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) – Nicotinic acid can reduce carotid atherosclerosis in statin-treated patients with low HDL cholesterol levels, according to a report in the Journal of the…
Stuart Fischer, MD, discusses the importance of celebrity role models in America’s collective weight problems. Influential individuals who say that it is acceptable to be overweight can have…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a follow-up study of Alaska Natives who received plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine when they were more than 6 months old, a large…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term treatment with low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is modestly effective in preventing urinary tract infections (UTI) in predisposed children, according to a report in The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who regularly use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have better survival after a colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis, research indicates. “A wide body of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Liquid-based cytology is no better than conventional Pap tests in detecting cervical cancer precursors, according to a report in the Journal of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A central pulse pressure (PP) of 50 mmHg or higher is predictive of future MI, coronary heart disease, and other cardiovascular events, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In postmenopausal women with osteopenia, zoledronic acid, given either once-yearly or as a single infusion, is well tolerated and effective in preventing bone…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prophylactic use of acetaminophen during vaccination in children can reduce febrile reactions, but unfortunately the antibody responses to various vaccine antigens are weakened,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Both low and high levels of adiponectin are associated with an increased risk of death in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to…
