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Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Infants With Very Low Birth Weight Have Better Chances of Survival in Hospitals With Recognition for Nursing Excellence
A study published in the recent issue of JAMA has revealed that infants with very low birth rate born in hospitals with recognition for nursing excellence (RNE) have better chances of surviv...

Acute Nursing Shortage Looms in India
A senior official confirmed that the health sector in India is facing a 50 percent shortage of nursing staff due to demand outstripping supply. "There is a 40-50 percent shortage of nurs...

Vitamin D Deficiency Connected to Higher Mortality Among Female Nursing Home Residents
The majority of institutionalized elderly female patients are vitamin D deficient and there is an inverse association of vitamin D deficiency and mortality, according to a recent study accep...

Dental Nurse Craves for Soaps and Sponges Due to Pica
A 21-year old dental nurse in Britain is suffering from a rare disease that makes her crave for non-food items such as sponges and soaps. Kerry Trebilcock, of Mylor, Cornwall, suffers from ...

Community- US Seniors' Sanctuary to Evade Nursing Homes
Resolute to evade a retirement center ending their days, elderly Washingtonians living in the shadow of Capitol Hill are co-operating in a village-like community to continue residing in thei...

Nursing Shortage may Not be So Acute Anymore: Study
A new study has revealed that the number of young people becoming registered nurses has grown sharply since 2002. This is a welcome trend that should ease some of the concern about a looming...

Nursing Home Quality Scorecards may not be Always Accurate
A new study says that the scoring system government agencies use to rate nursing home quality does not provide an adequate evaluation. This is because they do not take into account the ...

Smaller Nursing Homes Set To Boycott Cashless Services
Even as most big hospital groups seem to have sorted out their differences with public sector health insurance players to resume cashless mediclaim policies for patients, it is thousands of ...

Former Nurse was Unable to Survive Even a Year After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Inability to absorb food, following a gastric bypass surgery last year, led to the death of a former nurse, an inquest at Brighton County Court was told. 67-year-old Virginia Humphrey had un...

Blacks Get a Raw Deal With Nursing Home Flu Shots
At the beginning of the 2011-12 flu season, a new study finds that the proportion of nursing home patients who get a shot remains lower than a national public health goal and that the rate i...

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