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A new training module can improve training for medical assistants

AMA Module Promotes Training of Medical Assistants

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Module contributed by medical group in New Jersey includes interactive learning, eliminates testing
Mindfulness meditation seems to help breast cancer patients better manage symptoms of fatigue

Breast Cancer Survivors Benefit From Mindfulness Meditation

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Six-week class reduced fear of recurrence, fatigue and anxiety, researchers report
The disinfectants used to keep pools clean can create dangerous disinfection byproducts when combined with sweat

Chemical Reactions Can Create Health Hazards in Pools, Hot Tubs

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When disinfectants combine with sweat, personal care products, urine, dangerous byproducts can form
Certain weeks of a woman's menstrual cycle may be better than others for quitting smoking

Luteal Phase of Menstrual Cycle May Be Key Time to Quit Smoking

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Women may find it easier to resist the urge to smoke after ovulation

May 2016 Briefing – Nursing

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nursing for May 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Diagnosis and management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia are discussed in a review published in the May 31 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Vigilance Urged for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

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Heparin should be terminated on suspicion of HIT; alternative anticoagulants recommended
Patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism have lower quality-of-life than controls undergoing thyroid surgery

Parathyroidectomy Ups QOL in Primary Hyperparathyroidism

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After successful surgery, quality-of-life scores improve to level of controls undergoing thyroid sx
For patients receiving anti-epidermal growth factor receptor treatment

Prophylactic Antibiotics Cut Risk of Anti-EGFR Skin Rash

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Systematic review shows reduction in risk of developing a skin rash with prophylactic antibiotics
In overweight and obese women

Gut Microbiome Tied to Metabolic Hormones in Early Pregnancy

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Findings in overweight and obese women at 16 weeks of gestation
Patients suffering from severe irritable bowel syndrome often have negative experiences of health care encounters

Patients With IBS Often Have Negative Health Care Encounters

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Patients actively navigate such professional discourse by presenting a counternarrative