News tagged with health workers
Could a new UN resolution end doctors' participation in torture?
A new UN resolution has the potential to fight torture and cruelty say experts in the British Medical Journal today.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Do health care professionals perform hand hygiene? UI has an app for that
One of the most common causes of preventable health care-associated infections is poor hand hygiene. iScrub Lite 1.5, an iPhone and iPod touch application developed at the University of Iowa, makes monitoring hand hygiene ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 05, 2010 |
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Toyota shows machines to help sick, elderly move
Toyota unveiled its ambitions for high-tech health care Tuesday, displaying experimental robots that the auto giant says can lift disabled patients from their hospital beds or help them walk.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Mexico says suspected swine flu deaths now at 149
(AP) -- Mexico canceled school nationwide Monday and warned the death toll from a swine flu epidemic believed to have killed 149 people would keep rising before it can be contained. Health Secretary Jose ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Outside help for social security
(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor proposes an idea that would address both the problems of illegal immigration and Social Security.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2010 |
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Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found
Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying "superbug" germs.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 11, 2011 |
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Half of health workers reject swine flu shot
(AP) -- About half of Hong Kong's health workers would refuse the swine flu vaccine, new research says, a trend that experts say would likely apply worldwide. In a study that polled 2,255 Hong Kong health workers this year, ...
Aug 25, 2009 |
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New study shows that workplace inspections save lives, don't destroy jobs
Research to be published in Science on May 18, 2012, sheds light on a hot-button political issue: the role and effectiveness of government regulation. Does it kill jobs or protect the public?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 17, 2012 |
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Husbands' hostile, anti-social behaviors increase wives' symptoms of depression, researchers find
Thousands of men, women and children experience family violence each year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Traditionally, therapy for violence survivors has predominantly focused on evaluating ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Health care workers often shun flu shot
Every year, top U.S. health officials send out widely publicized reminders to get vaccinated against seasonal flu. And every year, more than 60 percent of the public looks the other way, deciding against the shots either ...
Sep 18, 2009 |
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There's no place like home for older adults
For most older adults in long-term care, nursing homes are the last places they will ever live, and many give up hope on ever returning to home.
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Radiation protection expert criticizes comparison of Fukushima to Chernobyl
In the opening editorial to the latest edition of the Journal of Radiological Protection, published today, Wednesday 18 May, radiological protection expert Professor Richard Wakeford of the Dalton Nuclear Institute, The Un ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 18, 2011 |
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Kenya project: making safer water to sell carbon credits
To protect the environment and improve the health of four million people while making a profit is the goal of a Swiss-based company distributing water filters and aiming to sell carbon credits.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Nurses are assessing mothers with mental health issues despite lack of guidance and formal training
Researchers have raised serious concerns about the lack of guidance and training provided for nurses involved in assessing the parenting capacity of mothers with serious mental illnesses.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 06, 2009 |
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Study: 2 million babies and mothers die at birth
(AP) -- More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study.
Oct 07, 2009 |
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