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An eight-week jyoti meditation program is effective for patients with chronic neck pain

Jyoti Meditation Program Effective for Chronic Neck Pain

Reductions in pain, pain-related bothersomeness with meditation versus exercise control
Increasing diet soda intake is tied to greater abdominal obesity in older adults

Diet Soda Intake Tied to Belly Fat in Older Adults

Findings show a dose-response relationship, even when adjusting for other factors
A handoff tool

Handoff Tool Alone Insufficient to Handle Nighttime Clinical Issues

Tool used as information source by residents in 27.7 percent of nighttime clinical encounters
For emergency department patients with pneumonia

Real-Time Decision Support Tool Aids ER Pneumonia Patients

Post deployment, significantly lower mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Health care providers demonstrate significant knowledge gaps regarding sex trafficking

HCPs Lack Knowledge and Awareness of Sex Trafficking

Most providers don't receive training on how to identify sex trafficking victims, especially child victims
Propranolol seems to be prophylactic against infantile hemangiomas

Propranolol Seems Prophylactic Against Infantile Hemangiomas

Case study involves infant treated shortly after birth; skin lesions appeared after suspension of propranolol
Measles

MMR Vaccination Rates Might Be As Low As 50 Percent

Analysis estimates MMR vaccination rates at 50 to 86 percent among exposed population in recent outbreak
The team at Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council reviewed 225 studies and concluded that homeopathy is no better than placebo

Australian Health Council Says No Evidence Homeopathy Works

Research claiming homeopathy effective found to be of poor quality
A new model has been proposed for classification of hypersensitivity/allergic diseases ahead of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases

New Model Proposed for Hypersensitivity/Allergic Disease

International collaboration validated classification proposal using crowdsourcing
Management of pain is an important component in improving the quality of care in hospitals from a patient's perspective

Patients Say Pain Control Is Key to Quality of Care in Hospitals

Patient-provider shared decision-making may improve pain outcomes