The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that jobs for RNs will experience faster-than-average growth through 2006, with job opportunities increasing by 21% in nursing, compared to 14% for all other occupations. The heightened need for qualified nurses combined with the […]
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It Takes Two is the title of a song that was a big hit for the dynamic duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell back in the Sixties. It’s also the concept behind an exciting new advance in the treatment
New Two-in-One Diabetes Drug Works Twice as Hard Read More »
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 37% of all women who seek care in hospital emergency rooms for violence-related injuries were hurt by a current or former spouse or partner. Because so many health care providers come into contact
Diabetes Disparities Legislation Introduced in Congress Recognizing that diabetes is one of the most serious health threats that disproportionately affects Americans of color, a bipartisan team of legislators has introduced the Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act
It seems like you can’t turn on a television without hearing something about the health reform bill that passed this spring, and you certainly can’t talk about the future of minority health without discussing the implications of this historic legislation:
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One day this past July, Sergio Bermudez, a middle-aged father of two, suddenly fainted, hitting his head hard as he fell to the floor. When his anxious family rushed him to the hospital, they received some shocking news: he was
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The United States is in the midst of an epidemic. Obesity rates across the country are staggering, having increased dramatically over the last 25 years. Research suggests that more than one third of adults, or over 72 million people, were
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Now that Congress has finally appropriated funding to implement the landmark Nurse Reinvestment Act of 2002–signed into law last August in response to the national nursing shortage but not funded until February 2003–an exciting array of new programs are in
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The burgeoning knowledge from the International Human Genome Project and other genetic research has made it possible to identify individuals at risk for disease, and to diagnose and treat disease in ways that until recently were not possible. These discoveries
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Today, nurses deliver 80% of the world’s health care. Unfortunately, Florence Nightingale’s vision of nursing is in jeopardy due to the acute shortage of nurses all over the world. To overcome this shortage, each nurse must contribute his or her
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