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…
Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Continuing to take low-dose aspirin after endoscopic treatment of a bleeding peptic ulcer raises the risk for re-bleeding but may also reduce mortality…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving intravenous drugs during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does not improve survival, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Systolic blood pressure, left ventricular (LV) mass, and diabetes status independently predict the likelihood that prehypertensive patients with cardiac risk factors will develop…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients receiving glucocorticoids for inflammatory diseases, adverse events are very common, even at low to medium doses, according to a meta-analysis by…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Interruption of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compressions is common and prolonged when paramedics attempt to perform endotracheal intubation at the same time, research indicates.…
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Chief Medical Officer Policy Division for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Executive Director Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative-Effectiveness Research at Health and…
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Chief Medical Officer Policy Division for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Executive Director Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative-Effectiveness Research at Health and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is much more active in humans during the winter than in the summer, according to a report in the…
