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Identifying Warning Signs Of Pregnancy Danger
2007-09-07 10:46:00 Warning signs such as increased stress could indicate that pregnancy-induced hypertension is reaching life-threatening levels, found Temple University researcher Kathleen Black, DNSc, RNC, the author of a study in the September/October issue of the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing."The condition is variable and can change quickly. We need to be aware of symptoms changing from mild to worse. A higher number of symptoms could also mean [pregnancy-induced hypertension] is getting worse," Black said.Also known as preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, pregnancy-induced hypertension occurs at about 20 weeks in 6 percent to 8 percent of pregnancies. The exact cause is not known. Severe forms of these conditions can play a role in perinatal developmental issues of the fetus or even death for both the mother and fetus. The perinatal period is defined as the time of birth (five months before and one month after).Click here to see the rest of this article in Medic... More About: Pregnancy , Signs , Warning Signs , Warning , Danger
Malignant Melanoma Treatment Works On Immune Cells, Not The Cancer
2007-09-07 05:31:00 A new study shows that an important drug used in the treatment of malignant melanoma has little effect on the melanoma cells themselves. Instead, it activates immune-system cells to fight the disease.The drug, called interferon alpha (IFNa), is used to clean up microscopic tumor cells that may remain in the body following surgery for the disease. It is the only drug approved for this purpose.Researchers say that these findings underscore the need to develop ways to make melanoma cells more vulnerable to the drug, or to overcome the block within the cells that prevents them from responding to it.The study showed that melanoma cells taken directly from patients, as well as those grown in the laboratory, respond poorly to IFNa, even when the drug is given at very high doses, while immune cells respond well to the same substance.Click here to see the rest of this article in Medical News Todaypermalink TechnoratiPhilippine Nursing http://Philippinenursing.blogspot.com More About: Cancer , Treatment , Works , Melanoma , Elano
Excercise And Yoga Can Improve Quality Of Life And Physical Fitness In Wome
2007-09-06 16:20:00 Two studies report that exercise and yoga can help maintain and in some cases improve quality of life in women with early-stage breast cancer. The first study found that resistance and aerobic exercise improved physical fitness, self-esteem and body composition, and that resistance exercise improved chemotherapy completion rates. The second study demonstrated that yoga was particularly beneficial for women who were not receiving chemotherapy during the study period. Both studies will be published online September 4 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology(JCO).Resistance and Aerobic ExerciseIn the first study, Canadian investigators explored the effects of exercise on quality of life, physical fitness and body composition in women receiving chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer. This study, the Supervised Trial of Aerobic versus Resistance Training (START) trial, is the largest to date to explore the effects of exercise during chemotherapy and one of the first to evaluate a regimen ... More About: Life , Fitness , Yoga , Physical , Quality of Life
RP now world?s top labor exporter
2007-09-06 16:16:00 By Christian V. EsguerraInquirerLast updated 10:24pm (Mla time) 09/05/2007MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines is now the world?s top exporter of labor, according to Labor Secretary Arturo Brion.Brion made the statement Wednesday before the House committee on appropriations to justify his department?s proposed P6.2 billion budget for 2008, an P800 million increase over their current P5.4 billion allocation.?We are now the No. 1 labor-sending country simply because Filipinos are very desired everywhere,? he told lawmakers. ?If we are not that productive, we will not be that desired.?Brion was responding to the query of Sorsogon Representative Salvador Escudero III on whether Filipino workers were productive.The secretary said the demand for overseas Filipino workers was so high that there were now ?more jobs than what we can provide.?He cited the case of Saudi Arabia, which had a demand for 5,000 nurses. He said the Philippines came up short by 2,000.Click here to see the rest of t... More About: World
The Solution To Vitamin E Failure
