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Geriatrics eliminates chaos, distress that beleaguer elder care
Geriatrics eliminates chaos, distress that beleaguer elder care
posted by tnelson 486 days 16 hours 38 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 503 days 16 hours 4 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 503 days 16 hours 5 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 492 days 13 hours 45 minutes 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 500 days 14 hours 12 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 490 days 14 hours 34 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 490 days 14 hours 32 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.
Read more...Maryland Nursing Shortage Getting Worse
Maryland Nursing Shortage Getting Worse
posted by tnelson 486 days 17 hours 37 minutes ago
Despite increased salaries, creative recruiting techniques and government-funded scholarship programs, the nursing shortage at Maryland hospitals is getting worse, according to a report released yesterday by the Maryland Hospital Association...
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