Some medical billings are fraud
Posted by admin in Nursing World, Your MoneyMar 7th, 2010 | No CommentsTracy A. Jeffers
The health care debate rages on, and it appears that the Democrats are going to use the parliamentary maneuver called reconciliation to pass the bill presently before Congress without any Republican votes.
Nursing graduates frustrated with job market
Posted by admin in NCLEX, Nursing WorldMar 6th, 2010 | No CommentsBy HEATHER KEELS
HAGERSTOWN — Despite talk of a national nursing shortage that prompted Hagerstown Community College to roughly double the size of its nursing program two years ago, some new nursing graduates say jobs aren’t as plentiful as they had hoped.
Eliminating nursing program would be grave mistake
Posted by admin in Nursing World, Shortage of NursesMar 6th, 2010 | No Comments
By Shayne Roberson
President William Bloodworth of Augusta State University has a tough job. With mandated budget cuts from the state, he had to sit down with his red pen and decide what academic programs at ASU would be put on the chopping block.
I assume that in doing this, he considered the impact not only on the local student population, but on the needs of the community on the local and national level. Read More…
Washington DC to distribute female condoms
Posted by admin in Nursing World, Your HealthMar 6th, 2010 | No CommentsWashington DC will become the first city in the US to make female condoms available for free, the Washington Post has reported.
The contraceptives will be handed out in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in areas with high rates of HIV/Aids infection.
Male condoms have long been handed out but infection rates remain high among Washington’s black residents. Read More…
A New Possible Cure For Breast Cancer: Freezing
Posted by admin in Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer TreatmentMar 6th, 2010 | No Comments
Researchers at the University Of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center released a study that shows that freezing cancerous tumors can kill the cancer, another up-side to this being that it causes an immune system response that could provide a natural barrier to this disease.
How common is Sex Hormones imbalance in women and what are the symptoms?
Posted by admin in Woman´s Sex Life, Your Sex LifeMar 6th, 2010 | No CommentsBecause I always had a lot of (mostly minor) problems that are usually associated with sex hormones, I’m wondering for a long time if I could have a sex hormone imbalance. I will not go into detail because I’m looking for a diagnostic test, but I want to know more about this subject, so if I should examine or can not decide. What kind of tests I should start to see how expensive they are, and will arrange a doctor based on blood tests alone to do my request? Maybe you could show me some sites to consider. I’ve googled it, but I really do not know what I do. Read More…
Obama Urges Action on Health Care
Posted by admin in Nursing World, Obama CareMar 6th, 2010 | No CommentsWASHINGTON — President Obama pressed Congress on Saturday to “finish its work” on health care, dismissing criticism from Republicans as he sought to build a case that the legislation would be friendly to families and small businesses.
As the administration works to win over skeptical Democrats in Washington, Mr. Obama is taking his health care message to Philadelphia and St. Louis this week, the latest steps in a forceful campaign designed to demystify the complicated health care measure. Read More…
Pentagon shooter had history of mental health problems
Posted by admin in Nursing WorldMar 6th, 2010 | No CommentsArlington, Virginia (CNN) — The man who authorities say shot and wounded two police officers outside the Pentagon Thursday before he was fatally shot had a history of mental health problems and a penchant for spouting anti-government conspiracy theories.
Breast Cancer Facts
Posted by admin in Breast Cancer, Nursing WorldMar 6th, 2010 | No CommentsBy Tracee Cornforth
An estimated 182,800 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in 2000.
Approximately 42,200 deaths will occur in women from breast cancer in 2000.
One in eight women or 12.6% of all women will get breast cancer in her lifetime.
Breast cancer risk increases with age and every woman is at risk.
Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer.
Seventy-seven percent of women with breast cancer are over 50.
Mother suing daycare on behalf of daughter – Canada
Posted by admin in Nursing World, Your LifeMar 6th, 2010 | No CommentsBy Keith Fraser, The Province
The mother of a six-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted at a Coquitlam daycare is suing the daycare and one of its employees for damages on behalf of her daughter.
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