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R.I. Issues Emergency Marijuana Rules

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island has issued emergency regulations to begin licensing a new group of private growers of medical marijuana. The Department of Business Regulation said creating a new class of marijuana cultivators will protect patients from an expected shortfall of the product this winter. The regulations took effect October 25. State officials said […]

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Ontario Nurse Charged in 8 Deaths

TORONTO — A nurse has been charged with the murders of eight elderly people under her care at nursing homes in southwestern Ontario over a seven-year period, police said. Woodstock Police Chief William Renton said Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlaufer, 49, was charged with first-degree murder in the killings that took place between 2007 and 2014. […]

Indiana U. First to Offer Health Data Degree

INDIANAPOLIS —Indiana University is poised to offer what it says is the country’s first bachelor of science degree in health data science. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports the university’s Fairbanks School of Public Health will offer the degree pending approval of the Indiana Commission on Higher Education in December. Students would start working on course […]

Gates Foundation Gives UW $210 Million

SEATTLE —The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving the University of Washington $210 million to help build a new facility to advance efforts to improve the health and well-being of people worldwide, officials said Tuesday. The donation from the largest private foundation in the world, located just miles from the Seattle campus, is the […]

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Kansas Mental Health Courts Improved Lives, Advocates Say

WICHITA, Kan. — Municipal Judge Bryce Abbott slid into a high-backed leather chair behind a stack of bloated manila files documenting the dilemma of adults seeking refuge in Kansas’ groundbreaking mental health court. He shoved enough progress-report files aside to create a line of sight to defendants and family members, social workers, counselors and the […]

Freddie Gray Asked Police to Go to Hospital, Tapes Show

BALTIMORE —The videotaped statements of two of the Baltimore officers charged in the death of a young black man whose neck was broken in the back of a police transport wagon have been made public for the first time. WBAL-TV used a Maryland Public Information Act request to obtain the April 17, 2015 statements from […]

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“Size Diversity” Matters in Health Care

Practicing medicine, especially naturopathic medicine, in a weight-obsessed culture can be tricky. Food and movement are two of the most powerful tools I have to help my patients feel better, but how do I apply those tools in a culture so obsessed with diet and exercise as a means to an end (get skinnier) rather […]

Kansas Wesleyan Denied Accreditation for Nursing

SALINA — Kansas Wesleyan University is trying to decide what to do after getting more bad news about its nursing program. Most recently, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education rejected the school’s application for voluntary accreditation, The Salina Journal ( http://bit.ly/2dT0shA ) reported. The small private university was notified last week and shared the news […]

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$1.5M gift Will Fund Nursing Chair

EAST LANSING, Mich. — McLaren Greater Lansing has made a $1.5 million gift to Michigan State University to establish the College of Nursing’s first endowed chair position. The East Lansing school said that the donation to help create the Endowed Chair for Behavioral Mental Health Nursing Education is the second largest gift ever given to […]

One-Fourth of Cancer Deaths Linked to Smoking

CHICAGO — Cigarettes contribute to more than 1 in 4 cancer deaths in the U.S. The rate is highest among men in Southern states where smoking is more common and the rules against it are not as strict. The American Cancer Society study found the highest rate among men in Arkansas, where 40 percent of […]

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Race, Ethnicity Factor in Hospital Readmissions

SAN FRANCISCO — Among children hospitalized with asthma or diabetes, non-Hispanic black patients have the highest rates of readmission, while readmission rates among those hospitalized with seizure or migraine are highest among non-Hispanic whites, according to data presented at the 2016 AAP National Conference and Exhibition. “Preventing hospital readmissions continues to be a key aim […]

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ASU, Mayo Clinic Team Up for New Medical School

PHOENIX —The Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University are teaming up to offer a medical certificate program. Students attending the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, which will open next summer, will simultaneously complete an ASU and Mayo Clinic certificate program in the science of health-care delivery as part of the Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance […]

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