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Category: Healthcare
What It Means ‘To Be A Nurse’
Last year we recognized National Nurses Week at a time when the COVID pandemic had become so critical no nurse felt much...
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Even Heroes Need Help
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ltVtnCzg9xw The world may be lauding healthcare workers as heroes, but the professionals themselves are exhausted, worn down physically and...
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Family Doctors Are In Demand Everywhere
Family physicians are the most recruited of all doctors. The demand for these family practitioners is expected to grow by...
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It’s Ethical to Pay COVID Volunteers
It is ethically appropriate to pay volunteers who are intentionally infected with the COVID virus as part of clinical research,...
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Healthcare Again Tops the 100 Best Jobs List
The annual 100 Best Jobs list is out from U.S. News and to no one’s surprise healthcare dominates the best of the Best list....
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Study Says Vaccination Is Saving Children’s Lives
Vaccinations against such common diseases as measles, hepatitis and human papillomavirus saved 37 million deaths in low- and middle-income countries...
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Study Finds Cats Can Benefit Kids with Autism
Dogs are the most common service animal, but for children with autism spectrum disorder, cats may be more therapeutic. A...
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Aspirin Use Can Improve Some Cancer Survival Rates
Aspirin appears to boost the survival rate for older people with bladder and breast cancer. “[Increased survival] was primarily strongest...
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Americans Give Nurses High Marks for Ethics
Americans give nurses their highest approval for honesty and ethics, rating them above every other profession in a recent Gallup...
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In-Home Colon Screening Is Rising as a COVID Alternative
The sharp decline in cancer screenings due to the suspension of elective medical procedures has prompted doctors to turn to...
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New Dietary Guidelines Leave Sugar, Alcohol Limits Intact
For good health eat more fruit, vegetables, and whole grains. Get your protein from poultry, beans, nuts, and lean meat....
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Save a Life During National Blood Donor Month
It's National Blood Donor Month, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Across the country, hospitals and blood...
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Colleges Are Turning Away Nursing Students
Despite a nursing shortage that existed well before the COVID-19 pandemic turned it desperate, colleges are turning away tens of...
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The New ‘Normal’ Is Not 98.6
December 22nd, 2020 When mom took your temperature and decided that at 98.6 F you were fine, she might very...
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New Group Will Promote Decentralized Clinical Trials
Several of the world’s healthcare, bioscience and pharmaceutical firms, including such global leaders as AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Biogen have joined...
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COVID Is Prompting Youthful Vapers to Quit
COVID-19 has had at least one positive effect on health: Vaping, the use of e-cigarettes, among teens and young adults...
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Demand for Nurses Is Pushing Travel Pay Sky High
This fall’s surge in COVID cases is creating a nationwide “bidding war” for nurses so intense that pay is soaring...
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Study Shows Age Is No Barrier to Weight Loss
Here’s good news for those seniors who overdid it at the Thanksgiving table: It’s as easy for those over 60...
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Better COVID Treatments Are Saving Lives
We interrupt all the bad news about COVID with this from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: surviving the...
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