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October 13, 2016 – Palliative Care Guidelines
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Anchor lead: More evidence is accumulating on the benefits of palliative care, Elizabeth Tracey reports, but most programs aren’t fully staffed. A fully staffed palliative care team includes a physician, advanced practice nurse, social worker and chaplain, but only about …
October 12, 2016 – Doctors Note
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Anchor lead: People with certain medical conditions apparent on scanners should bring a doctors note when traveling, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with hernias in the grain region, large skin tags, colostomy bags, and other medical conditions that are likely to …
October 11, 2016 – Airport Scanners
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Anchor lead: Having certain medical conditions can complicate routine airport security scans, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you have one of a number of different medical conditions, a lengthy process through airport security might result. That’s according to case reports identified …
October 10, 2016 – Sugar Data
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Anchor lead: How has the sugar industry influenced dietary recommendations? Elizabeth Tracey reports Over fifty years ago the sugar industry paid researchers at Harvard to downplay the negative effects of consuming sugar, implicating fats for their role in heart disease …
October 7, 2016 – Scope of Abuse
October 6, 2016 – Abuse in Pregnancy
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Anchor lead: It is possible to reduce domestic abuse of pregnant women, Elizabeth Tracey reports A program known by the acronym DOVE, for Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program, developed by Phyllis Sharps and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins School …