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Needle (or Laser) the Knee for Relief from Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain?
Synopsis: In people with chronic knee pain from osteoarthritis, needle and laser acupuncture fared no better than sham laser acupuncture for a variety of parameters at 12 weeks and 1 year.
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Yoga and Vasomotor Symptoms: Does a Meditative Movement Practice Improve Menopausal Symptoms?
Synopsis: In a randomized controlled trial, the implementation of a regular yoga practice was not shown to significantly improve vasomotor symptom frequency or bother at 6 and 12 weeks. However, it was associated with a significant improvement in Insomnia Severity Index.
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Diagnostic Testing for Lyme Disease
In August 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 300,000 cases of Lyme disease (LD) are diagnosed each year and that the 30,000 reported cases is 2008 are a gross underestimation. -
Dietary Fat Correlates with CAD Risk
Synopsis: A prospective, population-based study in middle-aged and older men found that polyunsaturated fatty acid intake correlated with a lower risk of coronary artery disease events. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full November 2, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Integrative Medicine Alert - Full June 2014 Issue in PDF
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Streamline forms with better communication
As IRBs focus more on efficiency and streamlining, the chief concern involves maintaining the necessary elements while discarding or simplifying everything else. This delicate balance is especially true for streamlining informed consent documents. -
Tips for community partner education
When it comes to training community partners on human research protection ethics, IRBs would do well to create educational content that best suits the needs of those partners, an IRB chair suggests. -
Every improvement helps IRB inefficiencies
Accredited human research protection programs (HRPPs) are required to meet a seemingly simple standard that requires a quality improvement program to be focused on efficiency and compliance. -
Plan ahead for imaging IFs, experts say
Advancements in imaging technology mean a greater chance of detecting incidental findings in imaging research subjects. As IRBs turn their attentions to figuring out how to handle and manage IFs, some may not know where to begin or how to get their plans to the implementation stage.