| Two New Trustees Named to ARRT Board | |
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| Lisa Bartenhagen, MS, RT(R)(T)(ARRT), and Barbara J. Smith, MS, RT(R)(QM)(ARRT), FASRT, FAEIRS, have been appointed to four-year terms on the ARRT Board of Trustees, beginning...
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| Brain Makes Call on Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone | |
| If you’re a left-brain thinker, chances are you use your right hand to hold your cell phone up to your right ear, according to a newly published study from Henry Ford Hospital...
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| Researchers Analyze How Spanish Smoking Relapse Booklets Are Distributed | |
| Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida healthcare and social service agencies distribute Libres para Siempre (Fo...
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| Predominately Black Hospitals Provide Poor Trauma Care | |
| 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, find...
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| Teens Experience Both Sides of Dating Violence | |
| 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 Jo...
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| African American Students Drink More Soda When Available at School | |
| 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 mor...
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| New Data for the Treatment of Preeclampsia: Preclinical Research Shows PLX Cells May Be Effective in Treating Preeclampsia | |
| Could the answer to repairing the ailing placenta in preeclampsia lie within the stem cells of a healthy placenta? New promising evidence may lead scientists to answer that qu...
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| Cancer Diagnosis Puts People at Greater Risk for Bankruptcy | |
| 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 Canc...
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| Passenger Car Drivers Are More Likely to Die in Crashes with SUVs, Regardless of Crash Safety Ratings | |
| 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 ...
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| Nearly 50% Increase in ICU Admissions | |
| A study released by George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) researchers offers an in-depth look at hospitals nationwide and admissions...
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| Preschoolers Affected by Medication-Related Poisonings at an Alarming Rate | |
| 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 Childr...
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| Women with Chronic Physical Disabilities are No Less Likely to Bear Children | |
| Like the general public, healthcare professionals may hold certain stereotypes regarding sexual activity and childbearing among women with disabilities. But a new study finds ...
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| Severe Case of the Cutes Cures Stress at Hopkins Nursing | |
| 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...
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| Remembering Robin Anthony McKenzie (Obituary) | |
| *Posted from The McKenzie Institute website http://www.mckenziemdt.org/robin-mckenzie-obituary.cfm
Robin Anthony McKenzie, CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), NZCP (HLM), Dip...
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| Loyola Names Nurse of the Year | |
| 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...
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| The Lupus Initiative Unveils Free Curriculum and Education Materials to Advance Care For Patients Fighting Devastating Autoimmune Disease | |
| The Lupus Initiative, a national provider education program led by the American College of Rheumatology, has announced a new easy-to-use curriculum and tools aimed to help med...
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| COPD Foundation Praises FDA Approval of Breo Ellipta, Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
| The COPD Foundation (COPDF) applauds the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of Breo Ellipta (fluticasone furoate and vilanterol inhalation powder), a long-term, ...
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| The APhA Foundation Announces 2013 Pinnacle Award Honorees | |
| The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation announces the honorees of the 2013 Pinnacle Awards. The Pinnacle Awards, established in 1998 by the APhA Foundation, cel...
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| The Right Stuff: These Simple Items Can Help You Strengthen Your Core | |
| You needn’t spend a cent on fancy equipment to get a good workout. A standing core workout and floor core workout rely on body weight alone. With the help of some simple equip...
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| ACR Foundation Launches National Campaign to Benefit Generations of Future Radiology Leaders | |
| Healthcare in the US is changing, and radiologists, at all career levels, need to obtain the leadership skills necessary to adapt to these changes and keep radiology as centra...
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| Chattanooga’s Speech And Hearing Center Celebrates 60 Years | |
| The Speech and Hearing Center, Chattanooga’s only non-profit speech and hearing organization, will celebrate its 60th year in service as a thriving audiology and speech pathol...
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| MGH Institute to Launch New England’s First Entry-Level Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program | |
| MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston will launch the first Entry-Level Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) degree program in New England beginning in June 2014, one ...
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| What Impacts Whether African Americans Call 9-1-1 Immediately for Stroke Symptoms? | |
| 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 ...
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| Tissue Damage from Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Appears Before Pain Symptoms Appear | |
| Metal-on-metal hip implants can cause inflammation of the joint lining (synovitis) long before symptoms appear, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify th...
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