Archive forMay 25, 2005

Cultural icons say: It’s cool to be drug free (The Western News)

It's cool to be drug-free. Educators have been telling students that for years and years. Last week, youngsters at Morrison Elementary School in Troy got the same message from some radical dudes they idolize.

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Even Limited Training Improves Communication with Patients from Other Cultures (Newswise)

Simple classroom lectures about different religious holidays or Spanish language lessons focused on common medical terms really work to help physicians and nurses connect with patients from different cultures and improve patient satisfaction.

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Cultural news round-up (Guardian Unlimited)

· The National Art Collections Fund has given the Tate Gallery £400,000 towards its fight to keep an 18th-century masterpiece in the UK. The Archers, by Joshua Reynolds, was sold to a European institution last year, but its export was blocked by the Government.

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Limited training improves communication with patients from other cultures, study (Medical News Today)

Simple classroom lectures about different religious holidays, such as the Muslim tradition of fasting during Ramadan, or Spanish language lessons focused on common medical terms really work to help physicians and nurses connect with patients from different cultures and improve patient satisfaction, according to a pair of reports from Johns Hopkins researchers.

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