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Cool Water Works As Well As Hot for Ridding Hands of Germs

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Time spent scrubbing hands with soap more important that water temperature

May 2017 Briefing – HIV & AIDS

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in HIV & AIDS for May 2017. This roundup includes...
More Americans with HIV are adhering to antiretroviral therapy regimens

Antiretroviral Regimen Adherence Up for Americans With HIV

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But too many still stop taking drugs a few years after diagnosis
Proposed legislation as part of the American Health Care Act

High-Risk Pools May Represent Step Back for U.S. Health Care

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Higher premiums, deductibles, out-of-pocket costs likely to make high-risk pools unaffordable
Lessons from social psychology can be used to improve behavioral changes in terms of error disclosure

Social Psychology May Help With Physician Error Disclosure

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Deliberate practice, together with lessons from social psychology, can implement change in error disclosure
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would repeal the federal law essentially banning construction of physician-owned hospitals and making it difficult for these facilities to grow

New Bill Intends to Repeal Limits on Physician-Owned Hospitals

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Bill introduced in U.S. House of Representatives has bipartisan support with more than 50 co-sponsors
The Republican-led bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that passed the House this month would result in 23 million Americans losing their health insurance coverage

New Health Care Act Could Result in 23 Million Losing Insurance

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While premiums may lower over the long-term, many would face much higher out-of-pocket costs
Different paths to perspective of another's experience are associated with varying effect on helpers' health during helping behavior

Path to Empathy Deemed As Vital As Being Empathetic

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Conclusion could be especially useful in context of medical professions, researcher says
A new interactive training module in medical ethics can help physicians to understand professional boundaries

New Interactive Module Aims to Clarify Professional Boundaries

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Module focuses on potential boundary violations relating to treating family, colleagues, receiving gifts
Patients with life-limiting illness often receive medications of questionable benefit given their remaining life span

Patients Often Prescribed Futile Drugs in Last Months of Life

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Researchers find many still prescribed long-term disease-preventing medications