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Group Calls for Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects
Research indicates that daily folic acid supplementation in the periconceptional period can prevent neural tube defects, yet most women do not receive the recommended daily intake of folate from diet alone.
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New CDC Report Emphasizes Importance of Zika Screening
It's vital to test all pregnant women with possible exposure to Zika virus regardless of whether they exhibited symptoms of Zika, and to test infants born to mothers with possible Zika virus infection.
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Report: Hormonal Contraception Safer Than Expected for Women with Diabetes
Study results expand pregnancy planning options for women who present with diabetes.
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Calcium and Cardiovascular Risk Updates: The Bare Bones
Calcium plays a significant role in the function and diseases of the muscles (skeletal and smooth), nerves, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and renal systems. As a nutrient, it is one of the most recognized by the public for its use for osteoporosis and bone health. However, its association with cardiovascular disease risk is a more recent example of the growing understanding of calcium’s role in our health. A number of recent updates over the past year (cardiovascular disease risk in particular) are noteworthy.
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Ethical Implications of Burdensome Readmissions
Dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid is associated with lower 30-day readmission rates in patients enrolled in a hospice program, found a recent study.
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Researchers Propose Approach to Identify Quality Measures for Ethics
While there is a great deal of diverse literature on clinical ethics consultation, it has never been looked at through the specific lens of quality measurement.
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Ethicists are Seeing More Complicated Cases
Ethicists at Memorial Medical Center were seeing increasingly complicated cases extending over longer time frames, and created a tool to determine complexity of cases.
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VHA Uses Comprehensive Approach to Ethics Evaluation
Is an ethics consultant highly qualified and able to demonstrate his or her knowledge with an impressive portfolio of cases?
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Ethicists Demonstrate Benefits by Surveying Clinicians
Ethicists at Indiana University surveyed clinicians about their experience with ethics consultation.
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Want to Assess Ethics? Clear Standards are a Good Start
As a consultant who helps healthcare organizations with their ethics programs, Ellen Fox, MD, often finds people want to evaluate quality but don’t know where to begin.