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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

Medical Xpress

Routine assessment of pain and parent education videos are useful initiatives to encourage pain management. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages. No national guidelines for best practice exist. Infant pain should be assessed, but international data suggest this isnt always the case.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

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What are the structural factors and individual factors that contribute to homelessness? ” On that grand rounds, you differentiated structural factors from … I forget what the word was, individual- Margot: Individual risk factors. Why do we say “over 50” is “older” for homeless persons, why not 65? Margot: After 50.

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Surfers play crucial role in beach safety according to study

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The research, published this week in Safety Science , collected data from 562 recreational surfers from 2020 to 2023. Although they make a vital contribution to saving lives, bystander rescues often expose untrained individuals to hazardous conditions without the training and equipment available to professionals. times, first aid 0.4

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COVID Updates: A Podcast with Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody

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Our conversation covers: The current state of COVID Evidence for COVID boosters, who should get them, and preferences between Novavax and mRNA vaccines COVID treatments like Molnupiravir and Paxlovid Differences in COVID impact on nursing home residents and those with serious illnesses We wrap up with a “magic wand” question.

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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

PEMBlog

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , we explore pertussis, also known as whooping cough – a disease that remains a public health challenge despite widespread vaccination efforts. Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2023–24 School Year.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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The patients that, I think, most benefited from it were those individuals who, as I said, maybe, had a pneumonia, and needed IV antibiotics, but wanted to do that… If they could get better in the comfort of their own homes, that were not interested in passing away in the hospital. That started in November of 2020. We were going to them.

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Not Only Harvard. RFK Jr.’s Slashed Science Funding Cuts Across States That Backed Trump

Physicians News Digest

The Trump administration has canceled hundreds of grants supporting research on topics such as vaccination; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the health of LGBTQ+ populations. Others followed the Senate confirmation of anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Thank you for public service. NIH grants routinely span several years.