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BETHESDA, Md. - Calling scientific research a job-creating engine, President Barack Obama heralded $5 billion in new government grants Wednesday to fight cancer, autism and heart disease while boosting the economy. Obama described the money as crucial to improving public health and helping add jobs to an economy that has seen unemployment surge. Visiting the Bethesda campus of the National Institutes ...

Sep. 30--HAVERHILL -- Doctors hope a new drug that's getting a trial in Haverhill will offer relief to those who suffer from Alzheimer's disease. The drug -- Bapineuzemab -- might have the power to stop the deterioration of brain function that is associated with Alzheimer's disease, said Dr. Michael McCartney, an internal medicine specialist who practices in Newburyport and is working ...

WASHINGTON - More than 35 million people around the world are living with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, says the most in-depth attempt yet to assess the brain-destroying illness - and it's an ominous forecast as the population grays. The new count is about 10 percent higher than what scientists had predicted just a few years ago, because earlier ...

A University of Chicago molecular genetics professor studying the origins of harmful bacteria died last weekend after contracting an infection linked to the plague, officials said Saturday. University hospital officials said there "does not appear to be a threat to the public" following the death of Malcolm J. Casadaban, 60, at the campus' Bernard Mitchell Hospital on Sept. 13. None of ...

Helping a little can go a long way. On September 26, 2009, Typhoon Ondoy (also internationally known as Typhoon Ketsana) dropped an entire month’s worth of rainfall on the Philippines in a matter of hours. Typhoon Ketsana has already claimed hundreds of lives and destroyed thousands of Philippine residents’ homes and crops vital to the area’s livelihood. It has claimed ...

HANOI, Vietnam - Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph (144 kph), disaster officials said. Some 170,000 were evacuated from its path. Ketsana left more than 200 dead across the northern Philippines as a weaker tropical storm. After gathering strength over the South China ...

AUSTELL, Ga. -- On a Tuesday finally filled with welcome sunshine, flood-ravaged Georgians returned home to survey the damage and begin wrestling with insurance issues. For some, homecoming was heartbreaking. Chris Payne, 43, a construction company superintendent, was shocked when he saw the rooftop of his house on Powder Springs Road in Austell. "My house floated away! It's supposed to sit ...

Ever had dreams of leaving it all behind to volunteer your skills in another country? More importantly, have you thought of all the lives you could improve with your nursing skills? Whether you’re clearing debris from a storm or volunteering in a medical clinic, the actions that you take while volunteering can make a big difference. So why not explore it? ...

MANILA, Philippines - Rescuers pulled more bodies from swollen rivers and debris-strewn streets Tuesday to bring the death toll from massive flooding in the northern Philippines to 240, while two new storms brewing in the Pacific threatened to complicate relief efforts. The homes of nearly 1.9 million people in the capital and surrounding areas were inundated by flooding unleashed when Tropical ...

This article originally appeared on Monster Career Advice. An EMT instructed to transport a woman to an abortion clinic declines, citing personal beliefs. A nurse ordered to administer a large dose of morphine to a terminal cancer patient in pain refuses, saying the medication could hasten death. A physician turns away a gay patient, apparently on the basis of his sexual ...

After discovering the possible contamination with Gram-negative bacteria, Burkholderia cepacia, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a division of Johnson & Johnson, informed physicians and other providers of the recall in a September 18, 2009 letter.

In this feature piece on Travel Nurses Blog, guest author David Stone of Degreefinders.com discusses how more and more RNs are obtaining their nursing certification online leading to career advancement and more lucrative salaries.

Terrance Moe, M.D., was presented with a search warrant by federal agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) — an episode that has scarred his perception of politics and law enforcement. “They raided my office, confiscated my computers, blocked the doors to my office with squad cars, and interrogated me for nine hours,” said Moe. “I was not charged with any ...

“The association has managed so far to escape the wrath of MoveOn.org and other Democratic apparatchiks by muting its opposition to their beloved public option–the proposed government-run health care plan–and joining a coalition of industry groups pledging to cut $80 billion in health care costs over the next decade. The president has been touting these savings as if they have been ...

TOPEKA, KS – A federal court in Topeka, Kansas today imposed a $200 per day fine upon nationally renowned pain relief activist Siobhan Reynolds for her refusal to comply with a pair of subpoenas secured in an effort to chill her constitutionally protected speech, as well as an additional $200 per day fine upon her advocacy organization, the Pain Relief Network ...

Sep. 28--During last year's presidential campaign, polls showed that most Americans wanted the new president to reform the nation's health-care system. The evidence is overwhelming: 47 million people are uninsured, health-care costs continue to climb, people are putting off care because of costs, medical bills are the top reason to file bankruptcy, and the nation spends more than $2.2 trillion a ...

Sep. 27--Confident that she could walk into her dream job as a pediatric nurse immediately after getting her nursing degree, Christy Paris left a job she loved to start nursing school two years ago. Now, she's kicking herself. "I have applied at most all pediatric positions that I can find online," said Ms. Paris, 38, a Rock Spring, Ga., resident who ...

CHICAGO, Ill. - An Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center nurse has filed a civil lawsuit against a Chicago police officer and the city of Chicago, claiming the officer arrested her for wanting to consult with a supervisor before collecting a blood sample from a suspected drunken driver. Lisa Hofstra was the nurse in charge of the emergency room at Illinois Masonic ...

WASHINGTON - A government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services identifies up to 136 nursing homes as "special focus facilities" subject to more frequent inspections because of their living conditions. In every state except for Alaska, there are between one and six ...

More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows.