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Nearly one in three patients who need a kidney transplant may never get one because their bodies are abnormally primed to attack a donated organ.
Now doctors are trying new ways to outwit the immune system and save more of those so-called "highly sensitized" patients
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While many employees throughout Oregon are losing their jobs or worried about keeping employed, nurses are proving to be immune to the sick economy.
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Can society lose the zero defect mentality when it comes to healthcare? What is a reasonable miss rate for not ordering a CT for patients with a headache?
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Are you aware that the misleading portrayals of nurses in the media can result in your death? “Far fetched,” you say? Sandy Summers, MSN, MPH, RN, Executive Director of the Center for Nursing Advocacy (the Center), an organization that monitors the way nurses are portrayed in the media, says that su...
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A look at the nursing shortage and why nurses leave the profession.
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Cells from testicles may be just as useful as embryo stem cells.
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"With spring pollen really getting up my nose right now I am willing to try anything to stop the feeling that my eyes are wrapped in sandpaper and my nose is running a marathon.
Well almost anything….
Wormtherapy.com offers helminth induced immune modulation for the ...
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Scientists at the University of Liège (ULg) have showed that a patient in a vegetative state in reality was conscious.
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Researchers trying to find ways to transform ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells said on Sunday they found a shortcut by "sprinkling" a chemical onto the cells.
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The cost of providing chronic care services is in the billions. Should we as a society continue to pay for the care of others that do not manage their own medical conditions?
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Patients frequently will use EMS to seek care and bypass emergency department waiting rooms for minor medical problems.
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