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Novel 'Triage Tool' to Predict, Prevent Attacks Against Criminal Justice Officials

The usage of a "triage tool" that can help law enforcement more accurately assess threats of violence and predict attacks against police, judges and other




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Medical Students in India Will Have to Clear National Exit Test (NEXT) to Practice Outside the Country

Indian MBBS students will have to write National Exit Test (NEXT) before being eligible to practice anywhere in the country, says Ministry official. The




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Gun Violence Research Underfunded, Understudied in the United States

More than 30,000 people die each year from gun violence in the United States, a higher rate of death than any industrialized country in the world. Funding




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Illegal Levels of Arsenic Found In Rice-Based Baby Foods

Inorganic arsenic and its presence in the food has harmful effects on health. O in 2016 EU imposed a maximum limit of inorganic arsenic on manufacturers in a bid to mitigate associated health risks.




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Ontario Declares Prescribed Drugs Free For Those Under 25

Ontario has launched OHP+ on Jan 1 which offers the province's 4 million children and youth free access to more than 4,400 approved medications. Children




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Potential and Limitations of Brain Science in Legal Contexts

A new review published in i Frontiers in Neuroscience /i explores the current literature and advancements in the applications of neuroscience in law.




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Suspected Health Attacks on American and Canadian Diplomats in Cuba

Brain abnormalities have been identified in American diplomats who have worked in Cuba. The diplomats are speculated to be victims of mysterious, invisible attacks in Cuba.




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Mandatory Training for Ultrasound: Indian Supreme Court Has Put High Court's Order on Hold

The Supreme Court of India has put Delhi high court order on hold to allow the MBBS practitioners to access the ultrasound. The stated order has come




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Indian Jury in Favour of Altruistic Surrogacy, Not Commercial Surrogacy

Since the Union cabinet has banned the commercial surrogacy, many people from the industry have called this move as regressive and insensitive while some




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Highly Refined Mineral Oil Use is Safe in Cosmetics Says Study

Highly refined mineral oils are safe to be used in cosmetics assures German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and its related study. The




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Present Your Concerns to the Doctor Firmly Before They Interrupt You

A patient gets 11 seconds on an average to explain his concerns before the doctor starts interrupting them, finds a new study. The results of this study




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Cannabis Might Get Legalized in Thailand for Medical Use

Narcotics laws may be reformed in Thailand. The government might legalize the use of cannabis for medical purpose only. The Thai government on Tuesday




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Is a Pediatric Doctor's Firearm Storage Discussion With Parents Wrong?

Pediatric Doctor: Is Gun Storage Discussion With Parents Wrong? Due to the increasing number of teenage suicidal cases, the scientists have suggested




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Only 81% of Cardiac Arrest Patients Were Given CPR In Dialysis Units: Study

bHighlights/b (and) #61548;When kidney failure patients experienced cardiac arrest at outpatient dialysis facilities, CPR initiated by dialysis staff




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Dementia Study Links Gene with Damage to Brain Connections: Study

Insights into how a gene that raises the risk of Alzheimer's disease and disrupts brain cells have been revealed by a new study. The findings of the study




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Urban Poor Affected Most by Nursing Home Closures

While wealthier people have chosen alternatives to urban nursing homes, the urban poor still depend on them for long-term care. A new study led by researchers




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New South Wales Nurses Suspend Stir

The New South Wales nurses suspended their stir Thursday and re-opened more than 570 hospital beds they had shut down in the last eight days. The NSW




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Nurses' Survey Finds Workplace Bullying is Common

A survey of over 2,000 nurses by New Zealand Nurses' Organization researchers Dr Jill Clendon and Dr Leonie Walker has revealed that workplace bullying is very common.




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Due to Nursing Staff Shortfalls, Risk of Hospital Patient Mortality Increases

Nurses are the front-line caregivers to hospital patients, coordinating and providing direct care and delivering it safely and reliably. The goal for




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Nurse's Career Spans 50 Years

Norma Salahshour celebrates her 50th year of nursing career at The Methodist Hospital. Although The Methodist Hospital and nursing itself have evolved




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Nursing Academics Object to BBC Labeling Florence Nightingale as 'Neurotic, Sexually Repressed'

A group of nursing academics has accused the BBC of belittling Florence Nightingale by depicting the Lady of the Lamp as a "manipulative, neurotic and sexually repressed woman".




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Online Course Benefits Newly Qualified Nurses

Newly qualified nurses, midwives reported that Flying Start NHS - an online course had been useful in terms of clinical skills development and confidence.




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Nursing Shortage may Not be So Acute Anymore: Study

A new study has revealed that the number of young people becoming registered nurses has grown sharply since 2002. This is a welcome trend that should




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Nurses Unhappy And Exhausted

Nurses the world over seem to feel unhappy and exhausted, report researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research.




