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17.5% of newly-licensed registered nurses leave first job within a year

Turnover of registered nurses (RNs) is an important and widely used measure in analyzing the health care workforce.

10 Sep 2014

People can become addicted to eating but not to consuming foods high in sugar or fat

People can become addicted to eating for its own sake but not to consuming specific foods such as those high in sugar or fat, research suggests.

10 Sep 2014

Feds allege spinal surgery kickback scheme

During a secretly recorded meeting, McClatchy News reports that a salesman for Reliance Medical Systems promised spinal surgeons that within a month or two of joining the company's program, they could collect enough money to pay for their kids' college educations.

10 Sep 2014

Aerobic activities before school help reduce symptoms of ADHD in children

Paying attention all day in school as a kid isn't easy, especially for those who are at a higher risk of ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

10 Sep 2014

Research specifically targets males' accessibility to emergency contraception

Male shoppers in search of emergency contraception do not always have an easy time making these purchases and may be turned away at their local pharmacies.

10 Sep 2014

Abbott technology may help identify severe infections sooner, lower health care costs

A new study suggests a pioneering testing technology could reduce hospital stays by up to eight days and lower annual health care costs for people with serious infections by approximately $2.2 million (€1.5 million / £1.2 million).

9 Sep 2014

Hospitals see sharp declines in rates of CLABSIs and ventilator-associated pneumonias

Hospitals across the country have seen sharp declines in rates of central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) and ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAPs) among critically ill neonates and children, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics.

9 Sep 2014

Young people who have attempted suicide less likely to have successful professional career later

People who have attempted suicide when young are less likely to have a successful professional career later in life.

9 Sep 2014

National health research forum

Leaders from government, industry, academia and patient advocacy organizations will explore the future of R&D investments, policy trends, public-private partnerships, public health and social sciences research, global health threats and other timely medical and health research issues in panel discussions hosted by Research!America.

9 Sep 2014

Center Director of Omni Eye Surgery describes promising option for managing lid disease

Omni Eye Services, a leading provider of ophthalmologic services at five locations in New York and New Jersey, today announced that Dr. Katherine M Mastrota, Center Director of Omni Eye Surgery in New York City, has written a treatment update for Contact Lenses Today describing a promising "new option for managing lid disease."

9 Sep 2014

Research shown to increase chances of babies surviving neonatal resuscitation

For several Edmonton parents, the work being done by University of Alberta researchers Po-Yin Cheung and Georg Schm-lzer could not be more meaningful.

9 Sep 2014

Patients with COPD would like healthcare professionals to discuss palliative care needs in more detail

Patients with COPD would like healthcare professionals to discuss palliative care needs in more detail, according to a new study.

9 Sep 2014

Most prevalent form of discrimination is due to mental illness and homelessness

Vulnerable populations in ethnically diverse Toronto reported more discrimination by health care workers based on their housing status, mental health or substance abuse issues than race, a new study has found.

9 Sep 2014

CareConnectors, VRI develop new software framework to provide mobile health application

CareConnectors™, developers of the PatientGraph™ Platform and VRI today announced they are developing a new software framework that will provide mobile health application developers with a unified, validated, monitoring data sharing and exchange interface for home telehealth monitoring.

9 Sep 2014

Researchers aim to safely and quickly suppress food allergies in human

In mice, the answer appears to be "yes," but making sure the same can happen in humans is a task that Fred Finkelman, MD, professor of medicine and pediatrics in the University of Cincinnati's (UC) College of Medicine and a researcher at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, is attempting to tackle.

9 Sep 2014

Miriam Hospital receives grant from NIH to prevent spread of sexually transmitted HIV in women

The Miriam Hospital is part of a research collaboration that has received a $20 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an intravaginal ring (IVR) that can deliver powerful antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted HIV in women.

9 Sep 2014

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17.5% of newly-licensed registered nurses leave first job within a year

People can become addicted to eating but not to consuming foods high in sugar or fat

Feds allege spinal surgery kickback scheme

Aerobic activities before school help reduce symptoms of ADHD in children

Research specifically targets males' accessibility to emergency contraception

Abbott technology may help identify severe infections sooner, lower health care costs

Hospitals see sharp declines in rates of CLABSIs and ventilator-associated pneumonias

Young people who have attempted suicide less likely to have successful professional career later

National health research forum

Center Director of Omni Eye Surgery describes promising option for managing lid disease

Research shown to increase chances of babies surviving neonatal resuscitation

Patients with COPD would like healthcare professionals to discuss palliative care needs in more detail

Most prevalent form of discrimination is due to mental illness and homelessness

CareConnectors, VRI develop new software framework to provide mobile health application

Researchers aim to safely and quickly suppress food allergies in human

Miriam Hospital receives grant from NIH to prevent spread of sexually transmitted HIV in women

Viewpoints: Health spending on the rise; GOP's new 'passion for the pill'

5-minute walks can reverse harm caused to leg arteries from prolonged sitting

Non-sodium dietary factor related to increases in systolic blood pressure than sodium intake

Va. lawmaker stabbed by so calls for national mental health system reform

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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