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• How To Become A Family Nurse Practitioner Online
  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 famil […]
• Endogenous Cushing's Syndrome - FDA Approves Korlym (Mifepristone)
  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 (contr […]
• Obesity - New Clues By Age And Stage, Australia
  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 Nationa […]
• Close Contact With Rodents Is A Health Hazard
  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... […]
• Huntington's Disease - Blocking HDACs May Be The Way
  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... […]
• Fake Drugs Increasing On The Net And Finding Their Way Into Legitimate Supplies
  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
  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... […]
• Adult Pneumococcal Vaccines - How Cost Effective Are They?
  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... […]
• Peptide Helps Improve Learning And Memory
  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... […]
• Female Heart Attack Patients Have A Higher In-Hospital Mortality Rate Than Men
  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 […]