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Reform Of Primary Care Could Reduce Costly Diagnostic Errors

Nursing Resource Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:19:05 +0000

Errors in diagnosis place a heavy financial burden on an already costly health care system and can be devastating for affected patients. Strengthening certain aspects of a new and evolving model of...

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Bone Plays Key Role In Insulin Regulation

Nursing Resource Admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:27:23 +0000

New US research on mice suggests that bone plays a key role in insulin regulation and helps cells of the body take up glucose; as both these processes are impaired in people with type 2 diabetes the...

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Decreased Meat Intake May Help Weight Loss And Maintain Healthy Bodyweight

Nursing Resource Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:05:35 +0000

A team of European researchers have found that reducing meat consumption may be a key factor in losing weight and maintaining an healthy body weight. The researchers wrote in The American Journal of...

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National RN Relief Group Teams Up With Navy For Medical Mission To Haiti

Nursing Resource Admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:26:11 +0000

The first team of registered nurse volunteers from California, Michigan, and Washington State will depart for Haiti Wednesday morning with the Department of Defense's Continuing Promise, National...

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Doctor, Nurse Roles Considered As Shortages Take Hold

Nursing Resource Admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:18:00 +0000

"The private doctor's practice - long considered a mainstay of American medicine - could be going the way of the independent bookstore and locally owned pharmacy," The Detroit News reports. Related...

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Womb Cancer Cases Are Highest For Over Three Decades

Nursing Resource Admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:07:04 +0000

The number of women diagnosed with womb cancer is at its highest for over 30 years according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK which show more than 7,530 people now* develop the disease...

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On Track For A Universal Flu Vaccine

Nursing Resource Admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:30 +0000

A universal influenza vaccine - so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades - may become a reality because of research led by scientists from the...

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Nestlé To Drop Deceptive Health Claim On Children’s Drink, US

Nursing Resource Admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:38:03 +0000

As part of a settlement to resolve a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) challenge, a subsidiary of Nestlé, the world's largest food and nutrition company, has agreed to drop allegedly "deceptive"...

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Wearing High Heels And Their Effects On Women’s Legs

Nursing Resource Admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:28:45 +0000

When it comes to shoes, some women will go through hell for a pair of Jimmy Choos. But what effect does wearing high heels have on our bodies? Clinicians have known for a long time that if you hold a...

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AHRQ News and Numbers: Use Of Physical Restraint in Nursing Homes Cut by Half in 8 Years

Nursing Resource Admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:19:30 +0000

The number of residents at nursing homes who were kept physically restrained dropped by more than half from 1999 to 2007, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare...

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