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Doctors baffled by Covid-19 'long hauler' patients - YouTube

A Florida father and son died from the coronavirus within five weeks of each other, The Miami Herald reported. Retired gynecologist and obstetrician Jorge Vallejo, 89, died on June 27, six days after he was hospitalized at Palmetto General Hospital.His son, 57-year-old Carlos Vallejo, who is also a doctor, was hospitalized the same day his father died. Carlos…

Technology 11 August 2020 By Chris Stokel-Walker A new medical AI diagnoses people like a doctor wouldReeldeal Images / Alamy A new way of training medical artificial intelligence (AI) systems has proven significantly more accurate at diagnosing illnesses than previous efforts. The AI system developed by researchers at University College London and Babylon Health, a…

Dr. Matt Hanserd of Athens-Limestone Hospital is used to dealing with death.As a hospitalist, he routinely treats patients at the end of their lives, patients who have multiple health issues to be juggled, often patients who will not survive their stay.It’s not the deaths caused by COVID-19 that bothers him. It’s the sheer number of…

Doctors and other health care providers still prescribe highly addictive pain medications at rates widely considered unsafe. Critics say the practice exposes tens of millions of patients each year to unnecessary risk of addiction, overdose and death. Tracy Lee for NPR hide caption toggle caption Tracy Lee for NPR Doctors and other health care providers…