News tagged with clinical judgement
Computer model better than clinical judgment for diagnosing fever in young children
A computerised diagnostic model outperforms clinical judgement for the diagnosis of fever in young children, and may improve early treatment, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Telenurses face conflict between what is best for patients and what services are available
Nurses who provide telephone advice services have to balance the conflicting demands of providing appropriate medical advice and acting as a gatekeeper to limited healthcare services, according to a review in the March issue ...
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Nurse practitioners don't realise how much their prescribing is being influenced by drug marketing
Family nurse practitioners need to be more aware of the commercial pressures they face as a result of their increased involvement in prescribing, according to a survey published in the March issue of the UK-based Journal of ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Research challenges treatment of young criminals
Research by a Murdoch University academic is challenging the way young people accused of serious crimes in the United States are treated.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 08, 2011 |
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IRBs could use pre-clinical data better
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Jonathan Kimmelman from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and Alex London from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA argue that ethical reviewers and decision-makers pay insufficient attent ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Support not punishment is the key to tackling substance abuse and addiction among nurses
As many as ten to 20 per cent of nurses and nursing students may have substance abuse and addiction problems, but the key to tackling this difficult issue - and protecting public safety - is support and treatment, not punishment. ...
Jan 26, 2011 |
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New painkiller with no apparent side effects or addictive qualities near to market
(PhysOrg.com) -- A powerful new painkiller, which was developed on the basis of the research conducted at Stony Brook University and with no apparent side effects or addictive qualities, may now be only a year or two from ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Adult ADHD significantly increases risk of common form of dementia
Adults who suffer from attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more than three times as likely to develop a common form of degenerative dementia than those without, according to research in the January issue ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Dogs may be pessimistic too
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study has gained new insight into the minds of dogs, discovering that those that are anxious when left alone also tend to show 'pessimistic' like behaviour.
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Some antidepressants alter peoples' moral judgement
(PhysOrg.com) -- The most common type of antidepressants, serotonin enhancers, alters peoples’ moral judgement and leads to a reduction in aggressive behaviour, a study published today in the journal Proceedings of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Benefits of shared electronic patient records more modest than anticipated
The benefits of the Summary Care Record (SCR) scheme, introduced as part of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), appear more modest than anticipated, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Robot takes on battle of the bulge
Imagine something between a computer game and a pet that helps makes you slim. One inventor did just that and came up with Autom -- a robot that will look dieters in the eye and tell them what they need to ...
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Unravelling the pathology of dementia
Combination therapies to tackle multiple changes in the brain may be needed to combat the growing problem of dementia in ageing societies, according to a study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The st ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 10, 2009 |
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