National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses, praised 10 members of the District of Columbia City Council for pressing Washington Hospital Center to settle its ongoing labor dispute. The RNs have called a one-day strike for Friday, March 4 with the hospital threatening a lockout that […]
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Like a switch stuck in the on position, the bone marrow can churn out blood cells that bloat internal organs and clog blood vessels, leading to life-threatening disease. Now University of Florida scientists have discovered a potential new drug that can throw the switch on the runaway blood cell-production mechanism…
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Experts meeting at the 2nd International Congress on Abdominal Obesity (ICAO) issued a warning that millions of individuals around the globe are at risk from the cardiometabolic consequences of being overweight. Worryingly, the experts suggest that these people are not being identified by their doctors…
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New advice for clinicians on the management of women with reduced fetal movements (RFM) during pregnancy has been published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). This is the first edition of this guideline and looks at how women should be aware of their baby’s movement patterns in the womb…
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BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) announced that enrollment of subjects in the first of two pivotal Phase III LibiGel (testosterone gel) safety and efficacy trials has been completed. The efficacy trials are being conducted under an FDA-approved special protocol assessment (SPA) agreement…
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Many studies have suggested that males tend to be more physically and verbally aggressive than females. According to a new study, to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, it may not be the case that women are less competitive than men-they may just be using a different strategy […]
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Nearly 100,000 Mainers currently face the threat of catastrophic family health care expenses from serious, unexpected injuries or illnesses, such as accidents, sports injuries, cancer, diabetes, and other diseases. A new cap on out-of-pocket expenses, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, will help those families protect both their health and their budgets…
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People who have their cell phones next to their ear for fifty minutes experience a 7% increase in sugar consumption in part of the brain closest to the phone’s antenna, researchers from the National Institutes of Health, USA revealed in an article published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)…
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New data presented at the 2nd International Congress on Abdominal Obesity (ICAO) highlights the importance of abdominal obesity as a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes…
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Health care spending is one of the fastest growing contributors to government debt. According to the Congressional Budget Office, federal spending on health care will double in the next 10 years, consuming 27 percent of the budget by 2020…
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