna Thomas
Ages: Andrew, 53; Deanna, 55
Hometown: Both raised in Northern California, now reside in West Hills.
Role: Andrew and Deanna are the founders of Young Ambassadors Leadership Academy (YALA), devoting their time to guide young African-American boys into men of character, who are responsible leaders. The program features focus on community service, career perspectives and college tours, as well as providing an etiquette day and financial li...Tags: Health, News, Education, Colorado, California, US, Sport, Soccer, Community, Local News, Northern California, Thomas, Yala, Andrew, Penny Lane, San Fernando Valley 4 people like this. Like I am a physician who tested positive for COVID-19. My main symptom is anger.December 25, 2020 at 9:00 AM Tags: Health, Infectious Disease, Conditions, PA NP, CRNA, COVID-19 Coronavirus 64 people like this. Like The COVID vaccine selfie: The caption matters as much as the pictureDecember 25, 2020 at 7:00 AM Tags: Health, Facebook, Infectious Disease, Conditions, PA NP, CRNA, COVID-19 Coronavirus 72 people like this. Like Except most of those things we can't do right now, Bob....December 25, 2020 at 7:07 AM A Christmas Message from Bob Dylan:"If you got the holiday blues, I feel for you. I know life is hard. But you don't need anyone to tell you how to feel better. ... What you gotta do is go out and help someone more unfortunate than you." pic.twitter.com/2szVpc147Y— HarryHew (@harryhew) December 24, 2020 [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]Tags: Psychology, Law, Charity, Christmas, Bob Dylan, Bob, Dylan, Ann Althouse 28 people like this. Like ‘Many people did something immense, for complete strangers’ – readers’ heroes of 2020December 25, 2020 at 7:00 AM During the pandemic, there have been many unsung heroes – from supermarket staff to the people who carried on doing essential work for our society. Here are some of themAt the start of lockdown, I interviewed the virologist Dr Jane Greatorex. She was superb, with a gunslinging turn-of-phrase (“corona is the only pathogen in town”) and full of advice that rammed home, like no shambling government press conference ever could, the gravity of our situation. She washed deliveries before they came int...Tags: Health, Supermarkets, Homelessness, NHS, Nursing, Gps, Waste, Jurgen Klopp, Physiotherapists, Coronavirus, Jane Greatorex She 10 people like this. Like Covid hotspots NSW: list of Sydney and regional coronavirus case locationsDecember 25, 2020 at 4:35 AM Here are the current coronavirus hotspots in New South Wales and what to do if you’ve visited themAustralia border restrictions: here are the new state and territory Covid rules for NSW travellersSydney Christmas restrictions: how many guests are allowed under Covid rules?Download the free Guardian appNew South Wales health authorities have updated a list of hotspots Covid-positive people have visited while infectious.Those who attended some locations must isolate immediately for 14 days after y...Tags: Health, Australia news, Infectious Diseases, New South Wales, Sydney, South Wales, Coronavirus 23 people like this. Like I was five and visiting a psychiatric hospital. I had the time of my life!December 25, 2020 at 3:00 AM I toddled round the ward giving sweets to old women and wondering why so many of them were clutching teddies. It taught me not to be scared of people with mental illnessI was two when my mum became a consultant psychiatrist at Lancaster Moor hospital. Opened in 1816 as Lancashire’s first “lunatic asylum”, it was a forbidding place, looming over the M6 like a gigantic haunted mansion. It had neo-gothic towers and echoey corridors and always felt deserted, even though there were still a thousand p...Tags: Health, Christmas, Life and style, Society, Mental Health, Catholic, Lancashire, Pendle, Lancaster Moor, Lancaster Castle 35 people like this. Like As it happened: NSW records seven local cases after 70,000 tests as northern beaches clusters grows to 108December 25, 2020 at 2:30 AM Gladys Berejiklian discourages Sydneysiders from Boxing Day shopping; experts fear Christmas could turn into a superspreading event as ‘Avalon cluster’ rises to 108 and spreads. NSW Covid hotspots – list of venues and case locationsNSW premier calls on shoppers to avoid Sydney’s Boxing Day sales Border restrictions: rules for NSW travellers 7.16am GMT I hope you’ve had a pleasant Christmas so far and thanks for spending part of it here.Here’s a recap of today’s news: 7.07am GMT Victoria ...Tags: Health, Christmas, Australia news, Infectious Diseases, Queensland, New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales politics, Victoria, Gladys Berejiklian, Coronavirus 1 people like this. Like |
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