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An Anti-Ageing Cocktail?
Scientists have rejuvenated ageing rats by giving them a cocktail of dietary supplements. The
breakthrough raises hopes that it might one day be possible to develop an anti-ageing drug for humans. more
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Update On Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer For Nurses: Managing Toxicity In The Community-Based
Practice Setting
At a symposium held in conjunction with the Twenty-Sixth Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing
Society, three leaders in medical oncology and oncology nursing provided an update on the treatment of non-small cell lung
cancer. Topics included the use of newer chemotherapy regimens and the role of nursing management strategies in caring for
patients with this devastating disease. more
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Information For Patients: Be Smart About Your Heart - Control The ABCs Of Diabetes
The NDEP's new campaign, Be Smart About Your Heart: Control the ABCs of Diabetes, is designed
to make people with diabetes aware of their high risk for heart disease and stroke and the steps they can take to lower that risk
- dramatically. The campaign emphasizes managing blood glucose (best measured by the A1C test), blood pressure, and
cholesterol. The NDEP's new brochure explains the ABCs of diabetes and provides a handy wallet card to help patient's track
their ABCs. more
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Women Are Having More Children, New Report Shows Teen Birth Rate Continues To Decline
Women in the United States are having more children than at any time in almost 30 years, according to
the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) birth statistics released today by HHS Secretary Tommy G.
Thompson. At the same time, Secretary Thompson said that births to teens continue to decline. more
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More Than 60% Of Heart Disease Deaths In 1999 Were "Sudden" And Nearly Half Happened Outside
Of Hospital
Despite advances in the prevention and treatment of heart attacks and improvements in emergency
transportation, more than 60% of heart disease deaths in 1999—more than 460,000—were unexpected or sudden, and nearly
half of all heart deaths (46.9%) occurred outside of the hospital, according to an analysis of state data by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). more
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