News outlets report on nursing workforce issues, including a push for an expanded role for nurse practitioners, supervision of nurse anesthetists and a trend toward delayed retirement. "Nursing leaders say large numbers of [nurse] practitioners ... will be needed to fill gaps in primary care...
Using an elaborate sleuthing system they developed to probe how cells manage their own division, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that common but hard-to-see sugar switches are partly in control. Because these previously unrecognized sugar switches are so abundant and potential targets...
Scientists have identified a gene family that plays a key role in one of the earliest stages of development in which an embryo distinguishes its left side from the right and determines how organs should be positioned within the body. The finding in mice likely will lead to a better understanding...
In a column for Kaiser Health News, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, writes the following: "Skilled health provider. Sympathetic caregiver. Trusted dispenser of medicines. Capable interpreter of complicated medical instructions. Coordinator of care...
Researchers and the general public have a new resource for information on the health and intimate relationships of older people, thanks to a new supplemental issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences (Volume 64B, Supplement 1)...
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Researchers and the general public have a new resource for information on the health and intimate relationships of older people, thanks to a new supplemental issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences (Volume 64B, Supplement 1)...
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The role of a medical expert witness needs to be strictly defined and carefully controlled during legal proceedings and physicians need to be aware of their role, states an analysis of the Goudge Inquiry into pediatric forensic pathology published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...
Overeating is a key factor in obesity and in cases where it becomes compulsive, it is often classified as "food addiction", a label that has been controversial, states a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The authors argue that food addiction in some individuals may be a...
Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common type of abnormal heart beat. It is characterized by scarring of the atrial region of the heart (a hallmark known as atrial fibrosis). Although atrial fibrosis is thought to perpetuate Afib, exactly how it develops has not been determined. Some...
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Is this really the one animal that is allowed to enter into church?
Thus, I've heard that cat is the only animal that is not mentioned in Bible.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced the approval of the first over-the-counter (OTC) medicine to treat the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men, to be available through pharmacies without a prescription. An estimated one-in-four men over...
UroToday.com - Active surveillance (AS) entails a strategy by which selected men are managed expectantly with the intention of applying potentially curative treatment in case of signs of progression. While AS strategy has changed the treatment and management of low-risk prostate cancers, it...
The Free Market is a god-like powerful force that we can rely on to solve our problems, especially those of supply and demand. So if, as the WHO estimates, about 2% of the population is going to be covered by H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine then ... shall we assume that the other 98% of the world's...