2007-09-05 10:47:00 Vitamin E has failed to prevent heart attacks because dosages taken were far too low, according to a new study from Vanderbilt University, but the solution is not as simple as taking larger amounts of the vitamin. According to the study, published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine, the extremely high dosages of vitamin E required to produce significant benefits may not be safe. However, MeridiumXN?, a novel dietary supplement from BioNovix, offers a solution to this dilemma.Click here to see the rest of this article in Medical News Todaypermalink TechnoratiPhilippine Nursing http://Philippinenursing.blogspot.com More About: Failure , Vitamin , Vitamin E , Solution , Lure
Smoking Changes Gene Activity And Turns On Genes -- Permanently
2007-09-03 14:02:00 Smoking tobacco is no longer considered sexy, but it may prove a permanent turn on for some genes. Research published in the online open access journal BMC Genomics could help explain why former smokers are still more susceptible to lung cancer than those who have never smoked.A Canadian team led by Wan L Lam and Stephen Lam from the BC Cancer Agency, took samples from the lungs of 24 current and former smokers, as well as from non-smokers who have never smoked. They used these lung samples to create libraries using a technique called serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE), which helps to identify patterns of gene activity.Only about a fifth of the genes in a cell are switched on at any given time, but environmental changes such as smoking lead to changes in gene activity. The researchers found changes that were irreversible, and some changes that were reversed by stopping smoking. The reversible genes were particularly involved in xenobiotic functions (managing chemicals not pro... More About: Smoking , Gene , Chang , Chan , Permanent
Study Suggests That We Should Re-Think Learning Methods For Long-Term Reten
2007-09-03 14:00:00 When you look back on your school days, doesn't it seem like you studied all the time? However, most of us seem to have retained almost nothing from our early immersion in math, history, and foreign language.Were we studying the wrong way during all those wee hours? Well, as it turns out we may have been. Psychologists have been assessing how well various study strategies produce long-term learning, and it appears that some strategies really do work much better than others.Consider "overlearning." That's the term learning specialists use for studying material immediately after you've mastered it. Say you're studying new vocabulary words, flash-card style, and you finally run through the whole list error-free; any study beyond that point is overlearning. Is this just a waste of valuable time, or does this extra effort embed the new memory for the long haul?University of South Florida psychologist Doug Rohrer decided to explore this question scientifically. Working with Hal Pashle... More About: Study , Learning , Long , Methods , Term
-ONLINE NURSING NEWS ABROAD- What Turn-over Rate Should We Expect With Regi
2007-09-01 15:54:00 Science Daily ? A study, published in the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN), provides new insight into the work experiences of newly-licensed RNs that may help reduce the turnover rate of hospital nurses. The national study is the first to explore attitudes and experiences among newly-licensed RNs (those who received their first or basic RN license by passing the NCLEX) in their first 18 months of employment."A shortage of 340,000 RNs is projected by 2020," said Christine Kovner, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor at New York University College of Nursing and lead author of the study. "Therefore, it is vital that we understand the factors that promote the retention of newly-licensed RNs as well as factors that lead to the high turnover rates among them. We plan to continue surveying these RNs for two more years and develop predictive models of turnover, based on our findings."More than 84% of respondents worked in a hospital inpatient setting. Those whose first profess... More About: News , Online , Expect , Turn
Avocados Prove Fruitful In Fighting Oral Cancer
2007-09-01 15:52:00 The next time you reach for the guacamole and chips, you'll be doing something good for your body. Avocados are loaded with healthy monounsaturated fat,* and now researchers say they might also help your body fight off cancer.Renee Bean always tries to make fresh fruits and vegetables a part of her recipes. As a chef, she says they can make her dishes taste better.As an oral cancer survivor, she believes they might actually help her feel better."I try to eat things that are supposed to keep you from getting any recurrences. Lots of berries and broccoli," says Bean.And now there's a new fruit Renee may want to add to her diet - the avocado. The green meat inside is rich in more than 20 vitamins and minerals, and it may offer much more than that.For the first time, researchers at Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that certain compounds in avocados have the ability to find and destroy oral cancer cells, even before they do any damage."It's signific... More About: Fighting , Oral Cancer , Oral
