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Opioid prescription practices among emergency physicians
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareTreating pain is a large part of emergency medicine, often involving aggressive treatment to get a patient's pain under control in a timely manner. In fact, up to 42 percent of emergency department (ED) visits are related to painful conditions. But striking a balance between managing pain effectively and possibly sowing the seed for drug addiction or feeding a pre-existing drug addiction remains challenging.
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History of migraine associated with ischemic stroke
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareCervical artery dissection (CEAD) is a common cause of ischemic stroke (IS) in younger adults, with a prevalence of up to 20 percent in younger patients and an annual incidence rate of 2.6 to 2.9 per 100,000. The actual incidence of CEAD-IS may be even greater, as self-limited clinical symptoms may cause many cases to go undiagnosed. Previous studies suggest an association between migraines, particularly migraines without auras, but these studies were small.
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Marathon runners may risk kidney damage
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Sports & FitnessThe nation's biggest marathon is coming up next week, luring runners from all over the world to Boston to challenge their body and spirit. And it is quite a challenge as a new study supports what other investigations have shown: marathon runners risk serious health consequences with the exertion and loss of fluids that take place over the hours spent running the course.
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Nurses to rally in DC again to promote safe staffing
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationOn May 12, 2016, on an overcast cool morning, a grassroots movement took a stand on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds of nurses from around the country gathered to bring attention to patient-nurse ratios. But more importantly, they gathered to show their fellow healthcare workers that they would no longer be silent when it came to patient safety.
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Study: Vitamin E, selenium not effective for dementia
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareA well-balanced diet is good for health, and this applies to people of any age. There are many products that are marketed to add to a deficient diet or to enhance an already good diet. Products that are claimed to help prevent or slow Alzheimer's disease (AD) are part of this market.
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Turning spinach into human heart tissue
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareLike Popeye, we have all grown up knowing the health benefits of eating leafy green spinach. Belonging to the chenopodiaceae family (also known as goosefoot), spinach is part of a family of nutritional powerhouses. As for its benefits, dark green spinach leaves contain high levels of chlorophyll and health-promoting carotenoids (beta carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin), which are touted to have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancerous properties — especially important for healthy eye-sight, helping to prevent macular degeneration and cataracts.
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Mobile apps for ambulatory surgery follow-up show promising signs
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareMobile apps in healthcare may finally be taking hold and finding some relevance in the sector, at least in one specific area — breast reconstruction. Specifically, the journal JAMA Surgery reports that access to a mobile app allowed ambulatory breast reconstruction patients to submit photos to their physicians and report information to physicians, resulting in fewer post-surgery follow-up appointments.
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Non-nursing knowledge and your nursing career
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareAs a nurse, you have a breadth and depth of specialized knowledge that spans both the clinical and nonclinical. Whether you work in the ICU, hospice or school nursing, you hold significant expertise in your nursing brain. A nurse is more than just her clinically related knowledge. Have you ever considered how your non-nursing knowledge can feed and empower the nurse you are and make you a more effective clinician, researcher or educator?
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I scratch, you scratch: A study of contagious itching in mice
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareWe begin to recognize emotions in others at an early age and copy what we see. The urge to mimic the emotional behavior of others — called emotional contagion — continues throughout life. For example, researchers know that people with autism struggle with decoding the emotional content of faces, bodies and sounds. But for most, seeing someone in distress makes "mirror neurons" in the brain that cause similar feelings.
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How worried should you be about artificial turf and your kids?
Judith Villarreal Sports & FitnessFrom after-school sports to your child's daycare playground, artificial grass has quickly become the preferred material surface for schools, sports fields and recreational parks because it is low maintenance and cost-efficient. Drought-resistance artificial turf can save homeowners, school boards and recreation departments from the costly expense of watering grass to keep it healthy and green.
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