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Health Leaders To Double Wisconsin Pressure Ulcer Care Specialists

The following organizations announced a collaborative effort to certify 200 Wisconsin registered nurses who work in long-term care as certified pressure ulcer specialists: * Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services * Wisconsin Health Care Association * Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging * Wisconsin Directors of Nursing Council * National Alliance [...]

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Lifeway Foods Switches To Hormone Free Milk

Lifeway Foods, makers of the nutritious, probiotic dairy beverage called kefir, announced today that they are now using milk that comes from cows not treated with hormones. This 100% certified hormone free milk comes with a Farmers Pledge, which Lifeway will market on the labels of its products. This change came as a response to [...]

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Strong Student Connection To School Community Key To Preventing Violence

In a report issued by McLean Hospital, the United States Secret Service and the United States Department of Education, researchers note that creating a positive school climate in which students believe the school staff genuinely wants to hear from them about threats or possible attacks is critical to preventing future Columbine-like school violence. The 15-page [...]

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Top Ten Ways to Identify a Doctor

Medical doctors have an interesting way of looking at things and events. These ways sometimes stand out in our social setting and that helps Dr. Toni Brayer of Everything Health (healthwise-everythinghealth.blogspotdotcom) to list top ten funny ways on how to identify a doctor. 1. He can tell you something really bad in a nice way. [...]

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Scottish Suicide Higher Due To Drink And Drugs

Alcohol and drug misuse mean Scots are almost twice as likely to kill or take their own life compared to people living in England and Wales, research published today (Monday, June 16) reveals. The findings by The University of Manchester’s National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCI) also show [...]

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Canadian Approach To Wound Care Serves As International Mode

A made-in-Canada approach to wound care pioneered by clinical researchers from Women’s College Hospital is serving as a model for international health care providers. Prof. Gary Sibbald, Director of Women’s College Hospital’s Wound Healing Clinic, is today’s keynote speaker at the Third Congress of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies. He presents his model [...]

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Is Your Tween Prepared To Stay Home Alone This Summer?

Whether it be for two hours or an entire day, millions of tweens – children ages 11 to 13 – will be left home alone this summer, despite their parents’ concerns that they may not have the knowledge and skills they need to stay safe at home. According to a report released today by the [...]

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New PET Scan Probe To Monitor Immune System

Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have modified a common chemotherapy drug to create a new probe for positron emission tomography (PET), an advance that will allow them to model and measure the immune system in action and monitor its response to new therapies. The discovery, published June 8 in the early online edition [...]

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Vitamin D Findings Point To New Heart Failure Treatment

Strong bones, a healthy immune system, protection against some types of cancer: Recent studies suggest there’s yet another item for the expanding list of Vitamin D benefits. Vitamin D, “the sunshine vitamin,” keeps the heart, the body’s long-distance runner, fit for life’s demands. University of Michigan pharmacologist Robert U. Simpson, Ph.D., thinks it’s apt to [...]

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NYC Restaurants To Go Trans-Fat-Free

In a few weeks, New York City restaurants will finish the job of eliminating artificial trans fat from the food they serve. The final phase of the City’s trans fat regulation takes effect July 1, requiring restaurants to clear artificial trans fat from all their menu items. When first implemented last year, the new standard [...]

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Surgical Teams Reminded To Ensure Patient Safety

To encourage surgical teams to %26quot;take time out%26quot; before every operation to confirm correct patient, correct procedure, correct surgical site, and other important information to ensure patient safety, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is partnering with the Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety (CSPS) and The Joint Commission to recognize National Time Out [...]

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Healthcare Reforms For Uninsured Fail To Address Mental Illness

New data indicates that more than one in four adult Americans without medical insurance have a mental illness or substance use disorder, or both. But many state healthcare initiatives intended to cover the uninsured are neglecting these conditions, according to a report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the National Council for [...]

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