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Anchor lead: Is there a place for dogs in the hospital? Elizabeth Tracey reports Dogs and other pets belong in the hospital, various animal therapy organizations assert, citing ancient bonds between people and domesticated animals that benefit both. Stephanie Greenberg, …
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Anchor lead: Teamwork is key to reducing burnout in healthcare, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many healthcare professionals report becoming burned out in the workplace, but no one more than nurses in the ICU, a recent study reported. One-quarter of the nurses …
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This week’s topics include asthma and under the tongue immunotherapy, reducing C. dif infections, safety of smoking cessation drugs, and antibiotic stewardship. Program notes: 0:39 Safety of smoking cessation medicines 1:40 None increased risk of psychiatric problems 2:40 How about …
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Anchor lead: Even slightly overweight people are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports A very large study following young men for almost two decades shows that even when people are at the high end of normal weights, …
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Anchor lead: Better measures are needed to assess patient safety, Elizabeth Tracey reports Patient safety could get a huge boost with better tools to measure it. That’s according to Peter Pronovost, a patient safety expert at Johns Hopkins and author …
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In this month's Cancer News Review, Kimmel Cancer Center director Bill Nelson comments on a link between marriage and cancer survival, as well as the high burden of cancer costs. Program notes: 0:20 Married people with cancer 1:20 Other things …
