Medicine NewsA UK survey of managers across health and social care found that nearly two thirds (62 per cent) of them believe that Christmas parties are important in helping improve employee engagement. The survey comes in the wake of a government report that blames UK business leaders for low levels of staff engagement…
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With medical schools flooded with applications, three industrial-organizational psychologists have conducted a study to determine if giving personality tests to prospective students would enable admissions officers to better predict which applicants will be successful. “Our findings show that personality factors do have a predictive value as to the success rate of admitted medical students…
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“We were able to show that children who are exposed to tobacco smoke prenatally and during the first years of life have a higher risk of developing abnormal behavioral symptoms when they are of school age,” said Dr. Joachim Heinrich of the Institute of Epidemiology at Helmholtz Zentrum München…
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Rat model shows tobacco smoke exposure induces brain changes indicative of nicotine dependence Rats passively exposed to tobacco smoke become dependent on nicotine, according to a new study1 by Dr. Adrie Bruijnzeel and colleagues from the University of Florida in the US…
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Spectranetics Corporation (Nasdaq: SPNC) announced it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its new VisiSheathTM Dilator Sheath device. This expands the market for VisiSheath, which recently also received CE Mark approval in Europe…
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Neurologists in the US suggest irregular arm swings while walking could be an early sign of Parkinson’s disease and scientific measurement of such a suspected symptom could help diagnose the disease earlier, giving greater opportunity to slow brain cell damage and disease progression…
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