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Researchers: Flu Spread by Normal Breathing
The unwelcome news in the midst of bad flu season is that influenza spreads easier than previously thought, possibly in the very breath you take.
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Plan Ahead for the Injured Returning to Work
Injured healthcare workers returning to work may need alternate duties as they continue healing, so planning ahead in that regard is highly recommended,
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Finding Joy Through Meaningful Work
After a demanding shift rife with unexpected stress and complications, the last word healthcare workers may use to describe their job is “joyful.” Nevertheless, researchers who study healthcare work culture say such an emotional state is possible. The joy that comes from meaningful, important work is a tonic to burnout and compassion fatigue.
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Meaningful Recognition Fights Nurse Burnout
Nurses demonstrate clinical skill and patient compassion so routinely that it is little wonder they are designated the most trusted profession year after year. But such routine excellence can have its toll in terms of burnout and “compassion fatigue.”
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#MeToo in Medicine? Sexual Harassment in Healthcare
It will surprise few employee health professionals that healthcare is no exception to the shocking incidents of sexual harassment being reported nationally in various industries by the #MeToo women’s movement.
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Anything Other Than RBBB?
The ECG in the figure was obtained from a 60-year-old woman who presented to the ED with new-onset chest pain. The initial emergency care provider interpreted this tracing as showing complete right bundle branch block. Do you agree?
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: treating COPD with statins, tackling hearing loss with greater urgency, and educating patients about malignant melanomas. -
Insulin Lispro Injection (Admelog)
Admelog is indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients ≥ 3 years of age with type 1 diabetes mellitus and adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Clostridium difficile Recurrence by Orally Administered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Fecal microbiota transplantation orally administered in capsules was non-inferior to administration by colonoscopy.
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Blockade of CGRP for Migraine Prevention: Promising, but Not a Cure
Blockade of calcitonin gene-related peptide in patients with chronic or episodic migraine results in the prevention of about two headache days a month compared to placebo.