March, 2010
Site changes and upgrades
We would like to inform our dear readers that our site is currently being upgraded into a nursing community website. During this event, we may constantly tweak the site and make some changes. Now, these may be undesirable to you. Nevertheless we wanted to provide you only the best, and we find these changes necessary. [...]
Multivitamin Use Linked To Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Researchers in Sweden who studied data on over 35,000 middle aged and older women followed for 10 years found a link between taking multivitamins and increased risk of breast cancer and said this was of concern to public health and should be investigated further. You can read about the study, conducted at the Karolinska Institutet [...]
High Rate Of HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men In China
Increasing rate of HIV/STD disease is being reported among ‘men who have sex with men’ with high risk behaviors in Africa and Asia, according to a groundbreaking paper in the April issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, official journal of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a [...]
New Strain Of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Emerging In US Hospitals
New Strain Of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Emerging In US Hospitals
NMC Investigating How Best To Tackle Cases Of Suspected Systematic Failure, UK
Following our recent report on failings at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we have begun exploring when and how we will intervene to protect the public in future cases of suspected systematic failure. We have appointed Dame Elizabeth Fradd to assist us in identifying how the NMC should address similar failures in [...]
Significantly Higher Risk Of Developing Lung Cancer In People Who Have Never Smoked Linked To Gene Variation
An article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology reports that variations in a gene called GPC5 have been identified. They might contribute to a significantly higher risk of developing lung cancer in people who have never smoked. The findings from the largest effort to determine the genetic changes involved in lung cancer in never [...]
BD Diagnostics Launches The BD Protect(TM) Infection Surveillance And Prevention Software Portfolio
BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced the launch of the BD Protect™ Infection Surveillance and Data Management System, a portfolio of healthcare management software solutions that tracks infections and helps prevent their transmission at three levels — from patient to patient, between patients and healthcare workers, and from community sources [...]
Smallpox
Smallpox, definition, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment.
Hand Bacteria May One Day Aid Forensic Identification
Next time you leave your computer station or close the lid of your laptop think about this: your mouse and keyboard are covered in hand bacteria that could be traced back to you, according to a new US study that suggests the unique bacterial communities we leave behind on objects we have handled may one [...]