A new UCLA School of Nursing study is the first to reveal the devastating consequences of smoking on the nursing profession. Published in the November – December edition of the journal Nursing Research, the findings describe smoking trends and death rates among U.S. nurses and emphasise the importance of supporting smoking cessation programs in the nursing field.
‘Nurses witness firsthand how smoking devastates the health of their patients with Read the rest of this entry »
To Fight Infectious Disease, Medical Research Turns To Philosophy — and Buffalo
January 14, 2009
BUFFALO, N.Y. — To tackle an increasing global infectious disease burden and rising rates of drug-resistant infections, University at Buffalo philosophers are working with medical researchers to develop the first-ever infectious disease ontology.
Ontology is the science of how things are classified and the relationships between them. When researchers Read the rest of this entry »
Natural History Museum scientists, working as part of the Gibraltar Caves Project, excavated and studied remains of shell fish and other marine animals such as dolphins from two caves in Gibraltar where Neanderthals once lived.
They discovered that Neanderthals were more sophisticated than their traditional caveman image would suggest. Like modern humans, they foraged in coastal habitats to find sea foods such as shellfish and vulnerable seals. Read the rest of this entry »
SAN JOSE, Calif.
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Not everybody spent Thanksgiving day eating a huge holiday meal.
About 7,600 people ran in the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot through San Jose Thursday.
Race organizers say that was a record for the event, with about 1,500 more people than last year running in the event.
The race raises money for the for the Second Harvest Food Bank, the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County and the Santa Clara Family Health Foundation’s Read the rest of this entry »
Nov 17, 2008 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) –
— Watson Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company, has announced that its new drug application for a six-month formulation of Trelstar, a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone agonist, has been accepted for filing by the FDA.
Watson is seeking marketing approval of the Trelstar formulation for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Watson anticipates that FDA will take action Read the rest of this entry »
A MAJOR South Australian drug case has been adjourned for more than five months because of the continuing backlog at the state’s Forensic Science Centre.
Prosecutors were to have handed over police statements and drugs analysis data today in Adelaide Magistrates Court, over what police described as the state’s biggest cannabis haul in six years.
Beau Trent Hunt, 29, Craig Arthur Stevens, 28, Stephen Lee Yeates, 33, and Shelley Abbott, 32, were Read the rest of this entry »
Bridges to Wellness needs portable commodes, wheelchairs, braces and hospital beds for an equipment-loan program that helps residents in need, according to a news release Monday.
The organization plans to begin a Durable Medical Equipment Loaner Closet program next year. The program will reuse medical equipment, including crutches and shower benches, which will be loaned to residents in western Benton and Washington counties in Northwest Arkansas Read the rest of this entry »
Estrogen is living up to its long-held reputation as the memory molecule. It gets soaked up by the brain and promotes nerve connections in all manner of species—from man to ape, rodent to songbird. But, paradoxically, it is also a molecule that can shrink an older women’s brain, accelerating its demise into the dark night of
. In
from the Women’s Health Initiative released this week, brain scans helped explain why some women show deterioration Read the rest of this entry »
Published January 4, 2009
My mother, Lore Ray Healy, and I would like to thank the employees of Galveston Insurance Agency, especially Cindy Lindenberg of the Galveston office and Jackie in the League City office.
Like many people on Galveston Island, we lost everything to Hurricane Ike.
My mother is in a wheelchair, which makes it difficult to be displaced. The GIA associates and our adjuster couldnt have been more helpful. Fortunately, Read the rest of this entry »
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Feb. 3
/PRNewswire/ — SmartNow.com, the company dedicated to providing women over 30 with expert health and beauty information along with community, announced today that Dr.
has joined as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Jampolis is a board certified internist and physician nutrition specialist (one of only 200 in the country). She specializes exclusively in nutrition for weight loss and disease prevention and treatment. As a renowned nutrition Read the rest of this entry »