Ellis Parker, MSN, RN, from Level Up RN, discusses the different levels of health prevention—primary, secondary, and tertiary—and the significant role of health determinants. She uses the community…
Most vaccines help the immune system learn to identify and fight off harmful viruses or bacteria before someone gets sick. But, scientists are also creating vaccines to treat…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Some men having coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) especially smokers — should also be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), even if they’re…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Heart failure patients who see a physician within a week after hospital discharge are less likely to be readmitted within 30 days, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Does vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia reduce the risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke? Apparently not, according to a study of more…
Going through menopause is hard enough. Why should women go it alone? What’s Up With You Know Who is an informative, entertaining DVD that will explain the menopause…
Menopause in an Hour is an informative DVD and Guidebook. It provides you with medically sound, up-to-date information in a format that’s easy to understand and use. It’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single dose of azithromycin cured early syphilis as effectively as the standard painful penicillin injections, in a recent phase III trial. But…
Get a real-life look at what’s happening on the ground in Haiti from Dr. Pierre Rouzier, Sports Medicine doctor at University of Massachusetts Amherst. In the aftermath of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients on long-term stable warfarin therapy can safely be immunized against influenza, results of study from Italy indicate. In the study, influenza vaccination…
EW YORK (Reuters Health) – Annual testing for Chlamydia trachomatis doesn’t prevent many cases of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), according to a prospective U.K. study published in BMJ…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Polyps smaller than 10 mm that are detected with CT colonography (CTC) screening are very unlikely to contain high-grade dysplasia or malignancy, a…