...Online Nursing News... 2.7 Billion Dollars Medicare Cuts, Ad Effort Urge
2007-08-31 10:20:00 In response to the 2.7 billion dollars cuts to Medicare that were passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP Act), the long term care provider community today initiated an aggressive TV and print campaign in Congressional districts across the country. The campaign warns that proposed cuts will jeopardize ongoing quality improvements in America's nursing homes, threaten thousands of local health care jobs, and irrationally return Medicare funding levels to those seen almost a decade ago."The long term care profession strongly supports expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). However, this support should not be funded by raiding the Medicare funding that vulnerable seniors depend upon for quality nursing home care in facilities across the nation," warned Alan Rosenbloom, President of the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care ("the Alliance"). The Alliance is funding the ad campaign in conjunction ... More About: News , Online , Dollars
Dia-B Achieves Major Clinical Milestone By Detecting Its Diabetes Drug Comp
2007-08-31 10:16:00 Dia-B Tech Limited (ASX:DIA) has achieved a major clinical milestone of its ISF402 diabetes drug development by confirming its detection in the bloodstream of trial patients. Peptides and proteins already existing in the bloodstream often mask small peptide drugs, making drug evaluation unreliable.A robust procedure has been developed for measuring ISF402 in plasma. Development of the assay has advanced the clinical development of ISF402 by identifying a major clinically active metabolite (HTD-amide) and in animal studies determining the circulating concentrations of HTD-amide that improve insulin action. The assay can measure ISF402 and HTD-amide in plasma from humans and animals dosed orally with ISF402 and the results confirm that ISF402 enters the circulation after oral dosing.An independently assessed analysis of interim data from the recently completed Phase Ia trial has shown pharmacologically relevant amounts of HTD-amide in plasma from trial subjects dosed orally with ISF40... More About: Comp , Diabetes , Drug , Milestone , Major
Window On The Brain Cure For Epilepsy
2007-08-31 10:14:00 Action Medical Research has announced that a new MRI scanning technique could mean life-changing curative surgery for more people with epilepsy.The technique helps to pin-point the exact source of seizures in the brain and, where surgery is possible, the area may be removed. This can mean a future that is seizure free for those sufferers whose epilepsy cannot be controlled by drugs.It has detected abnormalities in the brain that may give rise to epilepsy in 29% of patients whose brains appeared normal using conventional MRI scanning.Around 450,000 -2 suffer from epilepsy in the UK, it is the most common serious brain disorder and is characterised by repeated seizures. These seizures are often spontaneous but can be caused by triggers such as lack of sleep, flickering lights or a high feverAction Medical Research has supported the groundbreaking work of Professor John Duncan, Professor of Neurology at University College London, and Medical Director of the National Society for Epileps... More About: Brain , Window , Epilepsy , Cure , The Brain
UK Scientists Identify Gene's Key Role In Breast Cancer Development
2007-08-30 11:18:00 Breakthrough Breast Cancer scientists have helped identify a critical role for a gene called Tip60 in breast cancer. The research, to be published in the scientific journal Nature on Thursday 30 August, shows for the first time that Tip60 is linked to breast cancer development, and is associated with more aggressive forms of the disease.The team, at The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research in London, studied the Tip60 gene in breast biopsies. They discovered that the activity of this gene is significantly lower in breast cancer tissue compared with normal breast tissue. This discovery could have important implications for how some breast cancers are treated in the future.Breakthrough's scientists, collaborating with a team in Italy, found that defects in this gene seem to appear at an early stage of breast cancer development, and are associated with aggressive cancers that are currently difficult to treat. Tip60 is a tumour suppressor gene,... More About: Development , Scientists
HPV Vaccination Needs Careful Long Term Planning
