Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 23, 2025

Two health obsessions that I’ve never really understood are the supposed benefits of vitamin D (for every imaginable ill) and harm of seed oils. Dr. Bobby Dubois thinks a lot about the evidence behind health recommendations on his podcast. His research has led him to a pretty clear opinion about the role of seed oils in health and disease. Attentive Sensible Medicine readers will note that his take is a bit different from that expressed in a recent post.

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Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 24, 2025

Wildfire smoke causes acute health problems, like asthma or bronchitis, as well as long-term risks from cancer-producing products in the smoke. Here's how to protect yourself.

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We Care Online

JANUARY 22, 2025

Caregivers are vital for helping people with daily living tasks and supporting them to be comfortable and safe. There are limits, however, that every caregiver or caretaker has to follow in the interest of the profession, the clients safety and for the sake of legality and ethics. Caregivers need to understand what is not permitted, so they know how to carry out their tasks effectively without getting into trouble.

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Medical Terminology Blog

JANUARY 21, 2025

Medical TerminologyQuiz on the Urinary System Urinary System The urinary system comprisestwo kidneys , which remove waste from the blood; the bladder , a muscular sac used to store urine; and two ureters and urethra , tubes for urine drainage from the body to the outside. Take Other Medical Terminology Quizzes > Definitions from Exploring Medical Language 11th Edition , Elsevier.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 20, 2025

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common reasons people get admitted to a hospital. As Western society grows larger and less active, AF incidence continues to rise. In short, few questions in cardiology are more relevant than the treatment of patients with new-onset AF. There are two paths of treating patients with AF. (After initiation of stroke prevention regimens—often with oral anticoagulation.

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Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 24, 2025

Risk of long COVID is higher in women and a link between SARS-CoV-2 infection and development of ME/CFS is shown, according to new studies.

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KevinMD.com

JANUARY 19, 2025

Individual states in the United States can significantly shape key health care areas through policy. In early 2024, aKKF analysis indicated that Americans collectively held around $220 billion in medical debt. North Carolina has one of thehighest percentages of adults facing medical debt, at 13.4 percent. On July 1, 2024, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper Read more States have the power to influence health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Emerging RN Leader

JANUARY 19, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC A nurse leader recently told me how nurse engagement in her units had plummeted. She needed to put together an action plan, but she was wise enough to see the link between what was happening with her units and her behavior. She shared the following story: I feel […] The post Why Nurse Leader Engagement Matters appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 21, 2025

San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what options could be taken next.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 23, 2025

When you’re in the market for a nursing job, a resume is a very important part of your job search toolkit. No matter how many job boards allow you to create a personal profile with your career details, having your own consistently updated document accurately representing your expertise could not be a smarter way to always be ready for the next opportunity.

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KevinMD.com

JANUARY 23, 2025

Every year, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) claims the lives of thousands of students and student-athletes in the United States, making it one of the leading causes of death. The condition is particularly insidious as it often strikes without warning, leaving schools and communities grappling with preventable tragedies. While student-athletes are at a higher risk due Read more The HEARTS Act: Empowering schools to save lives originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Top Practices

JANUARY 20, 2025

Running a successful practice comes with its own set of challenges, and one of the most common struggles today is keeping morale high when your team is short-handed. Many practice owners are facing staff shortages, decreased employee loyalty, and a workforce that is in continuous change. If it feels like this is becoming the new norm, you’re not alone.

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Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 22, 2025

Per the project leaders, Stargate will be critical to "maintain American leadership in AI.

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Walker Info - Patient Experience

JANUARY 20, 2025

Improving Access and Outcomes Using Success, Effort, Emotion, and Trust Metrics A nurse enters a hospital room for a routine blood draw. She greets the patient, explains why she is there, and begins the task. Once finished, she asks if there is anything else she can do and swiftly exits. From the providers perspective, the interaction is efficient and smooth.

