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Why are the wealthy so healthy?
Sabrina Fracassi Medical & Allied HealthcareAuthor Thomas C. Corley spent five years studying the habits of the rich, who he defined as anyone who has an annual income of $160,000 or more. His findings, which culminated into the publication of three different books on the subject, suggest that, among other things, the rich exercise a lot.
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Study: Kidney transplant recipients face higher risk of melanoma
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareKidney transplant recipients face a greater risk of melanoma, according to a recent study published in JAMA Dermatology. Researchers in the study also identified several risk factors for the development of melanoma among those who have received kidney transplants. Recipients who are older, white, use sirolimus or cyclosporine, or received a kidney from a living donor are at higher risk for this type of skin cancer.
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How to explain medical acupuncture to your clients
Heidi Dawson Medical & Allied HealthcareMedical acupuncture, also known as dry needling, is a widely used treatment in the physical therapy field. It started to gain acceptance in our field in the 1980s and has grown in popularity since.
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Cannabidiol may help with seizures, but concerns remain
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareCannabidiol, one of the nonpsychoactive cannabinoids extracted from cannabis plants, has been demonstrated to show efficacy in forms of epilepsy. While initially such reports were only anecdotal, research is evolving to support the initial findings. It remains essential to closely monitor children, adolescents and adults using cannabidiol treatments as there are identified side effects, and further there are side effects that have yet to be explored.
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Nurses, healthcare and tech innovation
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationNurses have embraced new media and digital technologies with varying degrees of enthusiasm since well before the turn of the century. Some nurses and nursing organizations utilize blogs, podcasts, social media and video as platforms for health promotion, entrepreneurship, leadership and career development. Such technologies can continue to be harnessed for the good of the nursing profession and the healthcare ecosystem in general.
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Research: MRI contrast agents accumulate in the brain
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareGadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) are widely used for the diagnosis and monitoring of many diseases. However, emerging research published recently in The Lancet Neurology suggests that these MRI contrast agents accumulate in the brain.
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How vitamins play a role in your mood
Heather Linderfelt Mental HealthcareMost of us try to keep healthy, but even the healthiest of people develop circumstances that reduce their vitamin levels, which can lead to feeling blue. It is well known that deficiencies of certain vitamins and minerals can affect your mental health. Three of the most important are vitamin D, vitamin B and vitamin C.
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Are we turning down kidneys for reasons other than quality?
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcarePoor allograft quality may not be the only reason for turning down a donor kidney, according to a new study published online in the American Journal of Transplantation — factors as unrelated as the stature of the donor or weekend procurement can affect acceptance.
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Caring for patients who have experienced stillbirth
Jessica Taylor Medical & Allied HealthcareAn estimated 2.6 million stillbirths occur worldwide annually, and each year about 24,000 (1 in 160 pregnancies) babies are stillborn in the United States.
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A technique to look inside dangerous blood clots
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareOn average, 274 people die every day from blood clots, one person every six minutes. Each year, 100,000 to 300,000 deaths occur from blood clots, which is greater than the total number of people who lose their lives each year to AIDS, breast cancer and motor vehicle crashes combined.
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