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(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Scientists have found the oldest known evidence of the plague, which sparked deadly outbreaks dating back about 5,500 years ago -- some 200 years earlier than previously thought. The disease has sickened humans for thousands...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare leaders have become increasingly sophisticated in calculating the cost of nurse turnover. We have formulas to estimate vacancy costs, recruitment expenses, orientation costs, contract labor expenditures, and productivity...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) measurements more accurately predicted cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases than a commonly used CV risk scoring system, researchers said. Among...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- I used to help women write birth plans. As a doula, I viewed them as protection: emotional armor against one of the most vulnerable experiences in a woman's life. Women arrived carrying carefully prepared documents outlining...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Whenever Ebola comes, some of the afflicted choose the road to the nearest hospital. Others take the path to the shrine of a traditional healer, often with devastating consequences. Many view the onset of hemorrhagic fever as...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A new study showed a "dose response risk relationship" between alcohol consumption and pancreatic cancer. (International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research) Brain tumors diagnosed in 11 nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA this week approved the first generic version of baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) as a single-dose option to treat or prevent influenza in adults and children 5 years and up. In the treatment setting, the single-dose tablet...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Ebola cases in Congo have increased almost 40% in a week, and the outbreak's confirmed death toll has now topped 200. (AP) The U.S. CDC activated $107 million in...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Bob Blendon, ScD, a giant in the world of healthcare polling, died Wednesday, said officials from Harvard University in Boston. "Bob contributed so much to health policy as an innovator in research on public opinion," Paul Ginsburg...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- An FDA advisory panel on Thursday unanimously endorsed the use of Moderna's trivalent flu vaccine candidate, which uses mRNA technology that's come under fire from the nation's top health official. In two 9-0 votes, the Vaccines...
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