Recent Articles
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Transoral robotic surgery cuts patient recovery time
Carolina Pickens Oral & Dental HealthcareOral cancer is diagnosed in almost 50,000 Americans each year and has a 57 percent survivability rate past five years, according to research from the Oral Cancer Foundation. The number of diagnoses has been fairly constant in oral and pharyngeal cancer for decades, but survivability has actually gone up in the last 10 years. This can be attributed to the increasing percentage of patients with dental insurance attending annual appointments (when oral cancer is most often recognized and diagnosed earlier), the spread of HPV-related oral cancer (which is easier to treat) and advances in diagnostic tools for dentists and oral specialists.
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Push your shooting skills beyond what you think you’ll need
Mike Ox Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityShortly after the invasion of Iraq began, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld famously said, "You go to war with the army you have — not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time." This truth applies to armies at war, but it also applies to individuals in a fight for their lives — whether it's a soldier overseas or law enforcement or a civilian at home.
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3 new LinkedIn features your company should use
Emma Fitzpatrick CommunicationsIf you're a social media marketer or a recruiter, get ready for a change you'll love. LinkedIn is getting the updates it desperately needs.
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Nurses must step up as leaders in healthcare debate
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareIn hospitals and long-term care centers, community centers and homes, nurses continue to be the front-line workers in healthcare.
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Schools across the US fighting to stamp out bullying
Bambi Majumdar EducationTo combat a particular aspect of bullying, the Minnesota Department of Education made news with its recent announcement that it will provide the region's schools with a transgender "toolkit." The district's advisory council on bullying prevention and intervention efforts has approved a set of "tools" to create and support inclusive environments for transgender and gender-nonconforming students.
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McCain’s surprise vote kills ACA ‘skinny repeal’
Seth Sandronsky Healthcare AdministrationThe Republican Party's bid to overturn the Affordable Care Act ended with a whimper early Friday morning when Sen. John McCain cast the key no vote.
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EHRs may not improve revenue or hospital operations
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThere are certainly benefits to using electronic health records, including the possibility of improving clinical outcomes. We don't need a study or survey to tell us this, though there is one. If we to dig into some data, we find the best return on investment of the technology is the use of EHR data (24 percent) and increasing operational efficiencies (10 percent), according to a recent study — I told you there was one — that gathered feedback from leading healthcare professionals.
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Your spare fleet is just as important as your front-line apparatus
Frank R. Myers Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityMaintaining and keeping your spare apparatus fleet functioning and assuring that it stays cosmetically respectable is crucial for your department. One main reason is that during off-duty special events, your spare trucks are the ones seen by masses of tourists, visitors, residents and citizens. The other reason is that it needs to be ready 24/7/365 in case of a disabled front-line apparatus.
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Upping the ante on indoor air quality
Andrew Gaved Facilities & GroundsThe debate around indoor air quality in the UK has gathered momentum in the face of an apparent reluctance by the British government to grasp the connection between indoor and outdoor pollution.
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FDA draft Guidance on new dietary ingredients: Do you need to file?
Amy Scanlin PharmaceuticalThe August 2016 draft Guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs) broadened the definition of what the FDA considers an NDI, leading many manufacturers to wonder if they should submit notifications for products they've had on the market for years. This article explains the issues and discusses steps manufacturers should take to avoid FDA action.