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CSOFT’s health blog aims to provide insight into complex diseases, treatment options and regulatory developments, and other prevalent health issues people face today.
MemorialCare Long Beach Center Joins Global Fight Against Covid
As part of an ongoing global study, MemorialCare Long Beach Center has administered the antiviral drug Remdesivir to three patients as a possible treatment for Covid. This news comes closely after Gilead, a biotech company based out of the California Bay Area,...
FDA Allows Outsourcing for Drugs in Short Supply Due to Covid
The FDA announced on Thursday (4/16) it was temporarily allowing compounding for necessary hospital drugs due to the mass shortage from Covid. The majority of the 13 commonly used drugs listed in the policy are anesthetic or analgesic drugs, which helps support...
“Must Wear Masks”: Covid and the Spanish Flu
Before Covid, wearing a mask in a supermarket in the United States or in Britain might have earned uneasy glances from fellow shoppers. Are you sick, or is there something you’re trying to hide? Now, that is all changing. With the America’s CDC now recommending...
AAMI Drafts Emergency Respirator and Ventilator Medical Devices Guidance in Response to Shortage Due to COVID-19
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) released four guidelines yesterday (4/14) from their COVID-19 response team about medical device such as respirators and ventilators to help combat the viral outbreak. The team is made up of...
How Can We Deal With Stress?
This article is part 3 of a mini-series focusing on how the body can combat stressors. This final instalment dives into several techniques for reducing stress and how they can positively impact the body. In this mini-series we have gone over what stress does to the...
Face Masks, Social Distancing, and Sheltering in Place: The New Landscape of Global Health in the Fight Against Covid
As Covid continues to spread across the globe, affecting Italy, Spain, and the United States most severely, governmental agencies continue to fight the spread of misinformation surrounding the virus by issuing health safety recommendations. The importance of social...
The Mysterious Relationship Between Mental Health and Stress
This article is part 2 of a mini-series focusing on how the body reacts to stressors. This installment explores the importance of mental health awareness and how stress can deteriorate our mental health. Mental health awareness has become an incredibly important topic...
Medical Device Regulation: The Need for Global Harmonization
The medical device industry is one of the most complex and rapidly evolving sectors of the health sciences field. Dynamic innovation in medical devices has helped better healthcare both in terms of people’s quality of life and their longevity; however, while the value...
Women’s History Month: Recognizing Women Research Pioneers in the Health Sciences
Today in the world of medicine we are accustomed to hearing about breakthrough contributions in the health sciences from scientists and researchers of all genders, but for much of the past century this wasn’t the case. While many women have played an important role...
What Does Stress Do To Our Body?
This article is part 1 of a mini-series focusing on how the body reacts to stressors. This installment looks at the physiological reaction to stress and how this can impact a person’s overall health. Have you ever thought about what stress could do to your body? You...
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