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) – Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke – a known risk factor for myocardial infarction and other acute coronary syndromes (ACS) – can also worsen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stroke is uncommon after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a study of the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR).…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with high-risk esophageal varices treated with the beta-blocker carvedilol had lower rates of first bleeding episodes than patients treated with variceal band…
Michael Banks, MD sits down with Oliver Fein, MD, President of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), to discuss the current debate over health care reform and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women treated for grade 1 breast cancer have a low risk of locoregional recurrence and contralateral breast cancer, results of a study indicate.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Only about half the patients with severe mitral regurgitation who meet current heart society guidelines for surgical intervention actually undergo mitral surgery, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prior research has linked the thiazolidinediones pioglitazone and rosiglitazone with an increased risk of heart failure, myocardial infarction, and death, but new research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Roughly 56% of melanomas detected in general dermatology practice are found through full-body skin examinations (FBSE), not as the result of patient complaint,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In general, the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV, Gardasil, Merck and Co.) licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration in June 2006…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children in the ER, use of ketamine at a high IV dose increases the risks of airway and respiratory events, emesis, and…
