If the demise of CLASS has any greater meaning, perhaps it will serve as a wake-up call for Americans that we need an enduring solution to the long-term care problem. The CLASS legislation, part of the Affordable Care Act, would…
By James Salwitz, MD A frightened Diane called me today. She was in big trouble. Her primary doctor?s office had called with terrible news. The MRI showed Diane had a lesion. Desperate, she reached out to an Oncologist for help. A lesion? Yes, a lesion. What could that mean? What did she need to do? [...]
Source: http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2012/05/16/the-lesions-curse/
For some patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, treatment may begin before they undergo cystectomy, or surgical removal of the bladder. They may be advised by oncologists to receive chemotherapy before surgery. A large randomized clinical trial published in 2003 demonstrated a survival benefit for neoadjuvant, or pre-surgical, MVAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin) using a standard dose and schedule. However, in an effort to improve toxicity, standard MVAC has been essentially abandoned in favor of other regimens…
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/q3xsbLtB_LU/245533.php
The Yellow Pages directory of Canada (YellowPages.ca) is including RSS content on their directory pages.
From a search engine standpoint the reason someone would include RSS content on their site would be to increase the amount of data showing up on a particular page. Most yellowpages and directory web sites don’t have detailed information about the [...]
Source: http://healthrssfeeds.com/yellow-pages-canada-distributing-chiropractic-rss-content/
Conclusion:
The results of this study may be taken into account by the public health Authorities whenplanning the management of future immunization campaigns out of the usual vaccinationschedule or in an emergency event. (Source: Italian Journal of Pediatrics)
Google announced on Friday, June 1st, 2007 that they were purchasing popular RSS Feed website FeedBurner.com. I was excited to hear this news as I believe it will greatly advance the utilization of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) online.
FeedBurner is not an old website, according to whois records, the domain was registered in December of 2003. [...]
Source: http://healthrssfeeds.com/google-buys-feedburner-rss-website/
STATESVILLE, N.C., May 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Does your foot hurt? Want to learn what the problem might be? The Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH) ‘s Foot Pain Self-Assessment Tool, now available at http://www.IPFH.org, is meant to help you do just that. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder which affects one person in 350,000. People affected by this disease have defects in DNA repair, and are hypersensitive to oxidative damage, resulting in bone marrow failure and an increased predisposition to cancer. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases shows that a combination of the fatty acid α-lipoic acid (α-LA) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) can stabilize the DNA of blood cells from FA patients, and drastically reduce its instability. 15 genes are known to be involved in FA…
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This study shows that researchers need to consider more than one ranking method when deciding where to send or publish their research. (Source: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing)
CONCLUSION: In order to enhance the available measurements, propose new interventions for promoting work ability and to further its use as an outcome measure in rehabilitation, it is necessary to assume that the predictors relate to the individuals, their work and their life outside of work in dynamic interactions that require analytical methods which account for the multidimensionality of the construct. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia)
