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Feb 22, 2021 at 11:29 pm by pj

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Staying Ahead in Healthcare: Looking for a Practice Partner

Feb 18, 2021 at 06:57 pm by pj

  By ANDREW MINTZ    President of InnovaCare Health shares thoughts on navigating change   The healthcare industry is constantly evolving. That’s.... Read More

Cannabis Demonstrates Improvement in Opioid Addiction Outcomes

Feb 18, 2021 at 06:50 pm by pj

  By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON   Cannabis demonstrates improved treatment outcomes for people suffering from opioid addiction and reduced risk from accidental fentanyl.... Read More

New National Cancer Genetic Screening Program

Feb 18, 2021 at 05:54 pm by pj

  National Cancer Initiative Offers a Comprehensive Testing Panel to Analyze the BRCA Genes and Over 60 Other Cancer Susceptibility Genes   JScreen, a national pu.... Read More

‘I Wanted to Go in There and Help’ Nursing Schools See Enrollment Bump Amid Pandemic

Feb 18, 2021 at 05:15 pm by pj

  Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News    Last December, Mirande Gross graduated from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, with a bachelor’s.... Read More

Why Biden Has a Chance to Cut Deals With Red State Holdouts on Medicaid

Feb 18, 2021 at 05:11 pm by pj

  Noam N. Levey , Kaiser Health News   President Joe Biden has an unexpected opening to cut deals with red states to expand Medicaid, raising the prospect th.... Read More

Prominent Scientists Call on CDC to Better Protect Workers From Covid

Feb 18, 2021 at 05:06 pm by pj

  Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News   A prominent group of academics is pressing the Biden administration to move faster and take stronger action to protect hi.... Read More

Clermont Council Approves Encompass Health’s 100-Bed Physical Rehabilitation Center

Feb 18, 2021 at 03:51 pm by pj

  CLERMONT – The Clermont City Council unanimously approved Encompass Health Corp.’s (NYSE: EHC) plans for a 100-bed, inpatient physical rehabilitation.... Read More

Orlando Health Cancer Institute Launches Bone Marrow Transplant Services

Feb 17, 2021 at 10:40 am by pj

  Cancer patients Kimberly Smythe, 34, and Brita Edlbauer, 70, rang the bell today and are going home less than three weeks after becoming the first patients to receiv.... Read More

Anti-Immigrant Vitriol Complicates Vaccine Rollout in Southern States

Feb 16, 2021 at 12:08 pm by pj

  By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News    In eastern Tennessee, doctors have seen firsthand how a hard-line immigration policy can affect the health and.... Read More

UF Health First to Test New Drug to Prevent Excessive Bleeding

Feb 16, 2021 at 10:38 am by pj

  By Jesef Williams JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UF Health Jacksonville is the first site in the world to test a new drug designed to prevent excessive bleeding.... Read More

Counterfeit N95 Scam Widens as Senator Demands FTC Investigation

Feb 16, 2021 at 03:16 am by pj

  By Christina Jewett and Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News    A key U.S. senator is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate N95.... Read More

Health Workers and Hospitals Grapple With Millions of Counterfeit N95 Masks

Feb 16, 2021 at 03:02 am by pj

  Christina Jewett Kaiser Health News   Thousands of counterfeit 3M respirators have slipped past U.S. investigators in recent months, making it to the cheeks and.... Read More

Gene Screenings Hold Disease Clues, but Unexplained Anomalies Often Raise Fears

Feb 16, 2021 at 02:56 am by pj

  Christina Bennett Kaiser Health News When her gynecologist recommended genetic testing, Mai Tran was reluctant. “I didn’t really want to do it,” re.... Read More

Introduction to Surface Disinfectant that Kills Human Coronavirus and HIV-1

Feb 12, 2021 at 08:30 pm by pj

  Madison Chemical introduces ProClean SURFACE DISINFECTANT (EPA #10324-85-110), a 1-step, ready-to-use surface sanitizer, disinfectant, and virucide for hard, non-porou.... Read More

Tech Companies Mobilize to Schedule Vaccine Appointments, But Often Fall Short

Feb 11, 2021 at 06:40 pm by pj

  Miranda Green Kaiser Health News   On Jan. 14 at 8:43 p.m., Patrick McKenzie tweeted a plea for tech engineers to help him set up a website to track covid-19 va.... Read More

Medical Training Confidently Moves Beyond Cadavers

Feb 11, 2021 at 06:29 pm by SBedwell

The Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences published results of a study into Cadaver versus Simulator Based Arthroscopic Training in Shoulder Surgery, showing significant improve.... Read More

Pandemic-Fueled Alcohol Abuse Creates Wave of Hospitalizations for Liver Disease

Feb 11, 2021 at 01:40 am by pj

  Eli Cahan Kaiser Health News    As the pandemic sends thousands of recovering alcoholics into relapse, hospitals across the country have reported dramatic.... Read More

Vaccine Hesitancy vs. Vaccine Refusal: Nursing Home Staffers Say There’s a Difference

Feb 11, 2021 at 01:30 am by pj

  Aneri Pattani, Kaiser Health News  It had been months since Tremellia Hobbs had an excuse to bring out the pompoms. Before the pandemic, they were a crowd favori.... Read More

Community Health Workers, Often Overlooked, Bring Trust to the Pandemic Fight

Feb 11, 2021 at 01:24 am by pj

  Michele Cohen Marill, Kaiser Health News    For 11 months, Cheryl Garfield, a community health worker in West Philadelphia, has been a navigator of pandemi.... Read More