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Study: Point-of-care testing speeds treatment, addresses antibiotic resistance
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareResearchers from the University of Southampton in England recently used a point-of-care swab test to quickly diagnose flu and other viral infections in patients with severe respiratory conditions. They found that using the swab in this way can result in shorter courses of antibiotics and a shorter stay in the hospital.
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ACA uncertainty fuels slowdown in healthcare hiring
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAfter the astronomical rise in U.S. job growth in February, the same can't be said for the following month, March. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 235,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent in the first full month of President Donald Trump's term, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported at the time. By the same measurement, the U.S. economy only added 98,000 jobs in March, deeply disappointing analysts who predicted as many 180,000 new hirings.
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Fitting myofascial release into an evidence‑based culture
Walt Fritz Medical & Allied HealthcareHistorically, manual therapy has played an integral part of physical/occupational/massage therapy and more recently speech-language pathology. With the multiple modality brands and styles of branded and nonbranded manual therapy — each seeming to claim such a wide range of tissue-specific targets and effects — it is difficult for the therapist and consumers to make sense of the claims made by each modality.
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Social anxiety disorder: Researchers study genetic causes
Dorothy L. Tengler Mental HealthcareSocial anxiety is normal for everyone, except when the anxiety begins to interfere with living a happy and healthy life. Social anxiety disorder (SAD), or social phobia, involves intense anxiety or fear about various social situations and is the third-most common mental health problem in the world today after alcoholism and depression.
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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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