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The importance of hip internal rotation
Heidi Dawson Sports & FitnessHip joint internal rotation (sometimes also called medial rotation) occurs when the femur rotates within the hip joint, toward the mid-line of the body. It also occurs in standing when the lower limb is fixed and the pelvis rotates — so the left side ASIS moves in front of the right side, for example, or vice versa on the other side.
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Winning the war against brain tumors with nanotechnology
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareThe Greeks used the Trojan horse to enter the city of Troy and win the war after a fruitless 10-year siege. For brain tumors, the war is ongoing, but researchers may have finally found their secret weapon using nanotechnology.
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FDA examining regulations for 3‑D printed medical devices
Renee Eaton EngineeringThe official purpose of a recent FDA-sponsored workshop was "to provide a forum for FDA, medical device manufacturers, additive manufacturing companies and academia to discuss technical challenges and solutions of 3-D printing." The FDA wants "input to help it determine technical assessments that should be considered for additively manufactured devices to provide a transparent evaluation process for future submissions."
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The nurse speaks: Making our voices heard
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareWhen there's a major public health crisis, doctors are generally the experts sought out by the media to provide commentary on television, radio and other venues of mainstream media. This is how it has always been, and it will continue to be this way without a major shift in nurses' self-awareness and media-savvy assertiveness.
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How ERs are preparing for Ebola in the US
Stephanie McKenzie Medical & Allied HealthcareRight now, there are only four hospital emergency rooms in America with the appropriate biohazard containment units to take care of Ebola patients. That is a rather small number when the possibility of an Ebola outbreak in the United States and North America as a whole is considered.
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Media hype: Have you jumped on the bandwagon?
Jessica Taylor CommunicationsMass media is a substantial power in modern culture, especially in America. We live in a mediated culture — where news both reflects and creates the culture. Our society is continuously bombarded with messages from a multitude of sources promoting not only products, but moods, attitudes and a sense of what is and isn't important in the world.
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Nurses to administrators: We’re not happy about EHRs
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationNurses are not happy about having to use electronic health records (EHRs), a new report suggests. Apparently, 92 percent of nursing staff are dissatisfied with the systems — an all-time high, according to the Q3 2014 Black Book EHR Loyalty survey. The primary reasons cited for their dissatisfaction with EHRs included the levels of disruption in productivity and the impact to their daily workflows.
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Different routes of central venous catheterization and their relative risks
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareCentral venous access catheters have been widely used in hospital setting, and more than 3.4 million of them are placed for patients per year. Some of the benefits of this technique as compared to peripheral access include: greater longevity without infection, avoidance of phlebitis, line security and a potential route for nutritional support as well as fluid administration.
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World’s smallest liver-kidney transplant saves toddler’s life
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareAt 16 months old, Aspen Erickson received her combined liver-kidney transplant in a six-hour procedure at University of Utah Health Care. At the time of the procedure, the physicians did not realize Erickson would be the youngest person ever to undergo CLKTx.
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What are the top financial concerns for physicians?
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcarePracticing medicine continues to be complex and challenging — often to the detriment of physicians' personal financial matters. In fact, 50 percent of physicians believe their profession has more complicated financial needs than other professions.
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