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Can the United Nations actually eliminate AIDS by 2030?
Katina Hernandez Medical & Allied HealthcareAt a United Nations conference in Addis Ababba, Ethiopia, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced some exciting news: The U.N. has reached its goal of reducing HIV and AIDS-related infections nine months before expected.
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Nurse entrepreneurship is exploding across the US
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationPlenty of enterprising nurses have owned businesses over the years, but entrepreneurship and business savvy among nurses is veritably exploding in the early 21st century. With an increasing number of states within the U.S. allowing advanced practice nurses (APRNs) to manage patient care without a supervising physician, APRNs are realizing that they can serve the public as independent medical providers.
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New study damages old heart attack theory
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareMedical researchers have been examining the link between excess calcium in heart cells and the death of those cells during heart attacks. But a new study at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine appears to throw a monkey wrench into this line of work. A previous study at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine demonstrated how the enzyme CaM kinase II triggers heart cell death following heart damage, showing the action takes place in the cells' energy-producing mitochondria. In animal tests, the team reported that blocking the enzyme could prevent heart cells from dying and protect the animals from heart failure.
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Could nap rooms help hospital shift workers?
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationImagine you have been up all night, caring for a newborn. You are sleepy, yet need to remain alert. At 6 a.m., you sit down to feed and burp the precious new life. You begin to feel drowsy as you take in the aroma of the newborn. Next thing you know, the infant has fallen to the ground out of your grasp.
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Mystery and fantasy: Physicians branch out as fiction writers
Christina Thielst Medical & Allied HealthcareIn the last few years, I've received several fictional books written by physicians. This has caused me to pause and wonder about when exactly these guys have the time to write stories. I've known many physicians throughout my long career, and I had never thought of them as authors for the masses. But perhaps I should have recognized this potential outlet to the stressors they experience sharpening their skills and caring for others every day.
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Survey: Telemedicine use on the rise
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe latest telehealth report — one of many in a recent string — suggests the market is finally maturing. "Telehealth Index: 2015 Physician Survey" found strong support exists for video-based telemedicine, more so than telephone or email communications. The survey by American Well and QuantiaMD spoke with more than 2,000 primary doctors.
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Reflections of a pharmacist: The new FDA NSAID warning
Jason Poquette PharmaceuticalOn July 9, the FDA published a new drug safety warning indicating there is a greater risk of heart attack or stroke related to the use of nonaspirin NSAIDs than previously believed. This warning soon spread to all the national and local media and the questions started pouring in.
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Borrowing lower tax rates with LLCs, FLPs
By David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, and Carole Foos, CPA Healthcare AdministrationEveryone wants to reduce income taxes. Limited liability companies (LLCs) and family limited partnerships (FLPs) are tools that can allow for tax savings on passive income by "borrowing" the lower tax rates of family members. FLPs and LLCs are quite similar. You can think of them as closely related, like brothers and sisters, as they share many of their best characteristics.
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The perfect storm for a pilot shortage: Part III
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThe declining number of retired military pilots entering civil aviation, coupled with the potentially-crippling proposed limits on the use of Veterans Administration educational benefits for civil flight training, promises to place more pressure than ever on civilian-track students to fill an emerging pilot shortage, including for helicopter EMS. But given the high cost of helicopter training — up to $300,000 — and a lack of affordable student loans to finance it, will enough young men and women choose helicopter flying as a career?
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Do we listen enough to our nurses?
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationNurses walk this earth as the holders of specialized knowledge. They are educators, researchers, caregivers, leaders, healthcare providers, managers and entrepreneurs. The nursing process instills in nurses the practice of critical thinking, as well as the ability to reassess an outcome, deeply examine an entrenched way of thinking, or re-evaluate a previously-agreed-upon course of action. These are profoundly useful skills.
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