Jan Dyer

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Disaster Responders Need Care, Too

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 24, 2016

SAMHSA supports the mental health of disaster responders with resources to reduce the amount of burnout and compassion fatigue.

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Needlesticks and Infections: Still Not Enough Information

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 23, 2016

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Cholesterol Medications—Who Isn’t Taking Them?

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 23, 2016

Research from the CDC finds half of Americans who should be taking cholesterol medications are not.

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Using a Multiplex of Biomarkers to Detect Prostate Cancer

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 18, 2016

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HIV Antibody Infusion Safely Reduces Viral Load

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 16, 2016

NIH study finds antibody infusions significantly reduced the viral load in HIV patients.

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Dronabinol: A Controversial Acute Leukemia Treatment

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 11, 2016

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Home-Visiting Program to Support Young Native American Families

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 10, 2016

Connecticut-based nonprofit launches US project that supports Native American families with home-based lessons.

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CDC Reviews a Year of Health ‘Nightmares’

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 4, 2016

Antibiotic resistance makes the CDC’s list of “what kept us up at night” in 2015.

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Military Wound Dressing Now for Civilian Traumatic Injuries

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 2, 2016

Used to stop hemorrhagic shock on the battlefield, a multisponge dressing, “first of its kind” technology, can now be used for civilians.

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When Does Hip Pain Mean Osteoarthritis?

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 1, 2016

Study looks deeper into the correlation of hip pain and hip osteoarthritis among older patients.

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Creating Charts With CDC Data

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: January 28, 2016

The CDC has released an updated version of the Atlas that allows users to create their own charts and view up to 10 years of national data.

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AHRQ Awards Grants for Rural Primary Care

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: January 27, 2016

The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality will award up to $12 million dollars over the next 4 years to fund opioid abuse treatment research....

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Tested Tools to Reduce Catheter-Associated UTIs

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: January 25, 2016

To reduce the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality releases a tool kit to promote...

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VA Choice Gets Easier

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: January 25, 2016

The updated Veteran Choice Program makes it easier for all veterans to receive health care.

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Substance Abuse: Good News, Not So Good News

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: January 21, 2016

SAMHSA reveals a decline in some forms of substance abuse but an unfortunate increase in others.