Golden Hour Bundle of Interventions Boosts Outcomes for High-Risk Preterm Infants
WASHINGTON — A multidisciplinary quality improvement (QI) team successfully and safely adhered to a golden hour bundle of interventions for high-risk preterm infants, a researcher said here. Adherence to the bundle also led to reduced rates of severe hypothermia and reduced time to antibiotic administration, as well as a boost to early initiation of IV […]
Life Doesn’t Come With a Prescription
The page came late, around 7 p.m. Shruti and I were an hour away from sign-out. Neither of us had eaten dinner. Shruti leaned back in her chair and groaned before flicking her pager off its holster and holding it up to her face. Then she jumped to her feet. “Trauma, 10 minutes,” she said. […]
Exercise’s Stroke Reduction Holds Up With Accelerometer Data
People who fit in roughly half an hour of exercise a day tended to be at lower risk of stroke, according to a cohort study adding to the evidence that physical activity is protective for cardiovascular health. Based on accelerometer measurements, the most sedentary individuals in the REGARDS study cohort carried a 44% increased risk […]
Forget Perfect Family Meals: Ain’t No Shame In A Lazy Buttered-Noodle Dinner Game
Who these days hasn’t thrown up their hands an hour before dinnertime and said, “I give up — WHATEVER!”? Whether it’s because of supply chain issues, cooking fatigue or just straight-up fatigue, throwing in the towel has never been more tempting. It’s made “Chopped” contestants of all of us as we blearily survey refrigerator stragglers […]
Time to Replace Your Smoke Alarm Batteries – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Prevention & Wellness News MONDAY, Nov. 8, 2021 Setting your clocks back an hour this Sunday also means it’s time to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says. Working alarms are especially important because people are spending more time at […]