2007-08-30 11:16:00 A successful HPV vaccination program requires more than just a series of injections, says a public health expert in this week's BMJ.Careful planning, adequate education, and long term monitoring will be needed, argues Angela Raffle, a consultant in public health at Bristol Primary Care Trust.Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection seen most often in young women and adolescents. There are more than 100 types of HPV, some cause only genital warts, but others cause cancers including cervical cancer.Screening currently reduces deaths from cervical cancer by around 80% but a new jab can offer full protection against HPV strains linked to about 70% of cervical cancers. The UK government is now considering whether girls aged 11 or 12 should be vaccinated, before they become sexually active and can catch HPV.Raffle believes that the only certain way of determining the long term impact of vaccination will be to follow vaccinated women for several decades, while... More About: Planning , Long , Term , Needs
New MRI Finding Sheds Light On Multiple Sclerosis Disease Progression - Stu
2007-08-30 11:11:00 Using magnetic resonance (MR) images of the brain, researchers have identified a new abnormality related to disease progression and disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology, published by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)."Based on these findings, physicians may be able to diagnose multiple sclerosis more accurately and identify patients at risk for developing progressive disease," said the study's lead author, Rohit Bakshi, M.D., associate professor of neurology and radiology at Harvard Medical School and director of clinical MS-MRI at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Partners MS Center in Boston.MS is a chronic, autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of myelin, the protective layers that surround nerve cells. It can affect numerous body functions, and symptoms may include visual and speech impairment, memory loss, depression, muscle weakness, loss of coordination, numbness, ... More About: Disease , Light , Multiple Sclerosis , Seas
Arroyo hails opening of Nclex testing center
2007-08-29 17:05:00 Lourdes Santos Tancinco, Aug 29, 2007MAKATI CITY ? After more than two years since the National Council of State Board of Nursing (NCSBN) began administering Nclex outside of the United States, it finally came to a decision to make the Philippines a venue for Nclex or the National Council Licensure Examination.President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo inaugurated the testing center here and welcomed this recent development as a ?great service? to the nursing professionals aspiring to work in the U.S.While Filipino nurses are significant in number than any other foreign nationalities in terms of their migration to the U.S., the Philippines was not chosen right away as testing center. Since 2005, the Nclex has been offered abroad in other countries like London, England; Hong Kong; Sydney, Australia; Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, Canada; Frankfurt, Germany; Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai, India; Mexico City, Mexico; Taipei, Taiwan; Chiyoda-ku and Yokohama, Japan.?Our ... More About: Testing , Opening , Center
Study Blames Abbreviations For Medication Errors
2007-08-29 15:37:00 A new study in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety highlights the role abbreviations play in medication errors.According to researchers from Rutgers University who analyzed data on nearly 30,000 medication error reports contained in the United States Pharmacopeia's MEDMARX® database, nearly five percent were due to abbreviations problems.Results showed:-- The most common abbreviation resulting in a medication error was the use of "qd" in place of "once daily," accounting for 43.1 percent of all errors.-- The other most common abbreviations resulting in medication errors were "U" for units, "cc" for mL, "MSO4" or "MS" for morphine sulfate, and decimal errors.-- Eighty-one percent of the errors occurred during prescribing; errors during transcribing and dispensing represented 14 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively.-- Abbreviation errors originated most often from medical staff.-- The three most common types of abbreviation-related errors were prescribing, imp... More About: Study , Errors , Medication , Lame
Heavy Drinking Raises Blood Pressure In Older Men Regardless Of "Good" Chol
2007-08-29 05:11:00 A large new Japanese study suggests that middle aged men who drink heavily could see their blood pressure rise, regardless of whether their levels of "good" cholesterol also go up.Study author Ichiro Wakabayashi also found that the older men who participated all in their 50s were more susceptible to the blood pressure-boosting effects of heavy drinking than younger men.While there are signs that drinking can be good for the heart and boost good cholesterol levels, "this emphasizes that alcohol is not for everyone," said Kenneth Mukamal, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School who is familiar with the study findings."This really fits well with the observation that the risk of stroke which is more sensitive to blood pressure than heart attack is not really substantially lower in moderate drinkers," Mukamal said. According to him, an increase in blood pressure might eliminate any benefit from higher levels of good cholesterol.Wakabayashi, of the Hyogo College... More About: Alcohol , Drinking , Blood , Good , Heavy
