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) – The ability to detect major fetal anomalies by ultrasonography is reduced in pregnant women who are obese or diabetic, according to researchers at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High urinary levels of a carcinogen in tobacco may help predict risk of lung cancer in smokers, according to research reported at the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Overall, women who were treated for cancer during childhood are about 20% less likely to become pregnant than their unaffected sisters, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – REM sleep behavior disorder is associated with a ìsubstantialî risk for eventual development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson disease and Lewy body…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The two commercially available Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma release assays show excellent agreement with each other. As far more accurate indicators of latent TB…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although folate fortification of foods may reduce the rate of neural tube defects in target populations, new research from Chile suggests that it…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of nearly 7000 men, large body size at age 20 years and subsequent weight gain were both identified as independent…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – From 1985 to 2007, the initial CD4+ cell counts seen at diagnosis in HIV-infected patients in the US have fallen, suggesting that the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children exposed in utero to methamphetamine, MRI findings suggest alterations in white matter maturation, according to a report in the April 15th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that marijuana use may increase the risk of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs), primarily nonseminoma types. According to the report…
