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Nurses Need More Obesity Training
Nurses Need More Obesity Training
posted by marcusy56 948 days 19 hours 27 minutes ago
Better training is needed for primary care nurses to help them support obese patients, new research has found.
Read more...Geriatrics eliminates chaos, distress that beleaguer elder care
Geriatrics eliminates chaos, distress that beleaguer elder care
posted by tnelson 948 days 20 hours 54 minutes ago
Why are the older generations being overlooked?
Read more...Report Card on Global AIDS Treatment Access Disappointments
Report Card on Global AIDS Treatment Access Disappointments
posted by jlittle 965 days 20 hours 20 minutes ago
The world is still one million people short of the original "3 by 5" goal to put three million people on AIDS treatment by the end of 2005. The slow progress has already cost thousands of lives, and is destined to cost millions more. This is particularly tragic because evidence shows that AIDS treatment delivery is working.
Read more...Poorest countries must invest in science, technology to develop: UN report
Poorest countries must invest in science, technology to develop: UN report
posted by jlittle 965 days 20 hours 22 minutes ago
GENEVA: The world's least developed countries need to invest heavily in science and technology if they want to catch up with richer nations, a U.N. report said Thursday. To do so, poor countries must devote funds to promoting their "knowledge economy," and donors should increase the amount of aid they give to projects that improve a country's ability to develop its industrial and agricultural sectors, according to the report by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development.
Read more...Nurses, cleaners at increased risk for asthma
Nurses, cleaners at increased risk for asthma
posted by tatum10 954 days 18 hours 1 minute ago
Nurses are roughly twice as likely as people with other jobs to develop asthma, according to a report in The Lancet medical journal.
Read more...Award-Winning NIH Administrator Appointed Deputy Director at National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Award-Winning NIH Administrator Appointed Deputy Director at National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
posted by nurse24 962 days 18 hours 28 minutes ago
Joyce A. Hunter, Ph.D., a cardiovascular physiologist and award-winning administrator at the National Institutes of Health will serve as deputy director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH.
Read more...Gender-Specific Knee Implants Give Women Options
Gender-Specific Knee Implants Give Women Options
posted by tnelson 952 days 18 hours 50 minutes ago
Although knee-replacement implants have long been available in many sizes, they were not created to address anatomical shape differences between the sexes until 2006. Read on...
Read more...Moore Criticizes Healthcare Access in 'Sicko'
Moore Criticizes Healthcare Access in 'Sicko'
posted by kmarshall 952 days 18 hours 48 minutes ago
In his latest feature film documentary, "Sicko," director Michael Moore calls for government-sponsored health care for all Americans. The film documents the lives - and deaths - of Americans without health insurance or with inadequate health insurance.
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