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The borough's first hospital, the Brooklyn Hospital Center has announced the appointment of a new Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sam Amirfar.Amirfar initially worked as an attending physician and as Chief Medical Information Officer when he began working at TBHC in 2014 before eventually being promoted to Senior VP and Chief Information Officer.

Nebraska lawmakers were expected to vote on Friday on a bill addressing two of the most fraught issues in state legislative sessions around the nation this year: access to abortion and medical care for transgender youth.During the final days of a session that was notable for vociferous debate and persistent filibustering over the two issues, conservative legislators bundled provisions restricting access to both forms of medical treatment into a single bill.

Millions of people across the United States missed routine cancer screenings during the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the prevalence of screening for breast, cervical and prostate cancers in the previous year falling anywhere from 6% to 15% between 2019 and 2021, according to a new study from the American Cancer Society.

Researchers have hailed the dawn of a new era of Alzheimer's therapies after a clinical trial confirmed that a drug slows cognitive decline in patients with early stages of the disease.The result comes after decades of failure in the field and encouraged experts to say Alzheimer's  which affects 30 million people worldwide  could be treatable.

Building on the growing body of work surrounding "magic mushrooms" that produce the psychoactive compound psilocybin, a new study suggests that just one dose of a synthetically-made version can help ease the worst symptoms of depression.Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the findings from this randomized and double-blind clinical trial - which the study authors call "the largest of its kind" - are pretty, well, trippy.

The great and the good are taking their seats for the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla as millions across the globe prepare to watch the historic ceremony.Celebrities, scientists, politicians and other public figures - wearing a colourful array of suits, fascinators, military uniforms and medals and religious clothing - were among those seen filing into Westminster Abbey on Saturday morning ahead of the big event.

The last day of 2022 is marked with stories about gongs, heart health and new rules for those coming to the UK from China.The Daily Mirror and The Sun both focus on Queen's Brian May and the Lionesses leading their country in a New Year Honours list.The Times says the chief medical officer has warned ministers that thousands of middle-aged people are dying of heart conditions because they did not get required medicines during the pandemic.

Leading clinicians have called on the government to help tackle Britain's growing cancer emergency after figures showed there have been around 8,000 excess deaths due to delays in diagnostics and treatment since March 2020.Ministers are accused of failing to accept the true scale of the problem within cancer services in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic and are being warned that excess deaths will continue trending upwards without signifcant intervention.

Thousands of babies born with treatable rare genetic diseases each year could get faster access to treatment if a new genomic sequencing research programme proves successful.Genomics England will sequence the genomes of 100,000 newborn children  which involves the study of people's DNA  for rare conditions, after the Government provided 105million in funding for the research, it was announced on Tuesday.

The cousin of a 92-year-old woman who spent 30 hours waiting on a hospital corridor due to a lack of beds has condemned the Conservative government for bringing the NHS to its knees.Barry Kushner, 61, said it was scary to witness the state of his local hospital after his relative - who was left delirious following a bad fall - spent more than a day on a trolley.

The health watchdog has demanded urgent action at a Brighton hospital after suspending some specialist operations.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) undertook an unannounced inspection of the gastrointestinal surgery department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in August after receiving concerns about its safety.

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After dealing with a persistent cough and diarrhea and cycling through various over-the-counter medications, Lincoln Heights resident Javier Muniz finally went to urgent care at the L.A. County-USC Medical Center last month.Physicians at the hospital, which has since been renamed the Los Angeles General Medical Center, realized that Muniz's medical history included living with HIV.

A six-week abortion ban proposed by Florida Republicans earlier this month threatens to reverberate across the American south.Following the supreme court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn the federal right to abortion, Florida became a strategic refuge for women seeking to access reproductive healthcare from states that banned abortion places as varied as Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas.

Ireland's hospitals are reeling from record overcrowding amid what the government has called a perfect storm of respiratory infections.The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said on Wednesday no hospital was unaffected by the crisis and called for an extraordinary response from the state.

Matt Hancock's views about the independent experts advising government, detailed in the Lockdown Files, are revealing.They were totally unreliable and wacky (Dame Kate Bingham); a totally offside loudmouth (Sir Jeremy Farrar); and a prize idiot (Prof Jon Deeks); while Prof Sharon Peacock, the amazing scientist who set up Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK), was deemed a total outrage, because she didn't warn him months earlier that the Alpha variant was coming (revealing Hancock's misunderstanding of the work of these genome sequencers).

