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Coated Stents Better Than Bare Metal Ones in Short Run Angioplasty patients who receive stents coated with medication to prevent narrowing of the artery do better one year after the surgery than those who receive bare metal stents, a new study shows.

What is Congestive Heart Failure? Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most common heart condition among seniors — nearly a half-million new cases are diagnosed annually. But what is it, and more importantly, what causes it?

Are You Coping in a Healthy Way? The holiday season can be a stressful time. When facing extra stress, we often resort to less-healthy coping mechanisms, or intensify unhealthy coping so that something that isn't normally harmful (a glass of wine to unwind, for example) becomes, well, harmful (needing a stiff drink to unwind, and not being able to stop at ...

It's All About the Children By Jeremy F. Shapiro, MD   Dr. Jeremy is a pediatrician who is passionate about keeping children healthy and happy. He is a children's health advisor here at DailyStrength. Look forward to hearing more from him in his children's health blog. Poisonings: A Number to Know By Dr. Jeremy December 18, 2008 10:14am As I just ...

Have You Prepared for Anxiety Today? By Julie December 18, 2008 5:31pm I was out walking my dog Etta this morning.  It was our normal daily walk  and the only thing that made it stand out from any other day was the chance of rain.  A very rare event in Los Angeles.  So I did what most other Angelinos do when ...

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 orientation. Are these scenarios examples of healthcare workers ...

One mother radically altered her diet in an attempt to keep breast-feeding.

NEW YORK - A mother who contracts influenza, pneumonia or a sexually transmitted disease around the time of pregnancy appears to be at increased risk of having a child that will develop leukemia, new research shows.

NEW YORK - Some women who get epidural anesthesia during childbirth may have difficulty with breastfeeding in the short- and long-term, a new study suggests.

NEW YORK - Poorer lifestyle habits may go a long way in explaining why people with depression or anxiety face a higher risk of heart disease and stroke, a study published Monday suggests.

In this time of economical crisises. Barack Obama has efforts in helping the economy especially nursing, The healthcare profession is one of the safest jobs in the job market., If you have what it is to make it as a new-nurse,  in todays job market here is a great article.

A study to be cpublsihed next year in the journal of Cognitive Neuroscience says that porvery adversely affects children's brains.  Mark Kishiyama, a cognitive psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley, said that the damge is similar to that of stoke victims, with lesions in the prefrotal cortex.  Kishiyama and other researchers measured the brain functions of 26 children between the ...

Effective communication  is a most in the healthcare field. Over the years, the spanish population has quadropaled, and the need for effective communication in the clinical setting is a most.  As a nurse, we must be able to communicate with our patients effectively, and our patients most communicate with us. One barrier in the healthcare profession, is not communicating effectively, the ...

Regrettably, whistleblowing is still necessary in today's health care environment — one that is weighed down with fraud, incompetent practitioners, and patient safety issues.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment with the best evidence base supporting its use.