How common are medication-related errors in home care?

In a questionnaire-based study published in Pharmacology Research & Perspectives that included 485 fully trained nurses of 107 home care services, nearly half of all nursing staff made at least one error within the last year when administering medications. In the study, 41.6% of nurses reported medication errors within a 12-month period, and 14.8% did not provide an answer. Medication errors experienced […]

In-house pharmacists essential for aged care

Medicines are the most common treatments used in healthcare, especially for older people. But when they’re not used correctly, they can cause serious and sometimes fatal outcomes. Now, new research from the University of South Australia shows that regular visits from pharmacists to aged-care residents can reduce problems due to medicines and improve health outcomes. Working with 248 aged-care residents across 39 aged-care facilities […]

‘Doctor Strange 2’ Records The Biggest Opening Of 2022

Doctor Strange 2 – Wanda Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ensures that the summer movie season gets off to a great start. Marvel’s superhero extravaganza Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is off to a great start at the box office. It grossed an estimated $185 million in its first weekend in the United States and Canada, […]

Who are the Stars of the IPLSOCCER Tournament?

IPLSOCCER hopes to get more British Asians to take up football and the inaugural event will take place on May 8, 2022, at Derby’s Pride Park stadium. Data from the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) reveals that there are only 115 British South Asian players out of almost 15,000 players in academy and professional football – which is less than 0.5 […]

New tool to create hearing cells lost in aging

Hearing loss due to aging, noise and certain cancer therapy drugs and antibiotics has been irreversible because scientists have not been able to reprogram existing cells to develop into the outer and inner ear sensory cells — essential for hearing — once they die. But Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a single master gene that programs ear hair cells into […]

Farhan Akhtar to Star in upcoming Series ‘Ms Marvel’

Farhan Akhtar will be part of the cast of Disney Plus’ upcoming series Ms Marvel. According to Deadline, details regarding the character are under wraps, though his participation has been couched as a guest-starring role. Ms Marvel is set to premiere on June 8, 2022, and introduces Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, aka the titular character, who is a Muslim […]

Third dose of COVID-19 vaccine does not appear to increase severe adverse events

Investigators report that even though there was some increase in cases of low-severity adverse events after third-dose vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection with mRNA vaccines, such third-dose vaccination did not significantly increase severe adverse events. The findings appeared on April 14, 2022 in JAMA Network Open. As background the authors said. “Recent reports on waning of COVID-19 vaccine–induced immunity have led […]