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock tried to bypass Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to have schools closed in December 2020, messages published by the Daily Telegraph suggest.In other WhatsApp messages released by the paper, Mr Hancock described teaching unions as "absolute arses".Sir Gavin replied that they hated work.

Straight from appearing on the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity, the focus on former health secretary Matt Hancock has turned to his upcoming memoir called Pandemic Diaries: The Inside Story Of Britain's Battle Against Covid.Here are five key moments from the book, which have been revealed in extracts published by the Daily Mail and Mail+.

A reorganisation of NHS dementia care is needed to ensure UK patients can receive a groundbreaking drug that slows the progression of Alzheimer's disease, doctors say.Detailed results from a clinical trial of lecanemab have confirmed that the drug reduces cognitive decline in patients with early-stage Alzheimer's, in a hard-won breakthrough hailed as a historic moment for the field.

Ricardo Ruiz could have left the hospital two months ago.Instead, the toddler waited while his family searched for a nurse who could help care for him at home.Ricky, as his parents call him, was born prematurely at 27 weeks with underdeveloped lungs.The 15-month-old has a tracheostomy tube in his neck connected to a ventilator that helps him breathe.

A significant majority of people in London support the banning of wood burners, which are the single biggest source of tiny air pollution particles in Britain.An exclusive poll for the Guardian indicates that 67% of Londoners backed a ban, with 17% opposed and 16% saying they did not know.Across Britain, 44% supported a wood burner ban, with 36% opposed.

Central Middlesex Hospital.(Image: Fiona Hanson/PA) A plan has been put together to create a "centre of excellence" for inpatient orthopaedic surgery in Park Royal.Patients and residents across north-west London are being asked for their views on the plan for Central Middlesex Hospital.Four NHS trusts - Westminster Hospital, The Hillingdon Hospitals, Imperial College and London North West University Healthcare - want to bring together most of their routine, inpatient orthopaedic surgery.

Coach Bill Self of Kansas, the reigning Division I men's basketball champion and a top team this season, will miss the remainder of the Big 12 Conference's tournament for health reasons, the university announced Thursday.Self, 60, arrived at the emergency department of the University of Kansas Health System on Wednesday night and underwent a standard procedure, the school said Thursday evening.

The Minister for Health has said it is likely that pressure on hospitals due to a surge in respiratory illnesses will get worse in the coming weeks.t comes after the highest number of people waiting on trolleys was recorded on Tuesday, and as the Health Service Executive (HSE) advised people to consider attending their GP or minor injury units before an emergency department.

A hospital trust has urged people heading to Cornwall to celebrate New Year to bring their own medications including pain relief and rehydration powders.Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, which has urged people to only call 999 or use the emergency department for life-threatening illnesses and injuries, tweeted the advice ahead of the upcoming celebrations.

Like many hospitals, St George's is preparing for increased demand this winter - and trying to come up with solutions.At St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, they have 129 patients fit and ready to go home but they cannot be discharged because of a lack of available care either at home or residential facilities.

A sign directing visitors to the emergency department is shown at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.Data last week indicated that at several points, Ontario had more children in ICUs than the system was built to handle.(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, appears to be slowing in Ontario, the province's health minister said Friday, although she warned that influenza was expected to ramp up.

AUSTIN, Texas Spring break in Austin isn't just for students.The season change means plenty of festivities for anyone to enjoy, such as South by Southwest, Rodeo Austin and the opportunity to explore all the areas in better weather.As events and an influx of people pour into the city, so will an increased presence of law enforcement and EMS personnel.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay appeared to criticise the Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's planned ultra-low emissions zone expansion for imposing an additional cost on NHS staff and others.But a spokesperson for Mr Khan said it was surprising for a Health Secretary to ignore the advice of their own chief medical officer on the dangers of air pollution.

Searches for missing British actor Julian Sands will continue by air only, with authorities using new technology that can detect electronic devices and credit cards.San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said it was hopeful that the technology would be able to more accurately pinpoint an area on which to focus efforts.

