How To Become A Family Nurse Practitioner Online

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

If you are a licensed registered nurse you may well be able to enroll in a new online Master of Science in Nursing degree program with a strong focus in Family Nurse Practitioner. This program, offered by Herzing University Online, is available in 27 states in the USA. The University says it is an opportunity for a licensed registered nurse to become a family nurse practitioner. Dr...

Close Contact With Rodents Is A Health Hazard

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0600

A case report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals that a 26-year-old woman from Adelaide who enjoyed cuddling and kissing her pet rats contracted Streptobacillus moniliformis infection (rat bite fever). The disease is potentially fatal and could become more prevalent as rodent ownership increases...

Obesity - New Clues By Age And Stage, Australia

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0600

Researchers have found that one fourth of students in Australian secondary schools are either overweight or obese, affecting lifestyle and socioeconomic status. The study, published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia - a publication of the Australian Medical Association, was funded by Cancer Councils around Australia and the National Heart Foundation...

Endogenous Cushing's Syndrome - FDA Approves Korlym (Mifepristone)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0600

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Korlym (mifepristone) to control hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) in adults with endogenous Cushing's syndrome, who have type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance, who remained unresponsive to previous surgery or are not eligible candidates for surgery. Pregnant women should never take Korlym (contraindicated)...

Fake Drugs Increasing On The Net And Finding Their Way Into Legitimate Supplies

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0600

Fake drugs are increasingly being sold on the Internet in a global counterfeit medicines market that has doubled in the last five years to more than $75 million...

Raw Milk Causes Most Dairy-related Outbreaks Of Diseases

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0600

Unpasteurized milk, also known as raw milk, is proportionally responsible for 150 times more disease outbreaks than pasteurized milk, a new report issued by the CDC's (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) Emerging Infectious Diseases has revealed...

Peptide Helps Improve Learning And Memory

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0600

Although there are several drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory, researchers have recently shown that some drugs can actually improve cognitive function...

Adult Pneumococcal Vaccines - How Cost Effective Are They?

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0600

According to a computer-based cost-effectiveness analysis in the February issue of JAMA, recommending the use of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) could possibly prevent more pneumococcal disease than the current 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) recommendations...

Huntington's Disease - Blocking HDACs May Be The Way

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0600

The February 21 issue of the open access journal PLoS Biology reveals that researchers from the National University of Ireland Galway have made an important scientific discovery in the battle against Huntington's disease...

Female Heart Attack Patients Have A Higher In-Hospital Mortality Rate Than Men

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0600

A study in the February issue of JAMA, reports that female heart attack patients are more likely to go to hospital without chest pain and have a much higher rate of in-hospital death following a heart attack, compared to men of the same age group. The study, by John G. Canto, M.D., M.S.P.H., of the Watson Clinic and Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Fla...

Traumatic Brain Injury - Clazosentan May Block Harmful Effects

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0600

A study in rats has found that a new medication called clazosentan, may be effective in blocking the harmful effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April 28, 2012...

Large Waists Linked To Memory Difficulties In HIV Patients

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0600

A study published in the print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that a larger waistline may be associated with a greater risk of decreased mental functioning in HIV-positive individuals. J. Allen McCutchan, M.D...

Apps On "Prescription" From Your GP

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0600

General practitioners in the UK could soon be "prescribing" cheap or free smartphone apps to help their patients manage their health and medical conditions, according to news released on Wednesday by the Department of Health...

Weaning From Gluten May Be Pointless For Many

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0600

People who do not have celiac disease and believe they have "non-celiac gluten sensitivity" may be weaning themselves off gluten unnecessarily, researchers from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, reported in Annals of Internal Medicine...

Plastic Surgery Really Does Make People Look Younger

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0600

Plastic surgery seems to make people look about 8.9 years younger than their actual age, researchers from the University of Toronto and NorthShore University Health System reported in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. Jeremy P. Warner, M.D., and team set out to determine how much younger esthetic facial surgical procedures made people look, in order to measure surgical success...

MRSA CC398 Linked With Tetracycline And Methicillin Drug Resistance

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:00:00 -0600

A recent study by the Translational Genomic Research Institute (TGen), published in the online journal mBio, reveals that a strain of MRSA, a bacterium which is untreatable by the use of antibiotics, is now not only found in livestock, but also in humans...

Pediatric Combo Vaccine Linked To Slight Risk Of Febrile Seizure

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:00:00 -0600

A study, published in JAMA of almost 400,000 children, showed that children had an increased risk of febrile seizures, a convulsion that occurs secondary to a rapid increase in body temperature on the day of the first and second vaccination, with the combined diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliovirus - Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-IPV-Hib) vaccine...

What Causes Leg Pain?

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:00:00 -0600

Leg pain refers to any kind of pain that occurs between the heels and the pelvis. There are many reasons for leg pain, and not all of them are caused by a problem that originates in the leg; some injuries or spinal problems can cause aches and pains in the leg(s). Leg pain can be long-term, transitory, intermittent, acute, or slowly progressive...

Heart Attack With No Chest Pain In Women More Common Than In Men

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:00:00 -0600

A study in the February issue of JAMA , shows that women are more likely than men to be admitted to a hospital without chest pain, and also have a higher rate of in-hospital death after a heart attack, compared with men of the same age group, even though these differences decrease, as people get older...

Stress Increases 40% During Recessions

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

According to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Nottingham and University of Ulster, work related stress increases by 40% during a recession, affecting 1 in 4 workers...