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...ing cost of living in California, we can no longer rely on others to educate our nurses." The researchers made the following recommendations for improving nursing education: Increase the numbers of non-white and male nursing students. Make nursing education more accessible (evening and weekend classes...Survey finds chronic pain sufferers unsatisfied with pain treatments
...ely or very effective. In addition, of those that rely on prescription drugs, 52 percent said the therapies are not completely effective or very effective. Many surveyed patients reported suffering from pain for years, with 62 percent experiencing pain for at least five years. Even for those patients ...Range of medical equipment carried in UK front line ambulances varies considerably
...ying them and almost four out of 10 services still rely on inflatable splints despite concerns that they restrict blood circulation. And only a third of ambulance services authorised their staff to decompress tension pneumothorax-where air is trapped in the chest, which can kill if not released-despite ha...Increase in effective contraceptive use can reduce abortion rate
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...telemedicine procedures. "Because many elderly rely on Medicare to pay for their health-care expenses," Jakobsen wrote, "telemedicine will not provide a solution until [Congress and Medicare administrators] promulgate a suitable reimbursement scheme for this type of health-care delivery." The Health...First protein 'biochips' may deliver improved detection, diagnosis
... test the efficacy of chemotherapy. Soldiers might rely on sensors on the battlefield to sound the alarm in the event of a biological or chemical attack. Farmers could place sensors in their fields to alert them to crop diseases. Medical scientists could use the biochips to investigate whether certain pla...ORNL project seeks to pinpoint time since death
...e the uncertainty involved with using methods that rely on observation and opinion....Ritalin and Prozac: Study finds more kids using both drug types together
..., he found that most primary care physicians still rely mostly on referral and counseling, rather than medications like SSRIs, for their young patients. But he also found that many physicians reported a lack of comfort with diagnosing and treating depression in young patients. The new study looks at t...Employers are primary source of health plan information
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...decay in children and adults, he notes. People who rely on bottled water may be at greater risk for tooth decay. According to a survey of 1,000 pediatric patients, 9 percent of the children used bottled water as their primary source of drinking water. "Children should be considered for prescribed fluorid...12 UNC institutions to examine how N.C. counties handle welfare reform
...ly because North Carolina is one of 10 states that rely on counties to deliver social service programs, Wright said. In fact, North Carolina might have the most decentralized system in the country for delivering social services. "The federal government is trying to get states to take on more responsibil...Health phone lines hampered by public's poor understanding of the term 'unconscious'
...ially when using services accessed by phone. These rely on correctly determining key facts from the caller. Level of consciousness is an important indicator of the severity of head injury and a range of other illnesses. And loss of consciousness is one of the criteria used to judge whether a patient merit...Copper-lowering drug stabilizes advanced cancer in anti-angiogenesis trial
...in the treatment of cancer and other diseases that rely on angiogenesis. The University is currently in negotiations with a pharmaceutical company to fund further research, part of which will be directed at testing the efficacy of new compounds with similar copper-lowering effects. The research was fun...Emotional support during conflict situations elevates blood pressure in African-American boys
...g placed in a dependent position such as having to rely on emotional support during a stressful task. They may also show greater cardiovascular reactivity than females under certain stressful social conditions because of an increased desire to exert effort and demonstrate control." "An increase in bloo...The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists releases latest findings at Annual Meeting
...arts. This new data is a red flag for patients who rely heavily on aspirin or ibuprofen for pain relief. Contraceptive Gel Prevents Spread of AIDS, Herpes and Chlamydia -- Using cellulose sulfate (CS), a clinically proven contraceptive agent in the 1960s and 70s, scientists have developed a patented new......tion Current strategies for protein purification rely heavily on chromatography, inwhich a moving sample is adsorbed or bound by a stationary material, usually aporous resin in the form of small, spherical beads. In contrast, the new approach sends a sample directly through the microscopicpores of a pol...