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Surviving The Summer’s Heat Wave - And Be Aware Of Medication Risks

Forbes Healthcare

Tips on surviving the brutal heat waves and staying hydrated. Also, medications which have surprising risks during excess heat. Learn what to watch for to stay safe!

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Teaching Nurses to Think in the Gray Zone

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC How do we teach nurses not to be such black-white thinkers? This is an interesting question that leaders have posed in several recent leadership development sessions. One manager gave an example: Last week, one of my young nurses was assigned to six patients. Working with her was […] The post Teaching Nurses to Think in the Gray Zone appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Air Pollution Makes Cancer Patients More Vulnerable To Cardiovascular Disease

Forbes Healthcare

Even short-term exposure to air pollutants known as fine particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) s linked to a significantly greater risk of cancer patients suffering from and/or dying due to cardiovascular disease.

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FDA Advisory Committee Recommends approval of new Alzheimer’s drug Donanemab

Science Based Medicine

If approved, donanemab would be the third FDA approved disease-modifying beta-amyloid treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The post FDA Advisory Committee Recommends approval of new Alzheimer’s drug Donanemab first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Marijuana Overdoses Are Rising Among The Elderly

Forbes Healthcare

Marijuana poisonings rose sharply among people 65 years of age and older, after Canada legalized the drug according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Innovation doesn’t have to be flashy to make a big impact

KevinMD.com

Labor shortages have become a pressing concern across the health care sector, with the nurse staffing crisis looming large over hospitals and health systems nationwide. A report from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission illuminated the severity of the workforce challenges, revealing a doubling of vacancy rates for registered nurses in the state’s hospitals from 2019 Read more… Innovation doesn’t have to be flashy to make a big impact originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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MUSE and ECG Web Scheduled Outage (North, Central, Calgary and South Zones) - Tuesday June 25, 2024, 20:00-21:00

Connect Care Bytes Blog

The Marquette Universal System for Electrocardiology (MUSE) receives patient tests from ECG carts, monitors, the Holter system, and the Exercise Stress system, and ECG Web is used to view and print data from MUSE. There will be a scheduled outage for MUSE and ECG Web, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, from 20:00 to 21:00, affecting North, Central, Calgary and South Zone Connect Care users only.

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A Neurologist Shares Tips On How To Prevent Hot Car Deaths In Children

Forbes Healthcare

This means children will get dehydrated much more quickly than an adult and they will also suffer from heat exhaustion, heat stroke and death much more quickly.

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A Third Of Younger Women In England Aren’t Getting Key Cancer Test

Forbes Healthcare

Cervical screenings can be uncomfortable, embarrassing and even painful. But the lifesaving tests are a key tool in the fight against cervical cancer.

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