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Enforce 'Plan B' Immediately or Risk Winter Crisis, NHS Confederation Tells Ministers

News October 20, 2021

The warning comes as coronavirus deaths in the UK rose to their highest daily level since early March.
Leading Oncologist 'Overly Focused' on Treating Dying Patients

News October 20, 2021
Wales Expands Bowel Screening Programme

News October 20, 2021

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Featured Nurses News & Perspectives

If Addressing Nursing Shortages, Don't Forget School Nurses

Medscape Nurses October 18, 2021

School nurses face some of the same struggles during the pandemic as others in the field, including moral distress, overloaded duties, and workplace limitations.
Obstetric Care Under Threat in Rural Areas

Medscape Medical News October 18, 2021
Why We Lose Weight and Why We Don't

WebMD Health News October 18, 2021

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What If Your Patient Refuses to Take Off Their Clothes?

Medscape Medical News October 20, 2021
Breast Cancer Prediction Tool for US Black Women Eases Risk Stratification

Reuters Health Information October 20, 2021
Earlier Breast Cancer Screening Would Narrow Mortality Gap for Black Women

Reuters Health Information October 20, 2021
Pandemic Impacts Postpartum Mother-Infant Bonding in Multiple Ways

Reuters Health Information October 20, 2021
Children Fuel English COVID Case Rise After Slow Vaccine Start

Reuters Health Information October 20, 2021
US Workers Face Layoffs as US COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Kick in

Reuters Health Information October 20, 2021
Moscow Imposes New COVID Curbs as Daily Deaths Break Record

Reuters Health Information October 20, 2021
WHO-Led Programme Aims to Buy Antiviral COVID-19 Pills for $10: Document

Reuters Health Information October 20, 2021

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Perspectives View All

If Addressing Nursing Shortages, Don't Forget School Nurses

Commentary October 18, 2021

School nurses face some of the same struggles during the pandemic as others in the field, including moral distress, overloaded duties, and workplace limitations.
An Integrated Response to Surfside: Lessons Learned

Commentary October 20, 2021

Setting a psychotherapeutic framework in the aftermath of a tragedy.
Nursing Advocates Gauge Nurses' Mental State, Staffing Issues

Article October 8, 2021
Even Leaders Need to Learn

Blog October 8, 2021

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Journal Articles View All

Outcomes of ESWL for Ureteral Stones According to Intensity

Translational Andrology and Urology October 20, 2021
Decreasing Time to Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Open Fractures

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons October 20, 2021
Ustekinumab Maintenance Therapy in Ulcerative Colitis

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics October 20, 2021
Incidence and Mortality of Delirium in Patients With COVID-19

Age and Ageing October 20, 2021
Longer Sleep Improves Cardiovascular Outcomes

European Heart Journal October 20, 2021
A Restorative-Neurostimulator for Chronic Low Back Pain

Pain October 19, 2021

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Cases & Quizzes View All

RCC e-Tumor Boards: Case 1: Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

e-Tumor Boards October 19, 2021

The e-Tumor Boards, a video series collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, gives physicians an inside look into a virtual, multidisciplinary renal cell carcinoma tumor board case discussion.
Fast Five Quiz: COVID-19 Vaccines

Fast Five Quiz October 15, 2021
Fast Five Quiz: Refractory Myasthenia Gravis

Fast Five Quiz October 13, 2021
Fast Five Quiz: Chocolate and Health Facts vs Fiction

Fast Five Quiz October 11, 2021

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