News tagged with medical workers
Improving health care in the Internet age
Faster and more widely available internet access has improved our lives in many ways but healthcare is lagging behind, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics.
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Researchers use math, maps to plot malaria elimination plan
Two University of Florida researchers and their international colleagues have used mathematical models and maps to estimate the feasibility of eliminating malaria from countries that have the deadliest form of the disease.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Caffeine reduces mistakes made by shift workers
Caffeine can help those working shifts or nights to make fewer errors, according to a new study by Cochrane researchers. The findings have implications for health workers and for any industry relying on shift or night work, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 11, 2010 |
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Saving lives one breath at a time
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has completed a project to help a UK company diagnose medical conditions through monitoring patients' breath.
Mar 09, 2010 |
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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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Ind., Tenn. to begin swine flu vaccinations
(AP) -- Indiana and Tennessee are among the first states that will vaccinate people against the swine flu.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 05, 2009 |
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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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Researchers study program to help older adults transition from hospital to home
In light of health care reform measures, Rush University Medical Center has launched a study of its program to help older adults transition from hospital to home.
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Can the relationship between doctors and drug companies ever be a healthy one?
Should the financial ties between doctors and drug companies be completely cut, or are healthy alliances between the two possible with the common aim of improving human health? A debate in this week's PLoS Medicine discus ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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