Speaking a different language in a health care setting can not only prevent patients from communicating aches and pains or doctors from relaying important medical news or instructions – it can keep people from seeking care altogether.
University of Iowa Health Care leaders recently notified employees that nurses in the coming weeks will face “some of the most challenging” staffing to date – warning, specifically, that nurses in some units at times will have to take on five patients.
A study published Aug. 18 in the prestigious Nature Genetics journal identified 60 genes that contribute to autism largely via inherited genes from parents who don’t have autism or cognitive differences – including five never before implicated in the condition.
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