SAN ANTONIO – A new test to predict an ordinary woman's odds of getting breast cancer works better than a method doctors have relied on for decades, researchers reported Friday. The test is the first to combine dozens of genes and personal factors like age and childbearing to gauge risk in women who don't have a strong family history of the ...

On Tuesday, May 13, I awoke with an ingrown hair on my back. Irritant, but negligible. I accidentally scratched it open and thought nothing of it as I prepared to head off to the gym for my morning hypertrophy session. That day, I came into contact wit

Flu season is fast approaching. Have you gotten a flu shot yet? If not, you are currently among the majority of nurses who choose not to get immunized annually, despite the urging of public health officials and nursing leaders. The Centers for

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Adapted from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition Significant Points Nature of the Work Working Conditions Employment Training, Other Qualifications and Advancement Job Outlook Earnings Related Occupations Significant Points • Registered nurses constitute the largest health care occupation, with 2.4 million jobs. • About three out of five jobs are in hospitals. • The three major educational ...

If you're at all like me, while watching the nuclear crisis unfold at Fukushima, you've been really confused by the reports of levels of radiation released at the plants, and at various locations nearby. One report, for instance, says that "radiation levels near the stricken plant on the northeast coast reached as high as 400 millisieverts (mSv) an hour." But what ...

LONDON – Eliminating malaria, the mosquito-borne scourge that kills more than 860,000 people a year, would be a dream come true for millions — but medical experts say right now that goal remains completely unrealistic.

NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 10) -- People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease had dramatically lower rates of heart attacks, death and stroke if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large st

Nine years ago, 36-year-old pediatrician Dr. Kimberly Bates, pictured left, was like any other successful 27-year-old: She had just finished medical school and had settled into her residency. She and husband were dreaming of the day when they'd have a child when she was hit with an unthinkable diagnosis -- breast cancer. As if that weren't challenging enough, Bates also discovered ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding to evidence that the flu shot is safe during pregnancy, a U.S. government study found no unusual complications among pregnant women who've received the vaccine in the past 20 years.

Pregnant women who get too much or too little sleep early in their pregnancy could develop elevated blood pressure in their third trimester, according to a new study published in the journal Sleep.

Losing another source  of education for new nurses - diploma schools/training continues its steady decline

Very interesting article about autism rates across the country.