Gene Therapy Reduces Amyloid Plaques In Mice With Model Of Alzheimer Diseas
2007-08-29 04:56:00 A new gene therapy technique has been shown to reduce the amount of amyloid-beta protein (which forms the plaques found in the brains of people with Alzheimer 's disease) in the brains of mice. In a paper published this week in the open access medical journal PLoS Medicine Matthew Hemming, Dennis Selkoe and colleagues from Harvard Medical School generated a secreted form of neprilysin, a protease that can break down amyloid-beta protein, and used primary fibroblasts to introduce this soluble protease into the brains of mice who had advanced plaque deposition.The pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer disease are extracellular plaques of amyloid-beta protein and intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein, both of which accumulate in the regions of the brain that mediate memory and thought. Current treatments for Alzheimer disease affect only the symptoms. Ultimately it is to be hoped that it would be possible to develop disease-modifying interventions that would lower the produc... More About: Model , Mice , Therapy , Gene
'Baby Talk' Used By Monkeys To Interact With Infants
2007-08-29 04:54:00 Female rhesus monkeys use special vocalizations while interacting with infants, the way human adults use motherese, or "baby talk," to engage babies' attention, new research at the University of Chicago shows. "Motherese is a high pitched and musical form of speech, which may be biological in origin," said Dario Maestripieri, Associate Professor in Comparative Human Development at the University. "The acoustic structure of particular monkey vocalizations called girneys may be adaptively designed to attract young infants and engage their attention, similar to how the acoustic structure of human motherese, or baby talk, allows adults to visually or socially engage with infants."In order to determine if other primates also use special vocalizations while interacting with infants, researchers studied a group of free-ranging rhesus macaques, which live on an island off the coast of Puerto Rico. They studied the vocalizations exchanged between adult females and found that grunts and girn... More About: Baby , Talk , Infants , Baby Talk , Monkeys
MESOTHELIOMA FACTS & FIGURES
2007-08-28 22:47:00 # Each year 2,500 to 4,000 patients in the U.S. are diagnosed with mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases. # Mesothelioma has a long latency (inactive) period of anywhere between 15 ? 50 years. # Experts predict that mesothelioma diagnoses will continue to increase in the United States for at least another 10 to 20 years. # While many countries have banned certain forms of asbestos, an estimated 5,000 asbestos-containing products exist today. (See a list of dangerous products)Article/Commentary: A Ban on Asbestos Must be Based on a Comparative Risk Assessment. (Canada) # As many as 8 million people in the U.S. have already been exposed to asbestos and it continues to pose a serious threat to workers in certain occupations. (Click here for a list of at risk occupations) # One study of asbestos insulation workers reported a mesothelioma death rate up to 344 times higher than the general population. # Most mesothelioma victims die within 18 months of diagnosis. Mortality is swift... More About: Facts , Figures , Figure , Elio
Understanding How Dietary Restriction Cleans Cells
2007-08-28 22:39:00 Reduce, recycle and rebuild is as important to the most basic component of the human body, the cell, as it is to the environment.And a University of Florida study shows just how much the body benefits when it "goes green," at least if you're a rat: Cutting calories helps rodents live longer by boosting cells' ability to recycle damaged parts so they can maintain efficient energy production."Caloric restriction is a way to extend life in animals. If you give them less food, the stress of this healthy habit actually makes them live longer," said Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Ph.D., chief of the division of biology of aging in UF's Institute on Aging.Understanding how the process works at the cellular level in rodents could help scientists develop drugs that mimic the process in humans, Leeuwenburgh added.How does it work? During the aging process, free radicals -- highly reactive byproducts of our cells' respiration -- wreak havoc on our cellular machinery. Mitochondria, the tiny power... More About: Stand , Dietary , Strict
What is Mesothelioma?
