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Around 6:40 am Tuesday, city police said they were called to the hospital after receiving reports of a man causing damage there
Published March 22, 2023 • Last updated 21 hours ago • 2 minute read
Foothills Medical Center with the McCaig Tower shown on the left. Saturday, October 3, 2020. Photo by Brendan Miller/Postmedia
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Surgeries were postponed after a weapon-wielding vandal attacked a floor of the Foothills Medical Center on Tuesday, raising security concerns among staff.
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The fungus, Candida auris, can be a fatal risk to fragile hospital and nursing home patients.
Cases of a dangerous fungus tripled in the United States over just three years and more than half of the states have now reported it, according to a new study.
The COVID-19 pandemic likely drove part of the increase, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wrote in a paper published on Monday by Annals of Internal Medicine. Hospital workers were strained by coronavirus patients, and that likely shifted their focus away from disinfecting some other kinds of germs, they said.…
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Core messaging during the COVID -19 pandemic has focused on the role each citizen plays in bringing the situation under control. Good hygiene and social distancing have been spoken about widely and it is acknowledged that the latter is the primary risk control measure.
The role of key workers has also been widely discussed, such as the value of NHS staff and care workers, the role of educators and the rapid transition to home schooling. And as I sit here at home thinking about the 27 million households in the UK on lockdown, and the impact on people and their…
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[–States are barred from using federal Medicaid dollars to pay directly for rent, but California’s governor is asking the administration of President Joe Biden, a fellow Democrat, to authorize a new program called “transitional rent,” which would provide up to six months of rent or temporary housing for low-income enrollees who rely on the state’s health care…
Saskatchewan health minister insists ‘we acted’ on COVID-19 advice
Saskatchewan health minister Paul Merriman is insisting he followed the advice of the province’s top doctor during COVID-19’s fourth wave, during which the government’s own notes showed Saskatchewan had, at times, the highest rates of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country .
A Global News investigation showed the province’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, warned the health minister, more than a month before the province began transferring COVID-19 ICU patients to Ontario, that Saskatchewan’s acute care system would collapse unless the provincial government implemented more restrictions.
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Online Driving Courses – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
In the UK, one of the few growth sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic has been transportation services and in particular, food delivery.
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In the same month, Tesco added more than 200 new vans and hired another 2,500 drivers. Other supermarkets such…
mental health and wellbeing in the workplace – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
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The scale of the problem
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Mechanism of Action
Semaglutide mimics the actions of a hormone that occurs naturally in the body called glucagon like peptide-1. GLP-1 is crucial in controlling blood sugar and appetite. GLP-1, released by the intestine when blood sugar levels increase, stimulates insulin release from the pancreas, and reduces glucagon production. This lowers blood sugar levels.
GLP-1 also…