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Step Therapy: Inside the Fight Against ‘Fail First’ Medicine

March 29, 2021 advanced practice nurse, Arkansas, Books, drug costs, Ethics, headache, health care manpower, health care quality/access/eva, health personnel, health plans, Health Policy, Insurance, journals, Medicaid, medical history, medical literature, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, multiple sclerosis (ms), Nebraska, pain, pain (pain management), pain management, patient history, practice management, Psoriasis, South Dakota, textbooks

Every day Melissa Fulton, RN, MSN, FNP, APRN-C, shows up to work, she’s ready for another fight. An advanced practice

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Feeling depressed? Mahjong might be the answer: Study shows that for older Chinese, it might boost mental health

September 17, 2019 Child Psychology, chronic illness, Depression, Health Policy, Mental Health, Mental Health Research, Social Psychology, Workplace Health

When it comes to boosting mental health among older Chinese, it might be as simple as a game of mahjong,

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A tech intervention to tame tuberculosis: An interactive program using mobile phones helps more patients conclude treatment successfully

September 7, 2019 Diseases and Conditions, Health Policy, Mental Health Research, Multiple Sclerosis Research, Patient Education and Counseling, Today's Healthcare, Tuberculosis, Wounds and Healing

For tuberculosis patients, complying with a full course of treatment can be daunting and difficult. But a new experiment conducted

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Young adults exposed to incarceration as children prone to depression: Anxiety high among this population

September 4, 2019 Child Development, Child Psychology, Children's Health, Health Policy, Justice, Mental Health, Mental Health Research, Poverty and Learning, Public Health

Young adults with childhood history of both parental incarceration and juvenile justice involvement were nearly three times more likely to

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To stop mosquito-transmitted illnesses, pay attention to how humans behave

August 27, 2019 Health Policy, Insects (including Butterflies), Medical Topics, Pests and Parasites, Public Health Education, Virology, Workplace Health, Zika Virus Research

Targeting the mosquito population within a defined area is the primary way scientists and public health officials mitigate the spread

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Your heart’s best friend: Dog ownership associated with better cardiovascular health

August 24, 2019 Cholesterol, chronic illness, Diseases and Conditions, Health Policy, Healthy Aging, Heart Disease, hypertension, Stroke Prevention

Owning a pet may help maintain a healthy heart, especially if that pet is a dog, according to the first

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Catheters: Big source of infection, but often overlooked

July 3, 2019 Diseases and Conditions, Elder Care, Health Policy, Medical Topics, Patient Education and Counseling, Today's Healthcare, Workplace Health, Wounds and Healing

Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven’t

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Top global public health scientists launch new challenge to anti-vaxxers

July 3, 2019 Diseases and Conditions, Health Policy, Media and Entertainment, Political Science, Public Health, Public Health Education, Social Issues, Vaccines

Search engines and social media organizations must do more to prevent the spread of inaccurate information on childhood vaccination, and

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Child welfare: Uninformed, overwhelmed clients; unrealistic agency expectations: Child welfare study examines challenges among therapists in contracted private agencies

April 17, 2019 Children's Health, Diseases and Conditions, Health Policy, Patient Education and Counseling, Public Health Education, sexual health, Staying Healthy, Workplace Health

More than 1.2 million children in the United States receive services because they are mistreated and about 400,000 of them

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Study links insurance coverage to access to hospital care

April 2, 2019 Bioethics, Disaster Plan, Health Policy, Industrial Relations, Patient Education and Counseling, Public Health, Today's Healthcare, Wounds and Healing

Compared to privately insured patients, individuals who lack insurance or use Medicaid are more likely to be transferred to another

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