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UK Nurses Worry Over Falling Standards Of Care

A survey shows that the UK nurses are worried over the falling standards of their own profession. When rating standards generally, the majority (58 per




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Key Factors Affecting 3 Generations of Nurses Identified

Organizations need to tackle the different work factors that are important to the three key age groups of nurses if they want to retain qualified staff.




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President Gives Away Florence Nightingale Nurses Award

On the occasion of International Nurses Day Indian President Pratibha Patil gave away Florence Nightingale Awards to 36 meritorious nursing personnel




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Nurses Should Know Full Medical and Social Conditions of Patients, Says Healthcare Expert

'Nurses play an important role in providing effective healthcare to patients. They should understand the medical and social conditions of every patient




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Nurses Play Key Role in Patient Feeding

Nurses played a vital role in feeding people and restoring their humanity in times of great crisis, as was the case when Bergen-Belsen was liberated in 1945 at the end of World War II.




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Kerala Allows Nurses To Wear Churidhars

Kerala government has given the nod for the nurses to wear the traditional churidhars while on duty, the Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar announced Saturday.




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Nurse Practitioners Can Ease Doctor Shortage in Michigan

Michigan already faces a shortage of doctors much larger than the national average, and it will grow as millions of Americans qualify for insurance under the Affordable Care Act.




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Nurses Pivotal to Indian Health Care System: Pranab Mukherjee

Nursing has evolved into a modern medical profession and nurses have become an indispensable part of the country's health care system, says President Pranab Mukherjee.




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Disagreement Found on the Role of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners

The time when the U.S. health system is facing both a worsening shortage of primary care physicians and an increasing demand for primary care services,




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Higher Patient Death Rates Linked to Overworked Nurses

Shocking statistical backing has emerged from investigations in nine European countries to claims that patients' lives may be at risk when nurses are overworked, specialists said.




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Spotlight on Nurse Anesthetists After Review by Clinical Scholars

The profession of nurse anesthesia is at crossroads in the US. While recent federal legislation and changes to the U.S. Medicare program have expanded




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Education of Advance Health Care Directives Required by Nurses

The knowledge gaps related to advance health care directives (AHCDs) can be overcome with an educational program for nurses. This will help to ensure




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Longer Working Hours Impact on Quality of Care by Nurses

Nurses who work longer shifts and more overtime are more likely to rate the standard of care delivered on their ward as poor, give a negative rating of




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Requirement of Health Professionals in India

The Government has not conducted any study/survey to ascertain the number of doctors and other medical and para-medical professionals required in the rural and urban areas of the country.




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Indian-Origin Singaporean Nurse Gets International Achievement Award

An Indian-origin nurse in Singapore will receive this year's International Achievement Award by the Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)




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Kerala Government Offers Free Overseas Recruitment for Trained Nurses

Labour Minister, Shibu Baby John, said that the Kerala State government would make recruitment of trained nurses from the state completely free of cost.




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Kerala Government Tells Center to Put on Hold the New Rule on Nurses for Jobs Abroad

The Kerala government has written to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to put on hold the new order that requires all Indian nurses going to 18




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Twelve-Hour Shifts for Nurses may Affect Quality And Safety of Patient Care

New research has found that hospital nurses who work longer than 12-hour shifts have a higher risk of wanting to leave their job and more likely to burn




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Nine Out Of Ten England Hospitals Hit by Nurse Shortage

Britain's National Health Service (NHS) said in a new report that nine in ten hospitals in England fail to provide enough nurses for patients. According




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UK Tops The Chart of Employing Overseas Doctors Than Indigenous Ones

Hospitals are filled with doctors who hail from different countries than the ones born in the United Kingdom, revealed a new study.Economic Co-operation




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Leadership Key to Quality Care and Retention Among Nurses

Nurses who face abusive managers are more likely to quit their job. But a recent study by McGill University and Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres




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Nurse to Patient Ratio Influences Patient Mortality Rates in the UK

Patient mortality rates are significantly lesser among nurses who take care of six patients than nurses who take care of more than ten, revealed a new study.




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Nursing Professionals Backbone of Healthcare: Pranab Mukherjee

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee said that nursing professionals were the backbone of the healthcare system and their contribution was critical in achievement of nation's healthcare goals.




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Replacing Professional Nurses With Lower Skilled Nurses Linked to Increase In Death Risk

Replacing professional nurses with lower skilled nursing assistants is linked to a heightened risk of patient death, as well as other indicators of poor quality care, reveals a large European study.




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Impact Of Medication Errors on Nursing Home Residents

Despite the fact that tmedication errors remain fairly common, a new analysis points to surprisingly low rates of serious impacts from medication errors affecting nursing home residents.




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New Mobile App to Help Nursing Allocation Process

In a bid to foray into a new era of tech-powered healthcare, Intelenet Global Services -- a Mumbai-based business process service provider -- launched