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) – Excessive intake of fructose can increase blood pressure and induce other features of the metabolic syndrome, according to study findings presented Wednesday at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In premenopausal women with breast cancer, adjuvant tamoxifen treatment significantly reduces the risk of contralateral breast cancer, according to results of a Swedish…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with estrogen plus progestin does not seem to increase the risk of lung cancer per se, but it may increase the odds…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Starting estrogen-progestogen therapy close to menopause may increase the risk of breast cancer, even with short-duration treatment, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the antiarrhythmic dronedarone is less effective than amiodarone at maintaining sinus rhythm, but it has fewer adverse…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction are elevated in premenopausal women with migraine, which may help to explain the link between migraine and strokes, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New guidelines issued jointly by the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society point out that children with microcephaly are at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Findings from a systematic review indicate that while tamoxifen, raloxifene, and tibolone all reduce the risk of primary breast cancer, the drugs differ…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Thiazolidinedione treatment of diabetes in older adults is associated with an increased fracture risk, according to a report in the August issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hurricane Katrina brought many changes to hospitals that remained open throughout the hurricane and during its aftermath. Among these were greater efficiency as…
