Healthcare providers all over the globe are fighting the good fight, working to inculcate healthy hand hygiene habits among youngsters. In Ottawa, Canada, schoolchildren aged 6 through 9 are following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) six-step hand-washing routine while singing […]
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“Dead Docs Don’t Lie” When Nicole Baldwin, MD, made a playful TikTok touting the benefits of vaccination, she wasn’t expecting to fight an endless social media battle that destroyed her online ratings — and even led to a threat against
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Four physicians and two others protesting their inability to vaccinate migrant detainees at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters here were arrested last Tuesday for failing to comply with federal orders to disperse. They were held for about
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Between 2006 and 2012, more than 32 million prescription pain pills circulated through Berkshire County, Massachusetts, a rural area of about 130,000 people. Patients recovering from opioid addiction are seen at the local emergency department every day, according to Martha
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The effects of climate change call for the many roles that medical providers take on: first responder to disaster, risk educator of patients and public, and — in an almost exact reenactment of Florence Nightingale’s work — defender of clean water, nutritious food, and sanitation.
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The anti-vaccination (“anti-vaxx”) movement is a global phenomenon that has received a great deal of press, but how much do we really know about it? How do educated adults come to turn against medicines that have been saving literally millions
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Department issues guideline on tapering and discontinuation Clinicians seeking to wean patients off opioid painkillers should do so slowly and only with shared decision-making involving the patient, according to a new guideline released Thursday by the Department of Health and
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It was no great leap for Austin Regional Clinic to embrace the concept of population health, an approach that aims to improve the health of groups of people, particularly those with more medically complex conditions. Our medical group was founded
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LAS VEGAS — There’s a lot more to substance abuse disorder than physical dependence, which means that acute detox treatment by itself isn’t an effective therapy, a researcher said here. The real key, said Debra Gordon RN, DNP, of the
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Two reports find that RNs are both personally and professionally affected by natural disasters As communities hit by natural disasters go down the long path to recovery, it’s important to remember that disasters leave more in their wake than physical
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