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Researchers: Thermotherapy could fight organ rejection, cancer
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcarePractitioners may someday use heat therapy to reduce organ rejection in transplant patients, fight cancer and treat autoimmune problems, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky.
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Using lasers to detect heart attack and stroke
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareCardiovascular disease (CVD) from atherosclerosis accounts for 29 percent of deaths worldwide and ranks second only to infectious and parasitic disease. Deaths from CVD are often premature, and millions of nonfatal events result in disability.
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A spotlight on violence against nurses
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationNurses have consistently suffered the slings and arrows of their professional service to society. As frontline healthcare workers, nurses are frequently the targets of belligerent (and often violent) patients and families, not to mention irate physicians and fellow nurses intent on bullying their nurse brethren.
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Senate Democrats’ support for single-payer healthcare grows
Seth Sandronsky Healthcare AdministrationOn Sept. 13, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced his Medicare for All Act of 2017, which has the support of 16 Senate Democrats so far. His bill would extend Medicare — the health insurance program for Americans age 65 and up — to the entire U.S. population, phased in over a four-year period.
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Study opens possibility for first diagnostic test for chronic bronchitis
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareScientists have taken a huge step toward understanding chronic bronchitis and developing a diagnostic test for this lung condition. Despite a multitude of tests to assess lung function, including chest X-rays and pulmonary function tests, there is currently no single test for chronic bronchitis nor is there a solid understanding of the biological pathways causing the buildup of phlegm that characterizes the disease.
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Researchers: ‘Sitting really is the new smoking’
Jessica Taylor Medical & Allied HealthcareMore than 40 percent of working people are sitting at a desk from 9-5, and researchers have calculated that this prolonged sedentary behavior contributed to some 433,000 deaths a year from 2002 through 2011.
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Nurses rise against arrest of Alex Wubbels
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationAs many in the healthcare world, I was shocked with the unlawful arrest of nurse Alex Wubbels. In healthcare, there is a brotherhood and camaraderie between our law enforcement officers and healthcare workers, especially nurses. We all are on the front line of public service on a daily basis, making this story even more disturbing.
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Teaching physicians how to interact with transgender patients
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareAccessing appropriate medical care is more challenging for members of the LGBT community than for heterosexual and nontransgender people. Although LGBT people share the same health risks as the rest of society, they also face a profound and poorly understood set of additional health risks because of social stigma.
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4 reasons to include medical acupuncture in your arsenal
Heidi Dawson Medical & Allied HealthcareMedical (Western) acupuncture, aka dry needling, is a rapidly growing field. While acupuncture in its traditional form has been around for thousands of years, medical acupuncture is a much newer field, although still dates back to the 1800s. However, it's only been in the last 30 years that it has gained acceptance as a legitimate treatment method for myofascial pain.
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Few hospitals meet patient expectations
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationPatients' healthcare expectations are on the rise, but hospitals and health systems don't seem to be keeping up, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall & Associates. According to data, using the Healthcare Consumerism Index, only 8 percent of respondents to a national survey are applying customer expectation practices successfully. In other words, health systems are not giving patients what they want.
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