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<title><![CDATA[Economic Incentives Increase Blood Donation without Negative Consequences]]></title>













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		Can economic incentives such as gift cards, T-shirts, and time off from work motivate members of the public to increase their donations of blood?A team of researchers including Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Assistant Professor Mario Macis says the answer is an emphatic yes. Pointing to a lar...

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<title><![CDATA[Laws To Lower Alcohol Limits Mean Lower Fatalities]]></title>













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		The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB) is proposing that the legal limit for a driver’s blood-alcohol content be reduced from 0.08 to 0.05, but and that may not be far enough says Thomas Esposito, MD, MPH, chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Burns in the Department of...

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<title><![CDATA[Discovery of Origins of a Unique Form of Asthma May Lead to a Precision Medicine Approach to Treatment]]></title>













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		Little is known about why asthma develops, how it constricts the airway or why response to treatments varies between patients. Now, a team of researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, Columbia University Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Medical Center has revealed the roots of a common type of ...

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<title><![CDATA[Adenoid-Tonsil Surgery Improves Outcomes for Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea]]></title>













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		Children with obstructive sleep apnea who had a common surgery to remove their adenoids and tonsils showed notable improvements in behavior, quality of life and other symptoms compared to those treated with “watchful waiting” and supportive care. However, there was no difference between both groups ...

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<title><![CDATA[The Compound in the Mediterranean Diet that Makes Cancer Cells &lsquo;Mortal&amp;#39;]]></title>













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		New research suggests that a compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells’ “superpower” to escape death.By altering a very specific step in gene regulation, this compound essentially re-educates cancer cells into normal cells that die as scheduled.One way that cancer cells...

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<title><![CDATA[COPD Over-Diagnosed Among Uninsured Patients]]></title>













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		More than 40% of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the diagnostic “gold standard” for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.“While there have been many studies of the under-diagnos...

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<title><![CDATA[Educating Children and Parents Key to Preventing Dog Bites]]></title>













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		The Emergency Department at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego treats an average of five dog bites per week. And we hear the same story all too often from perplexed parents: “Our dog has never bitten anyone. The kids and the dog play nicely together all the time. Then today, 'out of the blue,' he bi...

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<title><![CDATA[PhD Graduates Join Pipeline of Nurses Prepared to Fill Faculty Positions in the Garden State]]></title>













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		After four years of innovation in response to New Jersey’s nurse faculty shortage, the New Jersey Nursing Initiative (NJNI) will reach a milestone during the spring graduation season: the first New Jersey Nursing Scholars to complete PhD degrees. Following the graduation of five PhD scholars at Seto...

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<title><![CDATA[Less Sleep Associated With Increased Risk of Crashes for Young Drivers]]></title>













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		A study by Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk, MSc, PhD, of The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia, and colleagues suggests less sleep per night is associated with a significant increase in the risk for motor vehicle crashes for young drivers. (Online First)Questionnaire responses were a...

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<title><![CDATA[Leading Explanations for Whooping Cough's Resurgence Don't Stand Up to Scrutiny]]></title>













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		Whooping cough has exploded in the United States and some other developed countries in recent decades, and many experts suspect ineffective childhood vaccines for the alarming resurgence.Some say the vaccine wears off quicker than public health officials had previously believed. Others suggest tha...

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<title><![CDATA[Women with Severe Injuries Are Less Likely than Men to Be Treated in a Trauma Center]]></title>













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		Women are less likely than men to receive care in a trauma center after severe injury, according to a new study of almost 100,000 Canadian patients.“Gender-based disparities in access to healthcare services in general have been recognized for some time and evidence is emerging that these dispariti...

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<title><![CDATA[72% of Pregnant Women Experience Constipation and Other Bowel Problems]]></title>













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		Nearly three out of four pregnant women experience constipation, diarrhea or other bowel disorders during their pregnancies, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found.But such bowel disorders have only minimal impacts on pregnant women’s quality of life, the study found.The study by sen...

