If you ask any woman, what is the worst thing that could happen to you when she has intercourse? In most cases, her reply is not to get pregnant. In early times, women in various communities were secluded from their husbands for a couple of months or years as a contraceptive measure. Nowadays, with the […]
In Dialysis, Life-Saving Care at Great Risk and Cost
In 1972, after a month of deliberation, Congress launched the nation’s most ambitious experiment in universal health care: a change to the Social Security Act that granted comprehensive coverage under Medicare to virtually anyone diagnosed with kidney failure, regardless of age or income. It was a supremely hopeful moment. Although the technology to keep […]
Flu vaccine in short supply
By Junelynn Tran RICHMOND, Va. – The number of swine flu cases in Virginia is rising, but the vaccine against the H1N1 flu virus is in short supply, the state’s top health official said Friday. Health Commissioner Karen Remley said that fewer than 400,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine are available in Virginia, which has […]
Home Grown Animals Ideal Source For Natural Meat
Is it true that meat products being sold in the market around the world were raised with chemical-laced livestock feeds that the modern farm technology can give? Is it true that red meat can cause colon or colorectal cancer? Is it true that chickens grown in coops regularly injected with banned substance to increase its […]
New treatment for alcoholics:
An extended-release version of the anti-addiction medicine naltrexone reduces drinking in alcohol-dependent patients within two days of being injected,acording to a new study.Naltrexone blocks opioid receptors and is approved for use in alcohol-dependent patients.To improve adherence,"an intramuscular,injectable,extended-release formulation of naltrexone has been developed,"Domenic Ciraulo,of Boston University explains in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
New Nurses Get a Run Around on Health Seminars
In my previous article, I mentioned the hassles that professional nurses have to experience if only to gain the required certifications necessary to get ahead with their future plans and ambitions in life. And their harrowing experiences do not end after graduation or passing the licensure examination in the Philippines, or the CGFNS or the […]