Archive: 06/07/2017

Advanced practice provider can safely perform cardioversion

(HealthDay)—An advanced practice provider (APP) can safely perform electrical cardioversion (CV) for atrial fibrillation, according to a study published online June 28 in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.

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Laughter may be a serious evolutionary tool

(HealthDay)—Sharing a laugh can make you feel closer to someone else, and that quick-forming social bond may have been a big evolutionary boon to human survival, a small study suggests.

Jul 6, 2017

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Getting over guilt

(HealthDay)—Do you sometimes feel weighed down by guilt?

Jul 6, 2017

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Blood shortage prompts call for donations

(HealthDay)—The American Red Cross needs your blood, and it needs it now.

Jul 6, 2017

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Terminal cancer patients can be unwilling to face prognosis

In a recent study, published in The Oncologist, just under 10% of patients diagnosed with terminal cancer did not know their prognosis and had no interest in finding out. This unwillingness to face a poor prognosis can lead ...

Jul 6, 2017

Controlling memory by triggering specific brain waves during sleep

Have you ever tried to recall something just before going to sleep and then wake up with the memory fresh in your mind? While we absorb so much information during the day consciously or unconsciously, it is during shut eye ...

Jul 6, 2017

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Narcotics diversion results in outbreak of serratia marcescens bacteria

An illegal diversion of opioids by a hospital nurse tampering with syringes was responsible for a cluster outbreak of Serratia marcescens, a gram-negative bacteria, according to research published online today in Infection ...

Jul 6, 2017