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<title><![CDATA[Teens Experience Both Sides of Dating Violence]]></title>













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		Teens in a relationship that involves dating violence are likely to be both a victim and perpetrator, as opposed to being just one or the other, finds a recent study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. In some situations teens play both roles with one partner or they’ll play one role in a given rel...

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<title><![CDATA[Predominately Black Hospitals Provide Poor Trauma Care]]></title>













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		Victims of trauma are at higher risk of either dying or suffering a major complication if they are treated at a hospital that serves a large population of black patients, finds a large new study in Health Services Research.This discrepancy persists despite efforts to reduce healthcare disparities ...

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<title><![CDATA[African American Students Drink More Soda When Available at School]]></title>













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		The availability of sugar-sweetened or diet soda in schools does not appear to be related to students’ overall consumption, except for African-American students, who drink more soda when it’s available at school, finds a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.These findings are from ...

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<title><![CDATA[Cancer Diagnosis Puts People at Greater Risk for Bankruptcy]]></title>













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		People diagnosed with cancer are more than two-and-a-half times more likely to declare bankruptcy than those without cancer, according to a new study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Researchers also found that younger cancer patients had two- to five-fold higher bankruptcy rates compare...

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<title><![CDATA[Passenger Car Drivers Are More Likely to Die in Crashes with SUVs, Regardless of Crash Safety Ratings]]></title>













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		Most consumers who are shopping for a new car depend on good crash safety ratings as an indicator of how well the car will perform in a crash. But a new University at Buffalo study of crashes involving cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) has found those crash ratings are a lot less relevant than ...

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<title><![CDATA[Severe Case of the Cutes Cures Stress at Hopkins Nursing]]></title>













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		Just add dogs. It turns out that’s a fairly easy recipe for taking a bit of the stress out of the room, one that Caitanya Min, Trad ’13, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) believes should be served every time exam season rolls around. Her fellow students got a feel for what M...

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<title><![CDATA[Preschoolers Affected by Medication-Related Poisonings at an Alarming Rate]]></title>













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		Poisonings in young children have increased over the past decade, mainly due to medications in the home. A new study led by the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, found that medication-related poisonings in children younger than 6 increased by 33% during the 11-year study ...

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<title><![CDATA[Tavenner Confirmed as CMS Administrator]]></title>













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		Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 91-7 vote makes Tavenner the first confirmed CMS leader since 2006.When Tavenner was first nominated in late 2011 she did not receive Senate confirmation. She succeeded form...

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<title><![CDATA[What Impacts Whether African Americans Call 9-1-1 Immediately for Stroke Symptoms?]]></title>













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		African-Americans know the signs of stroke, but concerns about medical cost, ambulance response time and unfamiliarity with the need for prompt hospital care impacted whether they called 9-1-1 immediately.A study that included 77 African-Americans in Flint, Michigan, revealed barriers among adults...

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<title><![CDATA[College of Nursing Receives Community Grant to Engage Local Residents in Health and Wellness &ldquo;One Street at a Time&rdquo;]]></title>













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		The Ohio State University College of Nursing and Making a Difference, Inc. have teamed up to win a $60,000 dollar grant from The Ohio State University Office of Outreach and Engagement to address health disparities by implementing a comprehensive community health and wellness program in a Near East ...

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<title><![CDATA[Women with Chronic Physical Disabilities are No Less Likely to Bear Children]]></title>













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		Like the general public, healthcare professionals may hold certain stereotypes regarding sexual activity and childbearing among women with disabilities. But a new study finds that women with chronic physical disabilities are about as likely as nondisabled women to say they are currently pregnant, af...

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<title><![CDATA[Loyola Names Nurse of the Year]]></title>













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		Joyce Despe, RN, was named Loyola University Health System’s Fanchon Knight Nurse of the Year during its annual Nursing Excellence Award Ceremony on May 8. Despe is a nurse on a surgical services floor at Loyola University Medical Center. “Joyce represents nursing at its best,” said LUHS Nurse Man...

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<title><![CDATA[Weight Gain Linked with Personality Trait Changes]]></title>













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		People who gain weight are more likely to give in to temptations but also are more thoughtful about their actions, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.To understand how fluctuations in body weight might relate to perso...

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