By Satish Kumar Over the previous years, digital technologies have gone a widespread adoption across health organisations. It has helped healthcare organisations in reducing efficiencies, improving access and enhancing the quality of care. Digital Healthcare is also helping in preventing chronic diseases. One of the key technologies driving this transformation is Artificial Intelligence. It is … Read more
It was a dark day in 2011 when Karen Concannon learned that she had multiple myeloma, a deadly blood cancer. Only about half of the people diagnosed with it are alive 5 years later. And the treatments can be grueling and often leave lasting side effects. A top priority for Concannon was to ask her … Read more
Dogs don’t communicate through speech as humans do. Instead, they have an advanced set of non-verbal cues that they use to communicate with each other and with us. They use their entire body to do this — eyes, ears, mouth, tail, overall body movement, and more. While dogs do use their voices for noises such … Read more
A lack of sign language at two government briefings was discriminatory, a High Court judge finds. Source link
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Due to language barriers, 25 million Spanish speakers receive about a third less health care than other Americans, a large study of U.S. adults shows. The analysis of federal survey data from more than 120,000 adults revealed that total use of health care (as … Read more
Bangladeshi men have been hit hard by the pandemic – in terms of higher death rates compared to other communities, shut down industries and job losses. But with lockdown easing, many fear that the impact of the pandemic on their mental health may be overlooked. Imran Khan lost his father earlier this year to coronavirus. … Read more
April 23, 2021 — the Virginia Department of Health website in January reassured English-speaking readers that the COVID-19 vaccine “will not be required for Virginians.” But the Spanish-language translation, through a Google Translate widget at the top of the page, said something else: The vaccine “no sera necesario,” or “won’t be necessary.” Sharp-eyed … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner weighed in on the issue of cricket team captains venting out their frustrations at umpire’s decisions, which is what Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni did a few days back during their encounter in Dubai. Warner saw what happened between Dhoni and umpire Paul Reiffel during the final stages of … Read more
A mother of a young boy with Down’s syndrome is helping to teach people about appropriate language, after being hurt by words people often used. Becca, from Cornwall, uses flashcards to make sure people are aware to say things like saying someone “has Down’s syndrome”, rather than “suffers with Down’s syndrome”. The campaign is being … Read more
A nurse from Staffordshire is learning British Sign Language (BSL) to improve the service she provides for deaf patients. Dawn Bebbington’s new skill is being put to good use at County Hospital in Stafford. She took up learning sign language after she treated a deaf patient during a shift on the chemotherapy ward last year. … Read more