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Pediatric experts recommend no juice for babies, toddlers
Carolina Pickens Oral & Dental HealthcareEvery parent wants the best for their children, which includes the best oral health for their baby’s smile. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued a recommendation for parents to save fruit juice until after the child’s first year. It also strongly urges parents to give juice in limited amounts after that. The organization’s previous policy recommended no fruit juice for babies younger than 6 months, and limited daily quantities for older children.
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The effect of relationships on your nursing career
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareWhen we consider what truly lies at the center of the world inhabited by most nurses, what we’re really talking about is relationships. For all intents and purposes, relationships are powerful tools that fuel a nurse’s career and professional satisfaction from the starting gate to the finish line. Most nurses work in some form of collaborative environment, and relating with others can be key to successful nursing.
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What to do instead of making accreditation reports publicly available
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationAccrediting organizations (AO) like the Joint Commission evaluate hospitals against established standards of care upon invitation and payment for services. State licensing groups and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) inspect hospitals for compliance with state regulations and Medicare's Conditions of Participation. There is a bit of duplication and overlap between the two types of surveys, and perhaps this led to CMS' decision to allow hospitals accredited by a CMS-approved accreditation program to substitute accreditation under that program for survey by the State Survey Agency.
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Study shows possible relationship between blood sugar, brain cancer
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareMore than 29 million Americans are living with diabetes, and 86 million are living with prediabetes. Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90 to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes, and Type 1 diabetes accounts for about 5 percent. Cancer rates are higher in those with diabetes. However, although many cancers are more common among those with diabetes, a study from The Ohio State University found that cancerous brain tumors are less common among those with elevated blood sugar and diabetes.
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New electronic sepsis alert system drastically reduces missed diagnoses
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareUsing an electronic sepsis alert (ESA) can reduce missed sepsis diagnoses by 76 percent, according to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Doctors in the United States treat more than 75,000 children for severe sepsis each year. Severe sepsis is associated with substantial morbidity, up to 20 percent mortality, and accounts for more than $4.8 billion in U.S. healthcare expenditures.
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Would tax credits for organ donation violate federal law?
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareNew Jersey is the first state in the U.S. considering "no strings attached" tax credits for organ and blood donors.
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Insurer exits leave holes in the marketplace as uncertainty spreads
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAnthem health insurance plans will not be serving Ohio residents through the Affordable Care Act in 2018, the company recently announced. As a result, 10,500 Ohioans will lose their plans. According to reports, residents in 20 mostly rural counties will be without an option for buying individual coverage on the exchange unless another insurer decides to offer plans there in the coming months. The news might be tough to take for citizens in these rural areas, which already traditionally lack proper access to care.
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More faculty needed to ease the nursing shortage
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationThe United States has endured multiple periods of nursing shortages. However, experts predict the impending shortage will be unlike any that has been seen previously. According to employment projections for 2012-2022 from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the total employment of RNs and APRNs by 2022 will increase by more than 570,000 jobs. But taking into account the landfall retirement of baby boomers, there will be a need of 1.13 million new RNs by 2022.
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Study: One-third of the world’s population is overweight
Jessica Taylor Medical & Allied HealthcareSince 1980, the number of obese people has doubled worldwide and is continuing to rise, according to new research. The study, published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine, stated that about a third of the global population is obese.
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Gray hair may predict risk of coronary artery disease in men
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareWe can all probably remember the day we found our first gray hair — some of us as early as high school or college, and some of us in our 30s or 40s. Beyond the beauty and age implications of gray hair, there may be health concerns we should worry about — especially men.
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