February, 2010
Electronic Prescriptions Reduce Errors By Seven-Fold
Should doctors around the country use e-prescribing to decrease prescription errors?
Cold Weather Falls: Prevention Is Better Than Cure
Winter statistically represents a time when older people are more susceptible to slips, trips and falls.
NHS Could Save Millions By Investing In Specialist Nurses – Royal College Of Nursing, UK
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) today joined forces with almost 40 of the UK’s leading health organizations to warn that cutting specialist nurse services for people with long term conditions would be a “false economy”…
Flu Shots For All Says CDC Panel
A panel of experts that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccine issues, voted this week to recommend that all persons aged 6 months and over receive annual influenza vaccinations.
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight, distorted body image and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Signs and Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, Prognosis, Complications
Media Harming People’s Body Image Say Psychiatrists
UK psychiatrists have announced they are concerned about the harmful influence of the media on people’s body image and are calling for a new editorial code to stop the promotion of unhealthily thin bodies and making eating disorders appear glamorous.
Flightless Mosquito Engineered To Fight Dengue
Bio-engineered flightless mosquitoes could aid in fighting the dreaded Dengue disease.
Influenza
Influenza, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, incubation period, causative agent, prevention, treatment, complications.