Category: Nursing

UB’s Margaret Moss earns two AJN Book of the Year Awards

Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, assistant dean of diversity and inclusion in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, was honored with two 2016 Book of the Year Awards by the American Journal of Nursing . Her book, “American Indian Health and Nursing,” was awarded first place in the Professional Issues category, and received second place in the Community/Public Health category.

Campaign launched to help tackle medicine waste

Medicines Waste campaign is a South West Essex initiative designed to raise awareness of the costly issue of unused prescription medicine and highlight the overuse of antibiotics. Healthcare commissioners NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Thurrock CCG have joined forces to reduce the costs of wasted medicines which is estimated to be A 2.5 million a year locallya money that could be better spent on improving services such as 100 extra community nurses.

Northwell Health takes $1M stake in telehealth firm

Northwell Health’s venture capital arm has invested $1 million in Avizia , a telemedicine provider based in Reston, Va., and plans to both use the service and seek to market it to other providers. The two plan to “expand the depth and reach” of Northwell’s telehealth service, while also reaching out to providers around the nation Telehealth is being used more widely lately, due to changes in regulations allowing doctors to practice medicine remotely, improvements in technology and efforts to save money while easing access to expertise.

Shannen Doherty: I’m a cancer slayer

The 45-year-old actress was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015 and has since undergone both chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments, and has taken to Instagram to post a motivational message encouraging people to going through similar treatments to keeping “moving”. On a video of the ‘Charmed’ star at a dance class, she wrote: “Radiation is tiring.

First baby of the year at WDMH

… to Ontario Power Generation for an incredibly generous donation of $10,000 to our new Community Addiction and Mental Health Centre, just in time for the holidays. CCHF Foundation is grateful for OPG’s support to help keep our community healthy. …

Birth control requests rise ahead of Trump

… time and earning her college degree in genetics when she got a serious boyfriend. Thompson sought care at the campus health clinic, where she chose a hormone implant under her skin that prevents pregnancy for up to thee years. ST. LOUIS – Angelica …

Kitty litter helps Wyoming bentonite past drilling slump

The market for a peculiar type of clay is looking up thanks to improved prospects for oil and gas drilling and to cat owners who use the stuff to soak up their pets’ business. Over 90 percent of all bentonite mined in the U.S. and almost half worldwide comes from beds of ancient volcanic ash in Wyoming.

This way to the egress

While the general trend over the past few decades in American society is broadly toward less religiosity, one indicator that seems to buck this trend is belief in the afterlife, which appears to be increasing. Photo courtesy of Tithi Luadthong via Shutterstock.

Returning home

Brother and sister, Dave and Charlene Buescher, stand together in front of Essentia Health’s Christmas tree with presents flown to International Falls from Duluth’s St. Mary’s hospital. Brother and sister, Dave and Charlene Buescher, stand together in front of Essentia Health’s Christmas tree with presents flown to International Falls from Duluth’s St. Mary’s hospital.

Mariah Carey entertains woman living with breast cancer

Christmas arrived a week early for a smiling Larissa Podermanski when she met pop star Mariah Carey Saturday backstage at the Beacon Theater in New York City. Fast-forward to the end of a fairytale night when Podermanski , who grew up in Middletown and Middlefield, spoke to Carey , an international musical diva, during a 15-minute private interlude backstage.

Canberra’s health sector faced changes and challenges on all levels in 2016

Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website – Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. From the beginnings of wide-ranging reforms to the ACT’s health system to bungles in the NDIS roll-out, a bumper influenza season and a Territory election in which health played a central role, 2016 has not been without its dramas.

A child was born

… that will let me be outdoors.” “I’m looking at being a nurse practitioner and either practicing midwifery or women’s health,” she said. “I haven’t decided, but I want to be involved in women’s health in some respect.” Ethan Sumrall said he doesn’t …

Vallejo Adult Day Center seeks participants

The Solano Adult Day Health Care Center in Vallejo will be expanding its outreach in 2017 in hopes of educating the community about its services and adding clients. The center is a free service for people with Medi-Cal who have been diagnosed with a cognitive or developmental disability, chronic mental illness, dementia or Alzheimer’s; or older adults with any condition.

Dramatic audio released of Carrie Fisher emergency call

The pilot of the plane carrying actress Carrie Fisher as she suffered a medical emergency told air traffic control, “We have an unresponsive passenger,” according to audio from the flight. The audio, which was released on Saturday by LiveATC.net and obtained by the Reuters news agency, offered insight into events as they unfolded during Fisher’s medical emergency on Friday.

Nurses Call on Senate to Reject Tom Price as HHS Secretary Policies…

Nurses Call on Senate to Reject Tom Price as HHS Secretary Policies Would ‘Substantially Erode Our Nation’s Health and Security’ WASHINGTON – National Nurses United later Thursday called on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, as well as the full Senate, to reject the nomination of Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Hospitals Succeed in Eliminating Deadly Bedsores

Real World Evidence of PU Reduction Using Early-Detection Technology – An Attack on the UK’s A 2.1bn Health Problem /PRNewswire/ — Using technology adapted from NASA’s Mars lander as part of a large-scale bedsore reduction program, over half of the 13 participating hospitals were able to eliminate the occurrence of new bedsores completely; an additional 3 hospitals achieved reductions ranging from 11% to 90%. Nurses dramatically cut bedsore occurrence by detecting damage developing under patients’ skin early enough to intervene and reverse the damage.

Robotic Therapy Cats Aid Dementia Patients

The Memory Care unit at a Bronx medical facility is utilizing robotic therapy pets to soothe those with varying degrees of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Agitation and anxiety often plague these types of patients, so nursing facilities are using furry robotic friends to reduce the stress and isolation that accompanies the disease.

Routine Testing for Genital Herpes of Little Benefit: U.S. Experts

Routine blood test screening for genital herpes is not recommended for teens and adults — including pregnant women — who don’t have any signs or symptoms of the sexually transmitted disease , a panel of U.S. health care experts says. After reviewing available evidence, the group concluded that the potential harms of screening outweigh the benefits.