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...il communication in clinical care, there are clear recommendations of the need to confirm that an email has been received. The same should apply to SMS messaging, the authors recommend. Advice on telephone consultations is relevant but additional issues, such as loss of reception, conducting calls in inappropriate...Policy changes have direct effect on nursing home care
...n situations where staffing is well below national recommendations for safe care, the study found. While no states have ideal nursing levels, those states with higher Medicaid reimbursements or higher mandated nursing levels have come closer to meeting the recommendations, according to the analysis published in the ...Steps needed to reduce smoking in the US
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...cally recommended. The authors conclude: "Strong recommendations for any therapeutic intervention cannot be made at present because many trials have small sample sizes and methodological flaws that could have led to biased results. "This disorder will remain controversial until high-quality trials provide clear ...Panel offers guidelines on skin reactions to new class of cancer drugs
...cologist." The special article presents the first recommendations on skin reactions to the new drugs, called Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors (EGFRIs). The guidelines were developed at an international multidisciplinary meeting, including medical oncologists, dermatologists, nurses, and pharmacists. "O...Follow-up care for breast cancer patients is 'devalued and deregulated'
... Mr Donnelly said: "This study shows that the NICE recommendations that follow-up should be no longer than three years are not considered safe or acceptable by specialists, and that the majority of clinics are in breach of these guidelines by choosing to discharge at five or more years after treatment. It might be b...Article outlines current recommendations for treating malaria in the US
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... can we offer patients clear, accurate, and honest recommendations about the various treatment options," said Michael E. Albo, M.D., lead author of the study, and co-director of the UCSD Womens Pelvic Medicine Center. "Today, we have more treatments available than ever before, options which include tradeoffs between...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2007
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...ask Force, and colleagues present the findings and recommendations of the Task Force based on the papers presented in Gastroenterology. We believe the papers presented in this issue of Gastroenterology provide a comprehensive picture of the current thinking and research in overweight and obesity, according to ...