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A sick man wearing a mask while holding his head. — Unsplash/FileA recent study has named August 24 as America's most 'sick day' as most sick leaves were filed on this day this year. However, surprisingly does not correspond with…

NHS hospitals may have to start rationing treatment to the sickest patients because of cash constraints, senior health chiefs claimed today.Health Secretary Sajid Javid, under massive pressure to make the struggling NHS more efficient, has…

Some patients with severe COVID-19 who are treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may experience significant lung recovery and return to normal lives with "meaningful" long-term outcomes, according to research published…

The life-support system called ECMO can rescue COVID-19 patients from the brink of death, but not at the rates seen early in the pandemic, a new international study finds. Where once about 60% of such patients survived at least 90 days in…