High winds have again grounded helicopters in the search for British actor Julian Sands.Two weeks have now passed since Sands was first reported missing in the San Gabriel mountains in California on 13 January, with numerous searches on foot and from the air having taken place.Aerial efforts resumed briefly on Wednesday, with authorities using new technology that can detect electronic devices and credit cards.

Moderna has become a well-known name thanks to its highly effective COVID-19 vaccine, based on mRNA technology.But even before the pandemic hit, the company was developing an mRNA-based vaccine against another scourge, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which primarily affects infants and the elderly.

Space travel upends almost every system inside of us
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript.Please enable JavaScript for the best experience.After the astronaut Scott Kelly spent a year on the International Space Station, he returned to Earth shorter, more nearsighted, lighter and with new symptoms of heart disease that his identical twin brother did not share.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Dr. Robert Linton, chief medical officer of Howard University Hospital about what on-the-field football physicians prioritize when a player has a life-threatening injury.ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: Within seconds of his collapse during Monday night's NFL game, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was being treated by medical personnel on the field.

Bay Area hospitals are dealing with what is shaping up to be the third largest wave of COVID positive patients yet as local public health officials once again urge residents to take extra precautions to stop the rapidly spreading virus.The number of COVID patients in Bay Area hospitals reached 940 on Wednesday, just a few beds shy of the August 2021 peak when the delta variant of the virus was surging.

Men may want to keep their laptops on a desk - just in case they plan on having children.Although there's debate as to whether keeping your laptop on your lap appreciably impacts sperm health, experts agree that heat is generally bad for testicles, and laptops can get pretty warm."The main issue with placing a laptop directly on the lap is the heat transfer from the hot battery on the underside of the laptop to the upper thigh and groin area," says Christopher Sipe, M.D., a reproductive endocrinologist with Fertility Centers of Illinois.

A view of an Ornge helicopter, which functions as an air ambulance.Ontario's air ambulance service says it's seeing an increase in the number of children it transports, with a higher number of those transfers due to respiratory illnesses.(Yvon Theriault/Radio-Canada) Ontario's air ambulance service says it's seeing an increase in the number of children it transports, with a higher number of those transfers due to respiratory illnesses.

Sylvia Jones, holding a mask, is defending the majority of her Progressive Conservative colleagues who did not wear masks in the legislature Tuesday  including Premier Doug Ford.(CBC) Ontario's health minister says it's a personal choice to wear a mask.A masked Sylvia Jones is defending the majority of her Progressive Conservative colleagues who did not wear masks in the legislature today  including Premier Doug Ford.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured last year, is urging the province's residents to wear masks, but stopped short of mandating them.(The Canadian Press/Cole Burston) Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the province's residents to wear masks, but stopped short of mandating them.Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore is set to make an announcement on Monday where he will recommend the public wear masks.

Ontario's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore, according to government sources, will ask the public Monday to begin masking to help curb the hit to overwhelmed children's hospitals.(Evan Mitsui/CBC) Two government sources say Ontario's top doctor will recommend the public begin masking on Monday in an effort to help overwhelmed children's hospitals.

Ontario is reporting 138 deaths due to COVID-19 over the past week as the province grapples with a surge in respiratory illnesses in children.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) Ontario has seen 138 more people die due to COVID-19 over the past week as it grapples with a surge in respiratory illnesses in children that is straining hospital resources across the province.

Ontario is considering allowing pharmacists to prescribe the COVID-19 treatment drug Paxlovid in order to expand access, the province's top doctor says.Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore said recently that the health system will see a "triple threat" of COVID-19, a bad flu season and the resurgence of a childhood respiratory virus this fall and winter.

Leaders in NHS Scotland have discussed the creation of a two-tier system that could lead to the wealthy paying for medical treatment, a report based on leaked meeting minutes has suggested.The document, seen by BBC Scotland, details a September meeting with high-ranking health officials that were given the green light by NHS Scotland chief executive Caroline Lamb to discuss reform of a service which finds itself in crisis.

Ontario's Ministry of Health says bivalent boosters against COVID-19's Omicron variants will be available to those 18 and older, while the new pediatric vaccine by Pfizer will be be available for infants and children aged six months to under five years old, starting Monday.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) Starting Monday, children aged between six months to under five years old can receive the new pediatric Pfizer vaccine, while all adults 18 and over can receive the bivalent booster vaccine, Ontario's Ministry of Health said.