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Increasing their numbers

in an effort to recruit potential nursing students, the University of North Dakota College of Nursing conducted three four-day tours across North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Nebraska, visiting American Indian reservations

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Get real

Using actors, surveillance equipment, and high-tech, responsive mannequins to create high-stress scenarios in which students need to think fast, simulation medicine an indispensable tool at many teaching hospitals:.

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Genetic research gets a $6.5 million boost

The funding underwrites research regarding the relationship between genetics and aggressive prostate cancer in African Americans, the connection between viruses and cervical cancer, and the role of genes in asthma and obesity among children

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Better smiles for better health

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is launching an initiative aimed at making the relationship between oral health and overall wellness a top priority

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Streamlining the system

Stanford representatives say their research is the first to show a connection between the implementation of CPOE and decreased fatalities

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Help for new moms

Expectant mothers have a new number to learn, 511411, the number for text4baby. It's a free SMS messaging service providing pregnancy advice and other health tips.

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A Promotion on Capitol Hill

A unanimous vote in the U.S. Senate made it official: Lillian Sparks is the new Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, a wing of the Administration for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services.

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A Boost for Minority Nursing Professors

Find certified minority nurse educators in a flash using the Minority Nurse Educator database, a free service provided by the School of Nursing at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey.

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Make an EMPaCT

Enabling Minority Participation in Clinical Trials, or EMPaCT, is the newest initiative to come out of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

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Different Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding Linked to Race

Why are black women more likely to feed their infants formula than mothers of other races? That's what a recent study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center hopes to determine.

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