2007-08-28 22:30:00 Definitions of mesothelioma on the Web:A benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous) tumor affecting the lining of the chest or abdomen. Exposure to asbestos particles in the air increases the risk of developing malignant mesothelioma.www.stjude.org/glossaryMalig nant tumor of the mesothelium caused by exposure to asbestos fibers.www.mesotheliomahelp.net/mesotheli oma_glossary.htmlA tumor of the mesothelium, that can be benign (localized) or malignant (diffusely spread), and that is most commonly caused by the ingestion of asbestos particles.www.mesothelioma-legal-resource .com/mesothelioma-medical-glossary.htmA rare form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma affects the pleura of the lungs, often over a period of many years.www.lungcancerfyi.com/lung_cancer_g lossary.htmlA rare cancer, usually found in those exposed to asbestos, in the form of a malignant tumor in the mesothelium of the lungs and or abdomen. Symptoms of this incurable disease are persistent cou... More About: Elio
Our Brains Respond More Primitively As A Threat Approaches: Findings May He
2007-08-28 19:13:00 Wellcome Trust scientists have identified for the first time how our brain's response changes the closer a threat gets. Using a "Pac Man"-like computer game where a volunteer is pursued by an artificial predator, the researchers showed that the fear response moves from the strategic areas of the brain towards more reactive responses as the artificial predator approaches.When faced with a threat, such as a large bear, humans, like other animals, alter their behaviour depending on whether the threat is close or distant. This is because different defence mechanisms are needed depending on whether, for example, the bear is fifty feet away, when being aware of its presence may be enough, or five feet away, when we might need to fight or run away.To investigate what happens in the brain in such a situation, researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL, London, created a game where subjects were chased through a maze by an artificial predator -- if caught, they would r... More About: Brains , Rimi , Primitive , Threat , Prim
Disease-Causing Bacteria Found To Have Light-Sensing Ability
2007-08-28 19:10:00 The bacteria that cause brucellosis can sense light and use the information to regulate their virulence, according to a study in the journal Science. The discovery comes after 120 years of research into the disease, which causes abortions in livestock and fevers in humans. Researchers found that two other bacteria, including a species that attacks plants, sense light using the same type of protein structure, and at least 94 more species possess the code for it in their DNA."These bacteria have been very well studied for years, and no one knew they could sense light," said lead author Trevor Swartz, who initiated the study as a research scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. "Now it seems like it's a common thing rather than being an anomaly."The ubiquity of the structure suggests that light may play a much more important role in bacterial life than has previously been recognized. And because the recurrent structure can be paired with a variety of signaling proteins,... More About: Bacteria , Disease , Light , Seas
Chief nurse urges docs to stay in RP
2007-08-28 19:09:00 The president of the Philippine Nurse s Association (PNA) made a personal appeal to Filipino doctors who want to take up nursing to be able to work abroad.Dr. Leah Paquiz said the PNA cannot control the number of people who want to take up the nursing profession because it is the right of every individual.She, however, said: " Makikiusap po ako sa kanila: Huwag na po kayong mag-nurse para naman po mayroong mga doktor na maiwan sa Pilipinas (I'm appealing to them: Please don't take up nursing. We need doctors in the Philippines).?Paquiz admitted that more doctors are determined to leave the country to work overseas as nurses because of the bigger pay and incentives.The PNA chief also said that she is concerned over the exodus of doctors to other countries to look for work as nurses.?Madami kasi. Nawawalan na po tayo ng doktor. Iyon ang nakakalungkot, nawawalan na tayo ng doctor na titingin sa atin (They're too many. We're losing our doctors. It's sad because we're losing the doc... More About: Chief , Stay , Urge
