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Children and young adults with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders receive intense physical therapy at the Euro-Peds clinic, the world’s first and only hospital-based intensive therapy program, in order to achieve maximum improvement in minimal time.

Learn more about the Balloon Sinuplasty instruments and how they are used to help treat chronic sinusitis.

Ohio State University Medical Center experts say when it comes to delivering babies, eating right and exercising through your pregnancy can deliver much better results.

Ambulatory healthcare utilization continues to rise. Physician office, emergency department, and outpatient clinic visits are all increasing. Statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics show that there were 1.2 billion patient visits to primary care provider (PCP) offices, hospital outpatient clinics, and emergency departments (ED) in 2005 (a rate of 4 visits per person annually). Visit rates per population have all increased over the past decade and continue to do so.

Here are our top favorite medical blogs from this week. We do make an effort to find blogs from a variety of medical topics. So, if you don’t find one here that tickles your particular fancy then check back next week.

Better yet, send us nominations that you feel deserve an honorable mention. Yes, you may include your own (we don’t judge narcissism too harshly). So feel free to cast your votes!

Your in the middle of your shift, the nursing supervisor comes over to the group of nurses working and asks if anyone would like to stay and “do a double”. There is immediate silence, each nurse looks at the other and almost unanimously everyone turns back to the supervisor and signals a resounding “no”. In response the supervisor declares that someone has to be mandated.

This issue has been repeatedly addressed over time and both have their strengths. Marketing to a niche audience will provide you fewer and more qualified candidates instead of marketing to the masses. Generic marketing should be used to reinforce your brand and not used for a particular position. When used appropriately, niche and generic marketing can provide excellent results.

Hospital rooms of today in many healthcare facilities are inadequate. Their design is outdated; they do not meet the needs of most patient populations, they diminish the quality of care, and in many cases impede patient safety. In some instances hospital rooms actually increase the risk of preventable injury to patients.

Nursing salaries may be leveling out as reported by Advance for Nurses. An on-line study collected salary data of 7500 nurses across the United States which indicated that salaries may have reached a plateau. The report shows a $3000 drop in nursing salaries this year compared to 2007. There are other indicators that suggest the nursing shortage is also tapering off. Experts say that one reason is the large number of nurses that are at the top of their facility pay scale who are now only getting an annual cost of living adjustment.