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Early Catheter Removal, Education Cut CAUTIs in ICUEarly Catheter Removal, Education Cut CAUTIs in ICU
A program led and implemented by nurses reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in the unit with the highest rate in its health system, leading to substantial savings. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Poor education is a 'killer on a par with continued smoking'
Educational policy should be seen as health policy, say authors of a study linking lower levels of education to a higher risk of death.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
HHS Reinforces Limits on Fees for Patient Medical RecordsHHS Reinforces Limits on Fees for Patient Medical Records
'Reasonable costs' do not include search or reviewing work or costs related to upgrades or maintenance of electronic health records or data. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Informed Consent in a Dangerous Medical Resident Hours Study
In a recent post in this space, I wrote about the iCOMPARE research study that is comparing the effects of increasing medical residents' consecutive duty hours with observing the currently prescribed limits on their shifts. According to the study protocol, the primary hypothesis of the research addresses the safety of patients: that mortality under the increased residents' duty hours will not significantly exceed patient mortality under the current mandated standard for medical residents on duty. I argued that the study design is unethical based on what is known about sleep deprivation. The study's goal -- seeing whether m...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Incest, No Sex Education Drive Teen Pregnancies in El SalvadorIncest, No Sex Education Drive Teen Pregnancies in El Salvador
Rape at the hands of relatives and a lack of sex education are driving pregnancies among girls in El Salvador, which is struggling to stem one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in Latin America, according to a top health official. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Education, Reminders Reduce Risky Prescriptions for EldersEducation, Reminders Reduce Risky Prescriptions for Elders
Education and electronic reminders can reduce the prescription of potentially inappropriate medication to older patients discharged from the emergency department, new research shows. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine News Source Type: news
Education Urged With Handy AEDs for Better Cardiac-Arrest Survival Education Urged With Handy AEDs for Better Cardiac-Arrest Survival
Education is"the cornerstone" of programs to promote bystander use of automatic external defibrillators and improve outcomes, researchers say; but some favor a simpler message to the public.Heartwire from Medscape
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Harsh parenting may do more harm than good for children's education
Researchers find that children exposed to harsh parenting are more likely to engage in risky behavior during adolescence, which can harm their education.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Indonesia Orders Recall of ' Vulgar ' Sex-Education Book Indonesia Orders Recall of ' Vulgar ' Sex-Education Book
Indonesia has ordered a publisher to withdraw a sex-education book for children, which addresses the subject of masturbation, for being too vulgar.
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Studies Highlight Gender, Racial Inequalities In Medical Profession
This study simply adds to a variety of other studies published recently suggesting that female physicians face a negative consequence in their work – for a lack of a better explanation – because they’re female,” said Dr. Vineet Arora, who is also at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
A third study in the same journal found that medical students who belong to racial or ethnic minority groups have lower odds of being accepted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor society.
Dr. Dowin Boatright from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut and colleagues looked at ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
LGBT Outcry Persuades Malaysia to Amend Sex Education Video Contest LGBT Outcry Persuades Malaysia to Amend Sex Education Video Contest
Malaysia ' s health ministry has amended a sex education video competition for teenagers, dropping guidelines for a section on how to"prevent" homosexuality and transgenderism, officials said on Wednesday.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Health Education Helps Prevent CVD in Healthy People, Too Health Education Helps Prevent CVD in Healthy People, Too
USPSTF recommendation says behavioral counseling provides positive but modest benefits for preventing cardiovascular disease in those without risk factors.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Regional review of medical education and training in the East Midlands: 2016
This report outlines the findings of a review of medical training and education in the East Midlands. Doctors in training in the region highlighted concerns around patient safety and continuity of care due to inadequate handovers between teams. The review praises the educational governance systems in place in the region but issues around workload and resourcing meant doctors in training can struggle to fit in their learning and development activities
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Knee Surgery Outcomes Linked With Education Level Knee Surgery Outcomes Linked With Education Level
Patients who live in low-income communities and lack a college education may have worse pain after knee replacement surgery than their more educated neighbors, a recent study suggests.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics News Source Type: news
Ergonomics Education Rare in U.S. Surgical Training Programs Ergonomics Education Rare in U.S. Surgical Training Programs
Only a quarter of U.S. surgical-training programs include some type of surgical-ergonomics education (SEE), while 1.5% offer formal SEE, a new survey shows.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