31,275 Pass Nursing Exam
2007-08-27 07:47:00 By RAYMUND F. ANTONIOA total of 31,275 nursing examinees passed this year?s licensure examination administered by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to 64,909 board exam takers, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said yesterday.The complete list of those who passed the licensure examination appears in Section G of this issue.PRC Chairwoman Leonor Rosero said the nursing board exam passers constituted 48 percent of the examinees who took the tests on June 10-11 in various testing sites nationwide. The examinations were given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga last June.On the board are Carmencita M. Abaquin, chairwoman, and Leonila A. Faire, Betty F. Merritt, Perla G. Po, Marco Antonio C. Sto.Tomas, Yolanda C. Arugay, and Amelia B. Rosales, members."Now the results of this year?s nursing licensure exam are finally out. This brings a closure to the leaka... More About: Exam , Pass
Does Prostate Specific Antigen Screening Influence The Results Of Studies O
2007-08-27 06:43:00 UroToday.com- Dr Edward Giovannucci from Harvard Medical School published an editorial in the July 2007 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that responded to a report in the same issue from the FDA that stated that a "very low level of comfort" existed with tomato and tomato product consumption decreasing the risk of prostate cancer.The essence of Dr. Giovannucci's argument that this conclusion may be flawed is that studies on lycopenes, tomatoes, and CaP risk are influenced by PSA screening. He focused on how PSA screening influences the diagnosis and epidemiology of CaP and when during prostate carcinogenesis this is a factor. Prior to PSA most CaP patients had advanced cancers at diagnosis. However, in the PSA era, many diagnosed prostate cancers are low risk and indolent and likely would not have been detected in the pre-PSA era. In the absence of PSA screening, the diagnosis of CaP follows a period of tumor proliferation that was stimulated by an internal or ... More About: Studies , Results , Specific , Influence , Prostate
More Pinoy nurses for US jobs seen
2007-08-27 06:36:00 WASHINGTON - The pool of Filipino nurses for US jobs is projected to grow when the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for nurses is held in Manila for the first time ever starting Aug. 23.For Filipinos it will be cheaper to take the test in Manila than overseas as was previously the case while for the Chicago-based National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) which administers the process it could mean more candidates from the Philippines who previously were inhibited by travel costs.The NCLEX fee for all candidates is $200 (about P9,200). Add travel and accommodation costs and total expenditure becomes prohibitive.NCSBN spokeswoman Dawn Kappel said it was a win-win for both sides.She said 15,171 Filipinos took the test last year mostly in Hong Kong.From Jan. 1 to June 30 this year, 9,944 have so far taken the exams but with the proximity of the testing center in Manila the 2007 turnout is projected to be higher than in 2006.The test is a requirement for obtaining... More About: Jobs , Pinoy , Nurses
CONGRATULATIONS
More articles from this author:2007-08-26 18:03:00 I want to congratulate the following Successful Examinees in theNURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION held on JUNE 10 & 11, 20073482 BANDOY, HERNANI CAMACHO8410 CUNANAN, ARNOLD TIOZON9088 DE GUZMAN,MONICA LUNA11364 ESGUERRA, AMANTE LAYUGAN (ADMIN)20100 MONTAÑA, ARTURO CORNELIO JR MAESTRO25053 RIGOR, EIREEN TUPAZ29252 TRIA, RUZEL ANN CANADA29746 VALDEZ, ARES JAMES FONTANILLAAND ALSO TO VISAPINOY....CONGRATS BRO..NATAPOS DIN PAGHIHINTAY :)AND TO ALL NEW REGISTERED NURSES...CONGRATSGREET YOUR FRIENDS...WE WILL POST HERE..EMAIL US: PHILIPPINENURSING@GMAIL.COMpermalink TechnoratiPhilippine Nursing http://Philippinenursing.blogspot.com1215 50fce609bcdf More About: Congratulations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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