| Sunday, September 5, 2010 | ||
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| 09/01/2010 | ||
| Radiologists Identify and Treat Teenage Self-Injury | ||
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| Using ultrasound and a minimally-invasive procedure, radiologists can identify and treat patients who engage in a disturbing self-injury behavior known as self-embedding, acco...
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| 09/01/2010 | ||
| Skin Cancer Detection Made Quicker, Easier by Missouri S&T Researchers | ||
| Detection of malignant melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, will soon be quicker and easier thanks to the work of researchers at Missouri University of Science and ...
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| 09/01/2010 | ||
| Rate of Healthcare Associated MRSA Infections Decreasing | ||
| An analysis of data from 2005 through 2008 of nine metropolitan areas in the US indicates that healthcare-associated invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA...
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| 09/01/2010 | ||
| Heavy Packs Can be a Pain in the Back |
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| A backpack bulging with books and school supplies may be a sign of a good student, but doctors at UT Southwestern Medical Center say it can also cause back strain and even ner...
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| 09/01/2010 | ||
| Vegetable of the Month: Chili Peppers | ||
| Hot peppers (chilies) are often used to spice up dishes, and they are especially popular in ethnic cuisine including Mexican, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Arab and Spanish cookin...
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| 09/01/2010 | ||
| What Are the Top 5 Fruits? Expert Reveals How Eating the Wrong Fruits Can Be Worse Than Eating None at All | ||
| An apple a day just doesn’t cut it anymore, and too many apples could make you fat.
That’s the advice of Iva Young, a nutritional expert who warns that the wrong kinds of fr...
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| 09/01/2010 | ||
| NightHawk Posts Report Card From Independent Research Firm's Survey of 355 Customers Serving Nearly 800 Sites | ||
| According to The HSM Group Ltd, an independent, third-party research firm, NightHawk Radiology Services, the leading provider of radiology solutions to radiology groups across...
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| 08/30/2010 | ||
| ARRT Lifts Educational Program Requirements for Reinstating After Five Years: Ethics Compliance and Passing the Exam are All it Takes |
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| Beginning September 1, 2010, individuals whose registration was dropped more than five years after their CE probation end date will no longer be required to re-enroll in and c...
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| 08/30/2010 | ||
| Getting the Facts on Constipation | ||
| While sometimes the solution is simple, for example, short-term use of a laxative or eating more fiber, relieving constipation sometimes can be more difficult. For many older ...
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| 08/30/2010 | ||
| Want to Boost Your Intelligence? Get Out of Your Chair | ||
| If improving their heart and health was not reason enough to get knowledge workers out of their chairs, perhaps the lure to increase their intelligence will.
Sound far fetch...
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| 08/30/2010 | ||
| AOTA Challenges CMS’s 2011 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule | ||
| AOTA submitted comments challenging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2011 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule. AOTA’s comments particularly addre...
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| 08/30/2010 | ||
| AJOG Publishes 5-Year Study of Embolization to Treat Fibroids | ||
| The lead article of the August 2010 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology cites a five year randomized study of women with symptomatic uterine fibroids pres...
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| 08/30/2010 | ||
| Simulation—An Important Tool in Nursing Education | ||
| As the pressure of a looming nursing shortage continues to mount and nursing education programs across the state struggle to keep up with demand due to limited access to clini...
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| 08/26/2010 | ||
| Back-to-School Stress is More than Mental: How Constant Anxiety Can Affect Your Heart and Body | ||
| For some, back-to-school means back to rushing through early morning routines and struggling to remember the little details of the day before. With all of the anxiety that com...
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| 08/17/2010 | ||
| Study Reveals Magnet Hospitals Don't Have Better Working Conditions for Nurses as Might Be Expected | ||
| Magnet hospitals, while widely recognized for better patient safety and outcomes, don’t provide better working conditions for nurses than non-magnet hospitals, according to a ...
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| 08/25/2010 | ||
| New Test Allows Individualized Profiles of Cigarette Smoking | ||
| A test for one of the thousands of chemicals in cigarette smoke has the potential for more accurately estimating smokers’ mouth level exposure and may have applications for de...
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| 08/25/2010 | ||
| Larger Waist Associated With Greater Risk of Death | ||
| Individuals with a large waist circumference appear to have a greater risk of dying from any cause over a nine-year period, according to a report in the Archives of Internal M...
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| 08/24/2010 | ||
| A Promising Target for Developing Treatments Against Parkinson’s Disease | ||
| Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that using specific drugs can protect nerve cells in mice from the lethal effects of Parkinson’s disease. The researchers’ findings are...
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| 08/24/2010 | ||
| New University of Michigan Clinic Dedicated to the Study and Treatment of Sports-Related Concussions | ||
| With the onset of football season, parents, coaches, and athletes need to be on the look out for these serious injuries. ~ KG
Christopher Roth doesn’t remember the train wrec...
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| 08/23/2010 | ||
| Building A Bridge with Cross-Cultural Cancer Education | ||
| Most cancers are easier to treat if detected early, so cancer educators emphasize the benefits of screening and prompt treatment. But for immigrants and other "medically under...
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| 08/23/2010 | ||
| Allergists Offer Ragweed Survival Guide | ||
| August marks the start of misery for as many as one in five Americans who suffer from hay fever, also called seasonal allergic rhinitis. That’s because ragweed, the main cause...
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| 08/23/2010 | ||
| Improved Drug Coverage Under Medicare Associated With Increases in Antibiotic Use | ||
| Antibiotic use appears to have increased among older adults whose prescription drug coverage improved as a result of enrolling in Medicare Part D, with the largest increases f...
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| 08/19/2010 | ||
| Soda Consumption Linked to Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Other Health Concerns | ||
| Drinking too much soda could have health consequences ranging from weight gain to osteoporosis to kidney problems, according to the Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource.
Soda was...
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| 08/19/2010 | ||
| Health Disparities Exist Among Black and Hispanic Kidney Donors | ||
| Black and Hispanic kidney donors are significantly more likely than white donors to develop hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, according to new Saint Louis Uni...
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| 08/18/2010 | ||
| Polio Effects Surfacing Decades Later | ||
| Decades after the last polio epidemic in the United States, people who had long since recovered from the disease are feeling its effects again. The Mayo Clinic Women's HealthS...
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