Karen Gorby By Karen S. Gorby, RN, MSN, MBA, CENP, FACHE It’s May, and as we enjoy a beautiful spring — as well as the chance to get out and about more since we have been fortunate to have access to the COVID-19 vaccine — it promises to be quite different than last year’s. Twelve… Read More: “Heroes Work Here:” Never More True at Angel Medical Center… »
You’re strolling down the street, or giving a work presentation, or having dinner with friends. Suddenly it hits you: You’re not wearing any clothes. It’s a common anxiety dream many of us have had at one point or another, but in recent months Harvard researcher Deirdre Barrett, who has been charting dreams during the pandemic,… Read More: How our dreams have adjusted to the pandemic »
The observation that most of the viruses that cause human disease come from other animals has led some researchers to attempt “zoonotic risk prediction” to second-guess the next virus to hit us. However, in an Essay publishing April 20th in the open access journal PLOS Biology, led by Dr Michelle Wille at the University of… Read More: Predicting the next pandemic virus is harder than we think »
Many serious health problems are associated with obesity, including heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and high blood pressure. And new research suggests that the pandemic has had a detrimental effect on waistlines. “When the pandemic began and shelter in place orders were happening across the nation, it made us think about the effect those orders and… Read More: US gained weight during pandemic; here come the consequences »