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When Papa John's wanted to improve its Internet presence, the pizza company hired teenagers to manage the social media, says Merrily Orsini, MSSW, managing director of Corecubed, an integrated marketing, design, and public relations company based in Louisville, KY.
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A pilot study suggests the hallucinogen psilocybin may be feasible and safe to administer to patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety, with promising effects on mood, according to a report published online today that will appear in the January 2011 print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the Journal of the American Medical Association journals.
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A new study released by The New England Journal of Medicine found that among patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, those who received palliative care lived, on average, almost two months longer than those who received standard care.
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Influenza vaccination of health care personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility, and non-compliance with health care facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according to a position paper released by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
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More older women obtain home-based care for chronic health issues than men, according to a study by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI).
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There might be no simple one-size-fits-all approach to improving end-of-life care in ICU settings, according to a recent study from some of the world's leading researchers in palliative care.
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This is the second of a two-part series that looks at the benefits of partnering with adult day service programs. Last month, we looked at the opportunities, benefits, and challenges of collaboration. This month we discuss a hospice that started its own adult day service program.
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Friends and potential patients of Hospice of Palm Beach County have no problem finding the agency on the Internet. A combination of their agency web site and the use of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and e-newsletters means that an Internet search for "hospice and Palm Beach" turns up more than 200,000 results, with most results on the first page directing you to the Hospice of Palm Beach County sites.
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Meeting with key stakeholders and sterilization groups, the Joint Commission is nearing a landmark consensus position on the long-confusing issue of "flash" sterilization. With various groups already offering slightly differing definitions and interpretations, the Joint Commission tried to clarify its stance last year with a position statement that apparently caused as much confusion as it allayed.