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KevinMD.com

JANUARY 22, 2025

Providers must stop subsidizing payors’ profit margins. Consider United Health Care, which boasts a 6 percent margin on revenue (equivalent to $22 billion), while hospitals manage a slim 3 percent margin, and physician practices often struggle to stay financially viable. This imbalance underscores the urgent need for hospitals, health systems, and physicians to negotiate rates Read more Why health systems must renegotiate contracts to survive originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 23, 2025

Peter Yellowlees MD is CEO at Asynch Health–this is a new company that is doing the intake interview for a psychiatrist or psychologist session. Peter demos how the AI agent asks questions, how a patient answers in real time. Then after submitting the answers, the AI creates both a full transcript in the back end, and then a summary which the clinician can use in advance of seeing the patient.

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Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 23, 2025

Measles is surging and vaccine hesitancy is up. In his book "Booster Shots," Dr Adam Ratner explains why measles is back and how we can control this deadly infectious killer.

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Open Dental

JANUARY 21, 2025

Protecting your data has never been more critical. Data loss of any kind can be devastating. The big debate when it comes to protecting this data is disaster recovery vs. backup. Read our latest blog post from our friends at Central Data Storage for an overview of data backup and recovery and and how to keep your data safe. The post Disaster Recovery vs.

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KevinMD.com

JANUARY 21, 2025

Across all industries, artificial intelligence is changing our approach to developing new products, including in the life sciences and drug development. While it may seem that an AI-derived treatment is far in the future, the science, biomathematics, and computational power needed to discover and test these compounds are advancing at a rapid pace. AI is Read more You could soon be taking (or prescribing) a drug developed by AI originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 22, 2025

Aniq Rahman is the CEO of Fabric Health. In basically two years Fabric has changed its name (nee Florence) bought some health tech standouts in the fields of symptom checking and asynchronous care (Gyant, Zipnosis), a medical group (Team Health’s virtual care) and the telehealth part of Walmart (MeMD). In the 2010’s Aniq built an analytics company acquired by Oracle & turned to health care after seeing his father go through the system.

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Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 24, 2025

Plus: The NIH puts research grants on hold, a universal coronavirus vaccine, biologys complexity, upcycling plastic and more.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JANUARY 21, 2025

Walgreens countersued the government the same day. Analysts said a settlement is likely.

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KevinMD.com

JANUARY 22, 2025

Even a half-century later, a physician cannot forget the first death of a patient under their care. It happened for me during my postgraduate medical training in the 1970s in an academic medical center hospital in the western half of the United States. She was a delightful young married woman who was the mother of Read more The miracle of immune checkpoint inhibitors: a physicians unforgettable journey originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Medical Terminology Education

JANUARY 20, 2025

Communication is paramount in the field of healthcare. Yet, a significant question often arises: Why do medical professionals rely heavily on medical terminology instead of using simpler, everyday English? The answer lies in the precision, efficiency, and universality of medical language and the unique demands of healthcare settings. Precision: Avoiding Ambiguity Medicine is a science that thrives on accuracy.

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Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2025

The third Monday of each January has been dubbed "Blue Monday," known as the most depressing day of the year. But is this actually the case?

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JANUARY 22, 2025

Health systems will seek to expand their supply chains and partnerships in 2025, while trimming excessive AI programs and nonclinical staff.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 20, 2025

If you’re preparing for nursing school, there’s no argument that the more professional nurses you meet, the better. In other words, to kickstart your new career before it officially begins, finding nurses to talk to and get to know should be on your radar and at the top of your to-do list. For nursing students and aspiring nurses, those individuals already working in the profession are a treasure trove of information and experience.

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Practice Index

JANUARY 23, 2025

New white paper highlights recruitment crisis in primary care General Practice leaders met on Thursday morning for the parliamentary launch of a new white paper on the current crisis in primary care. Alongside GPs, MPs, representatives from the Royal College of Nursing and other media, board members from the Institute of General Practice Management were in attendance.

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Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 22, 2025

Women are at a higher risk of developing long Covid than men although men are more likely to suffer from severe Covid-19 infections and have higher mortality rates.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JANUARY 21, 2025

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security lifted the practice of avoiding immigration enforcement at hospitals. Some advocates say the new policy could deter immigrants from seeking medical care.

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Practice Management Institute

JANUARY 21, 2025

In any healthcare setting, the first person you see and often the last person you interact with is the Patient Services Representative (PSR). These professionals may not wear scrubs or stethoscopes, but they are just as vital to the patient experience as the clinical team. A PSR ensures everything flows smoothly, from your first phone call to schedule an appointment to the moment you walk out the door.

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