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Healthcare Finance
Medical errors are common in healthcare — too common. Such errors can result in patient harm, and unfortunately, the picture hasn't improved much over the past decade-plus, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.
Nurses in particular aren't impressed. Over 80 percent of nurses rated the clinical work environments in their hospitals as less than excellent. Close to 30 percent of nurses gave their hospital an unfavorable grade on infection prevention, and more than 30 percent scored in the high burnout range on standardized tests.
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CNN
Two signs of the times: another mass shooting and more Twitter outrage. This time, though, the barbs over social media came from the medical community in response to a tweet from the National Rifle Association.
The piling-on began after the NRA tweeted a link to an article from its Institute of Legislative Action. The article, titled "Surprise: Physician Group Rehashes Same Tired Gun Control Policies," was promoted with these words: "Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane. Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves."
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Healthcare IT News
If you think the digitization of nursing is just about nurses filling out scores on a mobile device, it’s time to think again: artificial intelligence could be about to revolutionize the way nurses do their jobs. Recent digital developments include bottles which automatically issue reminders to drink, diapers that sound an alert when wet and sensor-equipped stoma pouches.
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USA Today
Cigarette smoking has reached the lowest level ever recorded among U.S. adults – and the youth smoking rate dropped even further, the federal government reported recently. Vaping was supposed to help smokers transition away from cancer-causing tobacco, and so reduce the smoking rate.
But the practice has also drawn alarming numbers of non-smoking teens.
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By Keith Carlson
 When it comes to patient care, both nurses and physicians are crucial to the delivery of positive medical outcomes. In terms of the relationship between the members of nursing and medical teams, seamless cooperation and communication are what make the team approach truly successful. Thus, the nurturing of positive nurse-physician relationships is central to the earnest pursuit of high-level teamwork and results. In simplistic terms, poor relations between nurses and their physician colleagues can either be strengthened with respect or derailed by disrespect.
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NPR
On Fox News and other media outlets, guests have said that the migrant caravan walking to the United States could bring dangerous diseases like leprosy, tuberculosis and smallpox.
Health authorities in Mexico City, where thousands of migrants are now camped, have found no evidence of leprosy or TB, and smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980. But there are health issues, to be sure.
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Medical News Today
Scientists have developed a simple way of altering antibiotics that could make them much more powerful against infections caused by drug-resistant microbes.
A simple chemical modification could boost antibiotics' effectiveness in the fight against microbial resistance.
The method made the antibiotic vancomycin much more powerful against two strains of bacteria that had become drug-resistant.
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Healio
Cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with longevity in middle-aged men who were free from CVD, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Johan S.R. Clausen, MD, of the epidemiological research unit of the departments of occupational and environmental medicine at Bispebjerg University Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues analyzed data from 5,107 men (mean age, 49 years) from the Copenhagen Male Study who did not have CVD upon completion of a questionnaire at enrollment.
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New York Daily News
The mood disorder that comes after childbirth has been linked with having a boy in a new study out of England’s University of Kent. In fact, the odds of developing postpartum depression for moms of males is boosted by an astounding 71 to 79 percent, compared to moms of female infants.
The reason is because postpartum depression is associated with an inflammatory immune response, which has been linked with both the gestation of male fetuses and birth complications. Inflammatory immune response occurs when tissues are injured by bacteria, trauma, toxins or other causes.
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Associated Press
A new version of the once-popular asthma inhaler Primatene Mist will soon return to U.S. stores.
The original Primatene Mist was discontinued seven years ago because the inhaler’s ozone-depleting propellant had been banned. That version had been marketed for half a century, including in memorable TV ads. The new product developed by Amphastar Pharmaceuticals uses a safer propellant. The inhaler will cost about $25 and contain 160 doses. It should be available by the end of the year.
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CNN
Women who are naturally early risers were found to have lower risk of developing breast cancer than evening types in a new study. One in 100 women who considered themselves morning people developed breast cancer, compared with two in every 100 women who called themselves evening people.
Cancer risks associated with a person's body clock and sleep patterns have been reported in previous research and the UK researchers wanted to explore sleep traits in more detail, as well as any genetic factors underlying this.
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Medical News Today
Some of the main factors that can predispose a person to heart attack include smoking cigarettes, having high blood pressure and high cholesterol, being overweight, and having diabetes. Researchers from the George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom have conducted a study that indicates that women may be more affected by certain risk factors for heart attack than men.
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